Hockey agent Darren Ferris scoring wins

Six years after starting his own firm, NHL agent Darren Ferris has signed the reigning league MVP, New Jersey Devils wing Taylor Hall.

Ferris’ Definitive Hockey Group will represent Hall, who this year was awarded the Hart Trophy, given to the league’s top player. Hall was formerly represented by the Orr Hockey Group.

Ferris started his own agency in 2012 after working for 16 years at the Orr Hockey Group, where he recruited young players who later became stars, including Hall. Originally, Ferris’ company was called ARC and was formed in partnership with SDI Marketing, but Ferris parted ways with that company at the end of what was a three-year deal in 2015 and formed DHG.

Hall, 26, who led the Devils back to the playoffs for the first time in six years, will be up for a new contract next summer and, if not extended, will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2020.

Ferris now represents 22 players under NHL contracts. He represents about 45 prospects, including players in the minor leagues.

DHG, which is based in Toronto, employs seven people in North America.