Mark Astley

Mark Astley
Date of birth	March 30, 1969
place of birth	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 10th lap, 194th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1987-1988	Calgary Canucks
1988-1992	Lake Superior State University
1992-1993	HC Lugano
1993-1994	HC Ambrì-Piotta
1994-1996	Buffalo Sabers
1996-1997	Phoenix Roadrunners
1997-2004	HC Lugano
2004-2005	SCL Tigers
2005-2007	EHC Basel

Mark Astley (born March 30, 1969 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a former Canadian - Swiss ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League from 1987 to 2007 .

Career

Mark Astley began his career as a hockey player with the Calgary Canucks, for which he was active in the Alberta Junior Hockey League in the 1987/88 season . He then attended Lake Superior State University for four years , for whose ice hockey team he was active parallel to his studies in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . With his university team he won the CCHA championship in 1991 and the NCAA championship title a year later . From 1992 to 1994 the defender played for HC Lugano and HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss National League A for one year . Towards the end of the 1993/94 season he made his debut for the Buffalo Sabers , who had selected him in the tenth round as a total of 194 players in the National Hockey League during his studies in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 . There he also spent the following two seasons, where he was in the 1994/95 season mostly for Buffalos farm team Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League on the ice. The 1996/97 season was spent by the 1994 Olympian with the Phoenix Roadrunners from the International Hockey League .

For the 1997/98 season Astley returned to his former Swiss club HC Lugano in the NLA. With the team he won the Swiss championship title in the 1998/99 and 2002/03 seasons . He spent the 2004/05 season at Lugano's league rivals SCL Tigers . He last played for the NLA participant EHC Basel from 2005 to 2007 .

International

For Canada Astley took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , where he won the silver medal with his team.

Achievements and Awards

1991 CCHA Championship with Lake Superior State University 1991 CCHA Second All-Star Team 1992 CCHA First All-Star Team 1992 NCAA championship with Lake Superior State University 1992 NCAA West First All-American Team

1992 NCAA All-Tournament Team 1992 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada 1999 Swiss champion with HC Lugano 2003 Swiss champion with HC Lugano

International

• 1994 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL main round	3	75	4th	19th	23	92
NHL playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0
NLA main round	12	393	41	106	147	640
NLA playoffs	8th	98	5	23	28	177
NLA relegation	2	19th	3	3	6th	18th

Web links

• Mark Astley at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mark Astley at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Mark Astley at eurohockey.com
• Mark Astley at eliteprospects.com (English)