Mark Lawrence (ice hockey)

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Mark Lawrence
Born (1972-01-27) January 27, 1972 (age 53)
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Dallas Stars
New York Islanders
NHL draft 118th overall, 1991
Minnesota North Stars
Playing career 19922003

Mark Jay Lawrence (born January 27, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars and the New York Islanders from 1995 to 2000.

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Early life

Lawrence was born in Burlington, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1985 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burlington. [1]

Career

Lawrence was drafted 118th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. [2] He had a spell in the East Coast Hockey League with the Dayton Bombers and three seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL) with the Kalamazoo Wings. [3]

He made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars, playing two games during the 1994–95 NHL season. He played 13 more games for the Stars the next season before moving to the New York Islanders in 1997 as a free agent. He received more ice time with the Islanders with his best season coming in 1998–99, scoring 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points in 60 games. In all, Lawrence played 142 regular season games, scoring 18 goals and 26 assists for 44 points and collected 115 penalty minutes. [3]

In 2001, he returned to the Kalamazoo Wings who were now in the United Hockey League. He joined as a player/assistant coach, but missed a majority of the 2001–02 season due to a knee injury. In February 2002, he became interim head coach of the Wings for the remainder of the 2001–02 season, replacing Dennis Desrosiers, but only won 5 of 22 games as the Wings failed to make the playoffs. He played one more season with the Wings before retiring. [3]

In 2015, he was hired as the head coach of the West Michigan Wolves, a Tier III junior team in the North American 3 Hockey League, after six seasons as a youth coach in West Michigan. [4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Burlington Cougars COJHL 4012122490
1988–89 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 6392736142
1989–90 Niagara Falls ThunderOHL541518331231625742
1990–91 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors OHL6627386553
1991–92 Detroit Compuware AmbassadorsOHL2819264554
1991–92 North Bay Centennials OHL24131427212123123536
1992–93 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 5722133547
1992–93 Dayton Bombers ECHL 208142246
1993–94 Kalamazoo WingsIHL6417203790
1994–95 Dallas Stars NHL 20000
1994–95 Kalamazoo WingsIHL772129509216371028
1995–96 Dallas StarsNHL1301117
1995–96 Michigan K-Wings IHL55151429921034730
1996–97 Michigan K-WingsIHL68152136141400018
1997–98 New York Islanders NHL20002
1997–98 Utah Grizzlies IHL8036286410241124
1998–99 New York IslandersNHL6014163038
1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 211061628
1999–00 New York IslandersNHL2915626
1999–00 Chicago Wolves IHL16461032
1999–00 Lowell Lock MonstersAHL184488722410
2000–01 New York IslandersNHL3634732
2000–01 Chicago WolvesIHL3286142620000
2001–02 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 3815193441
2002–03 Kalamazoo WingsUHL6910415189
IHL totals449138137275622367121980
NHL totals142182644115

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. "1991 NHL Entry Draft". HockeyDatabase.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mark Lawrence Hockey Stats and Profile". HockeyDatabase.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  4. "34 in 34: West Michigan Wolves". NA3HL. August 31, 2015.