Mark Kumpel

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Mark Kumpel
Born (1961-03-07) March 7, 1961 (age 64)
Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Quebec Nordiques
Detroit Red Wings
Winnipeg Jets
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 108th overall, 1980
Quebec Nordiques
Playing career 19831993

Mark Alan Kumpel (born March 7, 1961) is an American former ice hockey player.

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Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Kumpel also played for the Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets. A member of the 1984 Olympic team, Kumpel retired from the NHL after 288 games played where he totaled 38 goals for 84 points.

After his retirement as a player, Kumpel served as head coach of the Nashville Knights and Dayton Bombers of the ECHL, and was on the Portland Pirates staff from 1998 to 2004. Kumpel also served as a scout for the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers.

Prior to becoming the director of hockey operations for the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) in 2012, Kumpel had a successful five-year tenure as head coach of the Walpole Express Junior A hockey team. Kumpel led the Express to three consecutive Atlantic Junior Hockey League playoff championships (2009–12) and two regular-season titles in (2011 and 2012). In 2019, he left the EHL to take a position with Kunlun Red Star's development team in China. [1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80 Lowell ECAC II 3018183612
1980–81 LowellECAC II12020
1981–82 LowellECAC II3517133023
1982–83 LowellECAC II785130
1982–83 United States National Team Intl301418326
1983–84United States National TeamIntl6114193319
1983–84 Fredericton Express AHL 161125300015
1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 42871526183474
1984–85 Fredericton ExpressAHL18961517
1985–86 Quebec NordiquesNHL471012221721010
1985–86 Fredericton ExpressAHL74264
1986–87 Quebec NordiquesNHL4018916
1986–87 Detroit Red Wings NHL5011080004
1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL7235011010
1987–88 Detroit Red WingsNHL130224
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL324481940004
1987–88 Adirondack Red WingsAHL45052
1988–89 Moncton Hawks AHL5322234525
1989–90 Winnipeg JetsNHL5689172172022
1990–91 Winnipeg JetsNHL53731010
1991–92 Moncton HawksAHL411118291220000
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL3053814
AHL totals176595611579610115
NHL totals28838468411339641014

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1981 United States WJC
1983 United States WC B
1984 United States OG 61012
Senior totals61012

References

  1. "Kumpel Resigns as Commissioner". Eastern Hockey League. July 26, 2019.