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Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Walt
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Atlanta Thrashers St. Louis Blues Phoenix Coyotes Winnipeg Jets
Nationality	United States
Born	March 28, 1972 (age 35), Melrose, MA, USA
NHL Draft	19th overall, 1990 Winnipeg Jets
Pro Career	1991 – present

Keith Matthew Tkachuk (born March 28, 1972, in Melrose, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He is currently a left wing for the Atlanta Thrashers .^[1]

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Winnipeg Jets (1992–1996) 1.2 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–2001) 1.3 St. Louis Blues (2001–2007) 2 Awards 3 Select milestones 4 Records 5 Career statistics 6 International play 7 Personal life 8 Notes and references 9 See also 10 External links

Tkachuk played collegiate hockey at Boston University, and was a member of the U.S. National Junior team in 1991 and 1992.^[2] He was drafted in the first round (19th overall) in the 1990 entry draft by the Winnipeg Jets.^[1]

Tkachuk's first game in the NHL was on February 28, 1992 against the Calgary Flames, in which he tallied an assist. He would finish the season with the Jets, getting eight points in 17 games. In the playoffs that year, he scored three goals in seven games. The following season, 1992-93, was Tkachuk's official rookie year. He appeared in 83 games and ended the season with 28 goals and 51 points, including a a 12-game scoring streak from March 9 to April 3, 1993.

Tkachuk became the team captain the next season on November 3, 1993, two weeks after recording his first hat trick, against the Philadelphia Flyers. Some of his accomplishments from that season include leading the Jets in goals (41), points (81), and power play goals (22). The 1994-95 season, which was shortened by a lockout, saw Tkachuk on the All-Star Game second team as well as being second on the team in points.

In the 1995-96 season, Tkachuk dominated the Jets' statistics finishing first in goals (50), assists (48), points (98), power play goals (20), game-winning goals (6), shots (249), and plus/minus (+11).^[3]

The Jets moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1996, where Tkachuk became a member of the new Phoenix Coyotes. It was with Phoenix during the 1996-97 season that he has his career-best 52 goals, and made his first appearance in the NHL All-Star Game. He also led the team in goals, points, power-play goals, game-winning goals, and shots for the 1997-98 season, earning him his second straight All-Star appearance. For the 1998-99 season, Tkachuk led the team in goals, power-play goals, game-winning goals, shots, and plus/minus, and again went to the All-Star game.

After struggling with injuries for the next two seasons, the Coyotes traded Tkachuk to the Blues in 2001 for Ladislav Nagy, Michal Handzus and Jeff Taffe and a 1st round selection (Ben Eager).^[4] He would leave the team ranking second in all-time goals (323) and first in penalty minutes (1,508) among other records.

Tkachuk made an immediate impact on the Blues, scoring six goals and eight points in the final 12 games of the 2000-01 season. The Blues made it to the Western Conference final in the playoffs that season, losing to the Colorado Avalanche. He has experienced several injuries while with the Blues, and was briefly suspended when he reported to training camp overweight and failed his physical at the beginning of the 2005-06 season.

On Februray 25, 2007, Tkachuk was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for Glen Metropolit, a 1st round pick in 2007, a 3rd round pick in 2007 and a 2nd round pick in 2008. If Tkachuk resigns with the Thrashers, the Blues will also get Atlanta's 1st round pick in 2008.^[5]

• Hockey East All-Rookie Team — 1991
• NHL Second All-Star Team — 1995, 1998
• Played in 4 NHL All-Star Games — 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004
• NHL Player of the Week — December 6, 1993; April 1, 1994; April 7, 1997

• 400 games played — October 29, 1997, against the Edmonton Oilers
• 700 career points — April 5, 2002, against the Chicago Blackhawks
• 400 career goals — October 12, 2003, against the Colorado Avalanche

Tkachuk led the NHL in goals during the 1996-97 season with 52, the first American-born player to do so.^[6] That season he was also only the fourth player in NHL history to record 50 goals and 200 penalty minutes in a single season.

Other records:

• Phoenix Coyotes franchise record for career game-winning goals (40)
• Phoenix Coyotes franchise record for career penalty minutes (1,508)

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990-91	Boston U. Terriers	NCAA		36	17	23	40	70		-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		17	3	5	8	28		7	3	0	3	30
1992-93	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		83	28	23	51	201		6	4	0	4	14
1993-94	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		84	41	40	81	255		-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		48	22	29	51	152		-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		76	50	48	98	156		6	1	2	3	22
1996-97	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		81	52	34	86	228		7	6	0	6	7
1997-98	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		69	40	26	66	147		6	3	3	6	10
1998-99	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		68	36	32	68	151		7	1	3	4	13
1999-00	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		50	22	21	43	82		5	1	1	2	4
2000-01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		64	29	42	71	108		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	St. Louis Blues	NHL		12	6	2	8	14		15	2	7	9	20
2001-02	St. Louis Blues	NHL		73	38	37	75	117		10	5	5	10	18
2002-03	St. Louis Blues	NHL		56	31	24	55	139		7	1	3	4	14
2003-04	St. Louis Blues	NHL		75	33	38	71	83		5	0	2	2	10
2004-05	Did Not Play	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	St. Louis Blues	NHL		41	15	21	36	46		-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals				897	446	422	868	1907		81	27	26	53	162

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice Hockey
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Ice Hockey

Played for the United States in:

• 1992 Winter Olympics
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey
• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 2002 Winter Olympics (silver medal)
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey
• 2006 Winter Olympics

International statistics

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992	United States	Oly		8	1	1	2	12
1996	United States	WCH		7	5	1	6	44
1998	United Stats	Oly		4	0	2	2	6
2002	United States	Oly		5	2	0	2	2
2004	United States	WCH		5	5	1	6	23
2006	United States	Oly		6	0	0	0	8
Senior Int'l Totals				35	13	5	18	85

Tkachuk has been married to Chantel Oster since February 28, 1997, and has three children.^[2]

• Power forward (ice hockey)
• List of current NHL players

• Keith Tkachuk on Internet Hockey Database
• Keith Tkachuk's U.S. Olympic Team bio

Preceded by Dean Kennedy	Winnipeg Jets captains 1993-95	Succeeded by Kris King
Preceded by Winnipeg Jets captains Kris King	Phoenix Coyotes captains 1996-2001	Succeeded by Teppo Numminen

Note: Tkachuk was stripped of the Jets captaincy, at the start of the 1995-96 NHL season (the Winnipeg Jets last season), after a contract dispute. Kris King was named the new captain. Tkachuk was restored as captain at the start of the 1996-97 NHL season, when the Jets moved to Phoenix, Arizona to become the Phoenix Coyotes.

Preceded by Mario Lemieux

NHL Goal Leader 1997

Succeeded by Peter Bondra and Teemu Selänne