Vernarsky was born in Detroit, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Little Caesars minor ice hockey team.\n', '

Vernarsky was drafted 51st overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft from the Ontario Hockey League\'s Plymouth Whalers.[citation needed] While playing for the Whalers, his right were traded to the Boston Bruins for Ric Jackman.[citation needed] He played 17 regular season games for the Bruins, in which he scored one goal and collected two penalty minutes.[citation needed]\n', '

Vernarsky is married with three children, and resides near of Detroit.[citation needed] After retiring from playing in 2012, he became a welder and fabricator, and coached minor ice hockey.[citation needed]\n', '

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