Marc Potvin
Date of birth | January 29, 1967 |
place of birth | Ottawa , Ontario , Canada |
date of death | January 13, 2006 |
Place of death | Kalamazoo , Michigan , USA |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | Right wing |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1986 , 9th lap, 169th position Detroit Red Wings |
Career stations | |
1986-1990 | Bowling Green State University |
1990-1993 | Adirondack Red Wings |
1993 | Los Angeles Kings |
1993-1994 | Hartford Whalers |
1994-1996 | Boston Bruins |
1996-1997 | Portland Pirates |
1997-1998 | Chicago Wolves |
Marc R. Potvin (born January 29, 1967 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † January 13, 2006 in Kalamazoo , Michigan , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Detroit Red Wings , Los Angeles , from 1990 to 1996 Kings , Hartford Whalers and Boston Bruins played in the National Hockey League . He was the second cousin of Hockey Hall of Fame member Denis Potvin and Jean Potvin , both of whom were also professional ice hockey players.
Career
As a player
Potvin played between 1984 and 1986 first for the Elmira Sugar Kings and Stratford Cullitons in the second division of the Ontario Hockey Association . He then moved to an American college for four years , which was not exactly common for Canadian junior players, as they mostly played in the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League . In the 1986 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the ninth round in 169th position. The right winger therefore ran between 1986 and 1990 for the ice hockey team at Bowling Green State University . These belonged to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Potvin won the championship of the CCHA with the team in the 1986/87 season, before he left the team in the spring of 1990 to pursue a career in the professional field.
After Potvin had already been used for the Adirondack Red Wings , the Detroit farm team , in the American Hockey League at the end of the 1989/90 season , he became part of the franchise in the fall of 1990 . During the season he was used both mainly in the AHL and sporadically in the NHL. It was similar in the 1991/92 season, which was crowned by winning the Calder Cup of the Adirondack Red Wings. After two and a half years in the Detroit organization, the latter transferred him to the Los Angeles Kings at the end of January 1993 together with Jimmy Carson and Gary Shuchuk , who in return sent Paul Coffey , Sylvain Couturier and Jim Hiller to " Motor City " . Potvin's engagement in Los Angeles lasted only nine months and 23 games, however, since he was given to the Hartford Whalers in early November in exchange for Doug Houda . With the Whalers, the Enforcer completed his best season to date with five points in 51 games. However, he did not renew his expiring contract and joined the Boston Bruins for two years in the summer of 1994 . Due to the lockout , which delayed the start of the 1994/95 NHL season , the Canadian found himself in the AHL after more than a year and a half. He completed much of the game year for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. He played six times for Boston. In the second year he went back to the AHL more often for the Bruins. With 18 points from 48 encounters and only 118 penalty minutes, he played his best and last NHL season.
In the 1996/97 season Potvin found himself in the AHL with the Portland Pirates . With 32 points, it was the best in his professional career. The 1997/98 season with the Chicago Wolves in the International Hockey League was also the last of the 31-year-old. He crowned her by winning the Turner Cup .
As a trainer
After finishing his career as an active athlete, Potvin assisted in the 1998/99 season as a coach of the Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League , the farm team of his former club Detroit Red Wings. Just a year later he was the head coach of the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the East Coast Hockey League , with whom he immediately qualified for the playoffs. Despite the success, he moved to the Springfield Falcons in the AHL in the following season and coached them for two years. However, he could not celebrate the playoff qualification with the team in both years. His engagement ended at the end of the 2001/02 season . After a year break, he took over the Adirondack IceHawks in the United Hockey League during the 2003/04 season .
He trained this until his suicide on January 13, 2006. Police investigations revealed that the Canadian had hanged himself with a belt on the shower head of his hotel room in Kalamazoo a few hours before his team's game against the Kalamazoo Wings .
Achievements and Awards
- 1987 CCHA championship with Bowling Green State University
- 1992 Calder Cup win with the Adirondack Red Wings
- 1998 Turner Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
Career statistics
As a player
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1984-85 | Elmira Sugar Kings | OHA-B | 37 | 21st | 22nd | 43 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1985-86 | Stratford Cullitons | OHA-B | 39 | 22nd | 43 | 65 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1986-87 | Bowling Green State University | NCAA | 43 | 5 | 15th | 20th | 74 | |||||||
1987-88 | Bowling Green State University | NCAA | 45 | 15th | 21st | 36 | 80 | |||||||
1988-89 | Bowling Green State University | NCAA | 46 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 63 | |||||||
1989-90 | Bowling Green State University | NCAA | 40 | 19th | 17th | 36 | 72 | |||||||
Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | |||
1990-91 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 63 | 9 | 13 | 22nd | 365 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
1991-92 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 51 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 314 | 19th | 5 | 4th | 9 | 57 | ||
Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1992-93 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 37 | 8th | 12 | 20th | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 20th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1993-94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Hartford Whalers | NHL | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 246 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1994-95 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 21st | 4th | 14th | 18th | 84 | 12 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 25th | ||
Boston Bruins | NHL | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | |||
1995-96 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 48 | 9 | 9 | 18th | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Boston Bruins | NHL | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18th | |||
1996-97 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 71 | 17th | 15th | 32 | 210 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
1997-98 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 81 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||
OHA-B total | 76 | 43 | 65 | 108 | 288 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NCAA overall | 174 | 62 | 65 | 127 | 289 | |||||||||
AHL total | 296 | 62 | 80 | 142 | 1209 | 40 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 117 | ||||
IHL total | 81 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||||
NHL overall | 121 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 456 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
( 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 )
As a trainer
Regular season | Play-offs | ||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | GC | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | Win% | GC | W. | L. | result | ||
1998-99 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | Assistant coach under Glenn Merkosky | ||||||||||||
1999-00 | Mississippi Sea Wolves | ECHL | 70 | 35 | 27 | - | 8th | 78 | .557 | 7th | 3 | 4th | 2nd round | ||
2000-01 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 80 | 29 | 37 | 8th | 6th | 72 | .450 | - | - | - | - | ||
2001-02 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 80 | 35 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 74 | .463 | - | - | - | - | ||
2002-03 | without contract | ||||||||||||||
2003-04 | Adirondack IceHawks | UHL | 31 | 5 | 22nd | - | 4th | 14th | .226 | - | - | - | - | ||
2004-05 | Adirondack Frostbite | UHL | 80 | 48 | 24 | - | 8th | 104 | .650 | 6th | 2 | 4th | 1 round | ||
2005-06 | Adirondack Frostbite | UHL | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
ECHL total | 70 | 35 | 27 | - | 8th | 78 | .557 | 7th | 3 | 4th | 1 participation | ||||
UHL overall | - | 6th | 2 | 4th | 1 participation | ||||||||||
AHL total | 160 | 64 | 78 | 10 | 8th | 146 | .457 | - | - | - | 0 participations |
Individual evidence
- ↑ usatoday.com, UHL coach Marc Potvin found dead in hotel
- ↑ sportsillustrated.cnn.com, Former NHL'er, UHL head coach Marc Potvin passed away
Web links
- Marc Potvin at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Marc Potvin at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Potvin, Marc |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potvin, Marc R. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario |
DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2006 |
Place of death | Kalamazoo , Michigan |