Marcus Foligno

Marcus Foligno
Date of birth	August 10, 1991
place of birth	Buffalo , New York , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	101 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 82
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 4th round, 104th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2007-2011	Sudbury Wolves
2011–2012	Rochester Americans
2012-2017	Buffalo Sabers
since 2017	Minnesota Wild

Marcus Foligno (born August 10, 1991 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League since June 2017 . Previously, the left winger was active in the Buffalo Sabers organization for six years .

Career

Marcus Foligno was born in Buffalo, New York , United States . Since both of his parents were Canadian citizens, Foligno was granted dual citizenship of the United States and Canada. Foligno played as a junior for the Sudbury Wolves Bantam AAA and the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves in regional divisions of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association.

Sudbury Wolves (2007-2011)

Marcus Foligno's professional playing career began in the 2007/08 season after he was selected by the Sudbury Wolves in the second round in 39th place in the 2007 OHL Priority Selection . At the end of his first season for the Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League , Foligno was able to show five goals and six assists for eleven scorer points in 66 games . Foligno has spent 38 minutes in the penalty box this season .

In his second OHL season, the Canadian winger increased his yield to 30 points, including twelve goals. A tougher style of play also increased the penalty minutes that Foligno had to serve, from 38 to 96 minutes. Foligno took part in the 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game at the General Motors Center in Oshawa . At the end of the 2009/10 season , Foligno again had significantly more penalty minutes. The Canadian could only partially meet the offensive expectations this season; he scored two hits and seven assists more than in the previous season and accordingly closed the season with a total of 39 points.

In Foligno's last season in the OHL, the 2010/11 season , the Sudbury Wolves attacker was able to achieve his personal bests in the offensive categories: he scored 22 goals and provided 36 assists; thus he was the third best point collector of the Wolves this season. His 92 penalty minutes were also the team's third most. Due to a knee injury, he was only able to participate in 47 games of his team this season.

Buffalo Sabers (2011-2017)

Foligno signed on May 25, 2011 an entry contract with the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League . First he played in the 2011/12 season for the Sabers farm team, the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League and during this time he played 55 games in which he contributed 14 goals and 20 assists for his team.

On December 19, 2011, the left winger was called up by the Buffalo Sabers and made his NHL debut a day later. In his second NHL game, which he played on March 10, 2012, Marcus Foligno scored the first goal of his NHL career in the last third of the game. The opponents of the Sabers were the Ottawa Senators , his brother Nick Foligno's team .

Minnesota Wild (since 2017)

After six years in Buffalo, Foligno was handed over to the Minnesota Wild in June 2017 with Tyler Ennis and a third-round vote in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Jason Pominville , Marco Scandella and a four-round vote for the same draft moved to Buffalo. For the time being, the Wild only secured the negotiating rights to Foligno, whose contract expires on July 1, 2017, so that from this point on he could enter into negotiations with all teams in the league ( unrestricted free agent ) . Eventually he signed a new four-year contract in Minnesota.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2011 OHL Second All-Star Team
• 2012 NHL Rookie of the Month for March

International

• 2011 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2007/08	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		66	5	6th	11	38		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		65	12	18th	30th	96		6th	1	2	3	24
2009/10	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		67	14th	25th	39	156		4th	1	1	2	6th
2010/11	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		47	23	36	59	92		8th	2	1	3	24
2011/12	Rochester Americans	AHL		60	16	23	39	78		3	2	1	3	4th
2011/12	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		14th	6th	7th	13	9		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Rochester Americans	AHL		33	10	17th	27	38		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		47	5	13	18th	41		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		74	7th	12	19th	82		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		57	8th	12	20th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		75	10	13	23	79		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		80	13	10	23	73		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Minnesota Wild	NHL		77	8th	15th	23	72		5	1	0	1	16
2018/19	Minnesota Wild	NHL		82	7th	12	19th	55		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Minnesota Wild	NHL		59	11	14th	25th	30th		4th	0	1	1	5
OHL total				245	54	85	139	382		18th	4th	4th	8th	39
AHL total				93	26th	40	66	116		3	2	1	3	4th
NHL overall				565	75	108	183	491		9	1	1	2	21st

International

Represented Canada to:

• U20 World Junior Championship 2011

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011	Canada	U20 World Cup			7th	2	2	4th	2
Juniors overall					7th	2	2	4th	2

( 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 )

Personal

Marcus Foligno was born to Mike Foligno and Janis Foligno. His father was team captain of the Buffalo Sabers in the 1989/90 NHL season . His brother Nick Foligno played in the NHL four years earlier than Marcus. Since then, just like Marcus, he has been playing the position of left winger for the Columbus Blue Jackets . Janis Foligno, Marcus mother died in July 2009 after five years of illness of cancer .

When celebrating his goal, Marcus Foligno jumps into the air with his legs drawn up, modeled on his father Mike Foligno. This goal celebration from Mike Foligno was already known in his active professional time as Foligno Leap ( German  Foligno jump ) and is also carried out by Marcus' brother Nick Foligno when goals are scored.

Web links

Commons : Marcus Foligno  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Minnesota Wild website
• Marcus Foligno at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Marcus Foligno Profile. hockeysfuture.com, accessed March 26, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Marcus Foligno's Brother Nick Sees His 1st NHL Goal from Opposing Bench. bleacherreport.com, accessed March 26, 2012 . 
3. ^ Wild Acquires Tyler Ennis and Marcus Foligno. nhl.com, June 30, 2017, accessed June 30, 2017 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Tim Wharnsby: All in the family for the Folignos. cbc.ca, accessed March 26, 2012 .