Michael Duco (born July 8, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the interim head coach of the Elmira Jackals in the ECHL. Duco played his major junior hockey with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, and has played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks.\n', '

As a youth, Duco played in the 2001 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Vaughan.\n', '

Duco began his Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career late in the 2003–04 season with the Kitchener Rangers. In five games Duco registered one goal and two assists and added another assist in three playoff games. In his first full season Duco recorded 24 goals and 50 points in 62 games. He also registered a +16 rating, eight power play goals, and two shorthanded goals. At season\'s end Duco was named to the OHL\'s All-Rookie Second Team. Prior to the 2005–06 season Duco was invited to the Edmonton Oilers training camp. He failed to make the team or be given a contract and returned to Kitchener. There his overall production dipped to 22 goals and 44 points, but he increased his power play goal total to 11. In the post-season Duco added 2 goals and an assist in 5 games. The following year, he was again invited to Oilers camp where he was unable to gain a contract and was reassigned to the Rangers. During the 2006–07 season Duco registered his third straight 20 goal season, but his production dropped for a second consecutive season registering 40 points. In the playoffs Duco notched a goal and an assist in nine post-season games. In the off-season Duco was invited to the Florida Panthers training camp in Kitchener. His performance at this camp earned him an invite to the Panthers main training camp, where he played in one pre-season game and was signed to an entry-level contract. Duco was reassigned to Kitchner for his overage season and set career highs in goals, 32, points, 54, and penalty minutes (PIM), 173.\n', '

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