Darcy R. Martini is a retired ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player. He played two NHL

National Hockey League

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 games for the Edmonton Oilers

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Martini was drafted 162nd overall by Edmonton in 1989

1989 NHL Entry Draft

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 from Michigan Tech. He turned pro in 1992 and split the 1992–93

1992–93 AHL season

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 season in the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

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 with the Cape Breton Oilers

Cape Breton Oilers

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 and the East Coast Hockey League

ECHL

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 with the Wheeling Thunderbirds. In the 1993–94 NHL season, Martini played two games for Edmonton, it would be the only NHL experience he would receive. After spending the next few seasons bouncing around the minor leagues, Martini moved to Europe

Europe

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 in 1996, joining Klagenfurt

EC KAC

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 of the Austrian Hockey League

Austrian Hockey League

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 where he spent two seasons. In 1998, he moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany

Germany

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 with the Hannover Scorpions

Hannover Scorpions

The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza...

 before returning to Klagenfurt. He spent his final two seasons in Italy

Italy

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 and retired in 2002.

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