Playing career

Darby was drafted in the second round (43rd overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Darby entered into the NHL in 1994, following a successful time playing with Providence College in the NCAA and a season with the Fredericton Canadiens of the AHL, playing 10 games and registering two assists. That same season Darby was traded to the New York Islanders in a package along with Kirk Muller and Mathieu Schneider in exchange for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov, playing three more games in the 1994-95 season. On June 4, 1996, Darby was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Flyers after he spent most of the 1995-96 season in the AHL with the Worcester IceCats.

In 1998, he was claimed by the Nashville Predators in the expansion draft, but returned to the Montreal Canadiens in 1999 as a free agent without playing a game with Nashville. There he enjoyed his two best NHL seasons, playing 154 games and registering 45 points in the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons, before leaving for the New Jersey Devils as a free agent after playing the 2001-02 season with Quebec of the AHL. Again Darby was unable to consistently remain in the NHL, playing just 5 games over the next two seasons before leaving the Devils and signing as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning, who traded him to the Vancouver Canucks for Future Considerations. After 2006, Darby finished his career in Europe with Augsburger Panther of the DEL in Germany and HC TWK Innsbruck in Austria.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991-92	Providence College	HE		35	17	24	41	47		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	Providence College	HE		35	11	21	32	62		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		66	23	33	56	51		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		64	21	47	68	82		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		10	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	New York Islanders	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	New York Islanders	NHL		10	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Worcester IceCats	AHL		68	22	28	50	47		4	1	1	2	2
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		9	1	4	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		59	26	33	59	24		10	3	6	9	0
1997-98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		3	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		77	42	45	87	34		20	5	9	14	4
1998-99	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		81	32	22	54	33		2	3	0	3	0
1999-00	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		76	7	10	17	14		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	12	16	28	16		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Quebec Citadelles	AHL		66	16	55	71	18		3	2	1	3	0
2002-03	New Jersey Devils	NHL		3	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	Albany River Rats	AHL		76	23	51	74	42		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Albany River Rats	AHL		77	21	48	69	44		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	New Jersey Devils	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2004-05	Springfield Falcons	AHL		70	8	26	34	28		—	—	—	—	—
2005-06	Manitoba Moose	AHL		80	16	36	52	44		13	3	7	10	2
2006-07	Augsburger Panther	DEL		52	17	34	51	56		—	—	—	—	—
2007-08	HC TWK Innsbruck	EBEL		42	13	30	43	30		3	0	0	0	4
NHL totals				196	21	35	56	32		—	—	—	—	—

Awards and honors

Award	Year
College
All-Hockey East Rookie Team	1991-92
HE Rookie of the Year	1991-92
AHL
First All-Star Team	1997-98
Second All-Star Team	2002-03

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