Playing career

Tkaczuk was selected 6th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He represented Canada at the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he won a silver medal and led the team in scoring. Tkaczuk was named to the American Hockey League's All-Rookie Team the following season. He played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames during the 2001-02 campaign, but returned to the minors and never saw NHL action again.

Tkaczuk left the Flames system at the end of 2000-01 after winning the Calder Cup, and played two more years in the AHL for the Worcester IceCats and Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Unhappy with his shaky status in the minors, he tried his luck in Europe, spending the 2003-04 season with Lukko of Finland's major league, the SM-liiga, where his numbers were respectable, but not impressive enough to earn him a significant profile in Finland.

Tkaczuk then turned to Milan, the highest paying club in the Italian league, where he enjoyed considerable success, maintaining his preeminence even during the 2004-5 season, when the squad was strengthened by the arrival of NHL players during the NHL lockout. He led Milan in goals( 23), assists (33) and points (56) during the regular season and playoffs, good enough for third place overall in Serie A scoring. Thanks to those solid numbers, Tkaczuk was one of three Milan players, along with defenceman Marc Savard and veteran forward Ryan Savoia, named to Team Canada's roster for the 2004 Loto Cup in Slovakia. Milan went on to win the national title, their fourth in a row, defeating Cortina in the finals.

In the late summer of 2005, Tkaczuk held talks with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League, and Lada Togliatti of the Russian Super League before eventually returning to Milan.

In 2006, Tkaczuk signed for ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL. In 2007 he moved to EV Duisburg Die Füchse and played there until the completion of the 2008-09 season. Tkaczuk was second in goals during the 2007-08 season (17)

After six years abroad, Tkaczuk returned to North America and signed with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL on November 13, 2009. He would later be loaned to the Rochester Americans on December 7, 2009. On January 6, 2010, the Hartford Wolf Pack signed Tkaczuk to a professional tryout (PTO) contract. Tkaczuk finished the season with 45 points in 46 games for the Checkers.

In the following season, Tkaczuk signed a one year contract with the EC TREND-Dornbirn of the second-tier Austrian National League on September 16, 2010 After scoring 33 points in 26 games with Trend, Tkaczuk signed for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the United Kingdom, on January 19, 2011.

Personal

Tkaczuk is the President of iHockeyTrainer.com, an online hockey school for training and skill development. He is also a columnist for The Hockey News, often providing insight from a player's perspective

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994-95	Mississauga Reps	GTHL		53	65	66	131	20		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Barrie Colts	OHL		61	22	39	61	38		7	1	2	3	8
1996-97	Barrie Colts	OHL		62	45	48	93	49		9	7	2	9	2
1997-98	Barrie Colts	OHL		57	35	40	75	38		6	2	3	5	8
1998-99	Barrie Colts	OHL		58	43	62	105	58		12	7	8	15	10
1999-00	Saint John Flames	AHL		80	25	41	66	56		3	0	0	0	0
2000-01	Saint John Flames	AHL		50	15	21	36	48		14	10	9	19	10
2001-02	Calgary Flames	NHL		19	4	7	11	14		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Worcester IceCats	AHL		75	10	27	37	37		3	1	1	2	2
2002-03	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		69	9	18	27	44		9	3	7	10	16
2003-04	Lukko	SML		36	7	11	18	16		4	0	0	0	18
2004-05	HC Milano Vipers	ITL		34	23	36	59	28		13	6	10	16	18
2005-06	HC Milano Vipers	ITL		30	13	31	44	55		4	4	2	6	8
2006-07	ERC Ingolstadt	DEL		48	9	23	32	36		6	1	4	5	16
2007-08	EV Duisburg	DEL		44	17	16	33	54		—	—	—	—	—
2008-09	EV Duisburg	DEL		37	3	8	11	34		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Charlotte Checkers	ECHL		46	11	34	45	18		4	4	1	5	2
2009-10	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Rochester Americans	AHL		7	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2010-11	EC Trend Dornbirn	AUS2		26	16	17	33	65		—	—	—	—	—
2011-12	Nottingham Panthers	EIHL		6	2	4	6	8		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				19	4	7	11	14		—	—	—	—	—

International

Daniel Tkaczuk

Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	1999 Winnipeg

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Canada	Int18	5	1	1	2	4
1998	Canada	WJC	7	2	1	3	4
1999	Canada	WJC	7	6	4	10	10
Junior int'l totals			19	9	6	15	18

[ Source: Wikipedia ]