Biography
Hockey player Darren Ditz was born and grew up in Canada, but now the athlete lives and works in Kazakhstan and even presents this country at the national team level. He became one of the brightest stars of the national team, which puts ambitious tasks. In addition, Canadian - Captain HC "Barys" from Nur-Sultan.Childhood and youth
Darren was born on July 17, 1993 in the Canadian city of Medisin Hut. DIC has been engaged in sports since childhood, finding the parents of parents in all endeavors, which also served as an example. Mom was fond of running and repeatedly overcame marathon distances. The son also participated in mass races, but was limited to distances of 5 and 10 km.
The DIC was well studied at school, although he was not a diligent student. Mathematics gave a guy easily, but also humanitarian disciplines he tried not to launch.
Hockey became for Darren way of life: he not only trained, but he was a hot fan. The idol of his youth was Todd Burtuzzi, who played under the 44th number. With a look at him, DIC and chose numbers that adorn now his shape.
Hockey
The sports biography of Darren began in the youth teams "Medic Hat Tigers" and "Saskatun Bleidz". Hockey player with an increase of 185 cm and weighing 91 kg turned out to be the most effective in the role of the defender. By 20 years, the guy planned to get into the NHL, but did not pass in the Montreal of Canadiens, which initially showed interest to him.For several seasons, the young man's career developed in the North American Hockey Leagues of the Second Echelon. In 2015, the DIC was still in Montreal, but lasted in NHL only a year.
In 2017, Darren left Canada and left for another continent, where he signed a contract with the club "Barys" from Astana. Since then, Asia has become his home. The athlete adopted the citizenship of Kazakhstan and began to defend the flag of the new country.
The debut of Canadian in the KHL turned out to be bright, already in the 2018/2019 season, he was recognized as the best defender of the championship. Thank you on the ceremony of Darren tried to pronounce in Russian than the love of the love of fans.
On ice, fights and injuries happen on ice, but with all the circumstances, the DIC retains goodwill, calm and faith in the team, where the captain holds. He assures that his authority applies only to the locker room, where he seeks to build a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
Darren prefers not to answer questions about the salary of Darren. The conversation about the transparency of the income of athletes, he considers incorrect, because I am sure that the person of any profession has the right not to talk about the contents of his wallet.
Personal life
In an interview, Darren recognized that he did not affect the relationship from social networks. Hockey player does not understand why every minute to broadcast a personal life when there is not enough time. Nevertheless, in February 2021, he started the page in "Instagram", where from time to time is divided by fresh photographs.
The athlete prefers to spend free hours on communication with close, which remained overseas. Ditu manages to meet with his family only a couple of times a year, but the girl flies more often. They spent time on quarantine and even shot video joint training.
After moving to Kazakhstan, Darren seriously took up the study of the Russian language, spending on daily work with a tutor to 3 hours. The captain of "Barys" reads books in the original, watching American TV series with Russian translation and tries to talk as much as possible. The DIC is committed to living communication to better understand the culture and traditions of the new homeland.
Darren Ditz now
Season 2020/2021 Darren won in the KHL as part of the Kazakhstan "Barys" and finished the regular championship in the 11th place. In an interview, the hockey player admitted that he would not want to leave the club and intends to continue his career in Kazakhstan, who considers home.On hints that much more promising teams will offer him a contract, the DIC responded unequivocally. He will not crave fast trophies, his goal is to grow together with the club and lead to the victory.
In May 2021, the national team of Kazakhstan arrived in Latvia, where he participated in the World Hockey Championships. Defender of the National Team Darren Ditz together with the comrades to the latter fought for hitting the quarterfinals. They sensationally beat Finland at the group stage, but there was no further path in the tournament.
For Darren, it was the first world championship in his career, and he admitted that Kazakhstan was considered an honor at the tournament. Hockey player was full of the most bold hopes and even predicted his team victory in the tournament. And although before the triumph in the championship, Kazakhstanis turned out to be far away, they nevertheless showed the best result in history.
Achievements
- 2019 - Winner of the World Cup (Division A)
- 2019 - Member of the World Championship of the World Championship (Division A)
- 2019, 2020 - Member of the Match of All Stars KHL