Marc Fortier

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CanadaCanada  Marc Fortier Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 26, 1966
place of birth Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1983-1987 Chicoutimi saguenéens
1987-1992 Québec Nordiques
1992-1994 Phoenix Roadrunners
1994-1997 Zurich SC
1997-2002 Polar bears Berlin
2002-2003 Frankfurt Lions
2003-2005 HC Ajoie

Marc Fortier (born February 26, 1966 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach. During his active career between 1983 and 2005 he played for the Québec Nordiques , Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League and the Eisbären Berlin and Frankfurt Lions in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

As a player

Fortier began his career in 1983 in the Canadian Junior League Québec Major Junior Hockey League , where he was under contract with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens . There the center was one of the best offensive players in the league. In his first season he scored 46 points in 64 games. He was able to further expand this point yield in the following years. His best season in the jersey of the Saguenéens was also his last. In the 1986/87 season he scored 201 points in 65 games. Despite the good performance Fortier was never a franchise of the National Hockey League drafted .

In the summer of 1987 he signed a contract with the Québec Nordiques from the National Hockey League. However, those responsible for the Nordiques initially used the right-handed shooter with their farm team at the time , the Fredericton Express , in the American Hockey League . Only in his second season could the Canadian establish himself with the Québec Nordiques. In the 1987/88 season he was used 57 times in the NHL and scored 39 points. In the following years Fortier played in both the NHL and the AHL. Since the final breakthrough failed to materialize with the Nordiques, he joined the Ottawa Senators for the 1992/93 season . In the two seasons in Ottawa , however, he only wore the Senator's jersey ten times and instead mostly went on the ice for the then farm teams in the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

Fortier completed four games for Team Canada in the 1994/95 season , but was not nominated for the 1995 Ice Hockey World Championship . In the four games he played, he was able to score one goal and three assists .

During the same season he moved to Europe to Zurich SC in the Swiss National League A . Three years later he left Switzerland again and went to Germany, where those responsible for the Berlin polar bears signed him up. As a result, he was one of the top strikers and top performers among the polar bears. In addition to the personal results, he was also able to celebrate successes with his new team. He achieved second place with the Berliners in 1997 and 1999 at the IIHF Continental Cup and in 1999 third place in the European Hockey League . There was a commitment to league rivals Frankfurt Lions in the 2002/03 season and in the seasons 2003/04 and 2004/05 when HC Ajoie in the second highest Swiss Hockey League, the National League B . In the summer of 2005, Fortier ended his active ice hockey career at the age of 39.

As a trainer

After Fortier finished his ice hockey career, he decided to work as a coach. Already at the end of May 2005 he was behind the gang at the CRS Express de Saint-Georges from the Canadian professional league Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Chicoutimi saguenéens QMJHL 67 16 30th 46 51 - - - - -
1984/85 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 68 35 63 98 114 14th 8th 4th 12 16
1985/86 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 71 47 86 133 49 9 2 14th 16 12
1986/87 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 65 66 135 201 39 19th 11 40 51 20th
1987/88 Fredericton Express AHL 50 26th 36 62 48 - - - - -
1987/88 Québec Nordiques NHL 27 4th 10 14th 12 - - - - -
1988/89 Halifax Citadels AHL 16 11 11 22nd 14th - - - - -
1988/89 Québec Nordiques NHL 57 20th 19th 39 45 - - - - -
1989/90 Halifax Citadels AHL 15th 5 6th 11 6th - - - - -
1989/90 Québec Nordiques NHL 59 13 17th 30th 28 - - - - -
1990/91 Halifax Citadels AHL 58 24 32 56 85 - - - - -
1990/91 Québec Nordiques NHL 14th 0 4th 4th 6th - - - - -
1991/92 Halifax Citadels AHL 16 9 16 25th 44 - - - - -
1991/92 Québec Nordiques NHL 39 5 9 14th 33 - - - - -
1992/93 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 17th 4th 9 13 34 - - - - -
1992/93 New Haven Senators AHL 16 9 15th 24 42 - - - - -
1992/93 Ottawa Senators NHL 10 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6th 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
1993/94 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 81 39 61 100 96 - - - - -
1994/95 Zurich SC NLA 35 11 40 51 104 5 2 6th 8th 2
1995/96 Zurich SC NLA 36 17th 38 55 30th 4th 1 2 3 4th
1996/97 Zurich SC NLA 24 8th 19th 27 39
1996/97 Polar bears Berlin DEL 18th 3 8th 11 10 8th 5 4th 9 2
1997/98 Polar bears Berlin DEL 43 8th 36 44 38 10 2 5 7th 6th
1998/99 Polar bears Berlin DEL 49 8th 39 47 86 8th 3 2 5 15th
1999/00 Polar bears Berlin DEL 53 8th 39 47 70 - - - - -
2000/01 Polar bears Berlin DEL 49 13 39 52 30th - - - - -
2001/02 Polar bears Berlin DEL 58 20th 37 57 54 4th 4th 2 6th 2
2002/03 Frankfurt Lions DEL 52 9 40 49 22nd - - - - -
2003/04 HC Ajoie NLB 44 22nd 48 70 50 - - - - -
2004/05 HC Ajoie NLB 27 5 16 21st 46 - - - - -
2004/05 Friborg-Gottéron NLA 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
QMJHL total 271 164 314 478 253 42 21st 58 79 48
AHL total 171 84 116 200 239 - - - - -
IHL total 98 43 70 113 130 - - - - -
National League B total 71 27 64 91 96 - - - - -
National League A overall 99 36 98 134 173 9 3 8th 11 6th
DEL total 322 69 238 307 310 30th 14th 13 27 25th
NHL overall 212 42 60 102 135 - - - - -

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Fortier, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada