Wakaluk grew up in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, where he became lifelong best friends with fellow Ukrainian-Canadian and future fellow Rochester Americans/Buffalo Sabres player Doug Houda. There, he won the Alberta Provincial Midget 'B' Championship in 1981-82 with the Pincher Creek Oilers.\n", "

In Juniors, he played for the WHL's Kelowna Wings and Spokane Chiefs. After being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres, Wakaluk then spent part of 5 seasons with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, winning the Calder Cup Championship in his first year (1986–87) and reaching the Finals once again in 1989-90.\n", '

On December 6, 1987, Wakaluk became the first American Hockey League goaltender to score a goal when he shot the puck the length of the ice into an empty net in a game with Rochester against Utica. Two days later, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers would accomplish the same feat becoming the first NHL goalie to score a goal, also shooting into an empty net. Darcy would go on to be inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame in 2012.\n', '

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