Mark Hardy

Mark Hardy
Date of birth	February 1, 1959
place of birth	Samedan , Switzerland
size	178 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1979 , 2nd round, 30th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1975-1979	Montréal Juniors
1979-1980	Binghamton Dusters
1980-1988	Los Angeles Kings
1988	New York Rangers
1988	Minnesota North Stars
1988-1993	New York Rangers
1993	Los Angeles Kings
1993-1994	Phoenix Roadrunners
1994-1995	Detroit Vipers
1995-1996	Los Angeles Ice Dogs
1996-1998	Long Beach Ice Dogs

Mark Lea Hardy (born February 1, 1959 in Samedan , Switzerland ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Rangers and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1994 .

Career

The son of the Canadian ice hockey player Lea Hardy saw the light of day in Switzerland, which is why he is listed as Swiss in various NHL statistics. In fact, Mark Hardy was the first Swiss-born player to appear in the NHL. However, he does not have Swiss citizenship .

As a junior he played for the Montréal Juniors in the QMJHL and was drawn by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as 30th. After the draft he played for the Binghamton Dusters in the AHL , but was brought into the NHL by the Kings at the end of the season. The defender played his first full season in 1980/81 . He had his best season in 1984/85 , in which he scored 14 goals and prepared 39 goals. He won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team at the 1986 World Cup .

Shortly before the end of the 1987/88 season, he moved to the New York Rangers . After he had finished the season there, he moved to the Minnesota North Stars , but returned to New York after 15 games. He stayed there for nearly five seasons this time before returning to the Los Angeles Kings in March 1993 in exchange for John McIntyre . In Los Angeles he was no longer able to assert himself decisively, but then played until 1998 in the International Hockey League for the Phoenix Roadrunners , the Detroit Vipers and the Los Angeles Ice Dogs .

Hardy tops all of the NHL statistics for Swiss- born players. In the points statistics, he was replaced on March 25, 2008 by Mark Streit . During his playing days he was an assistant trainer for the Los Angeles Ice Dogs. From 1999 he was assistant to the Los Angeles Kings. From 2006 to 2008 Hardy was an assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks , followed by two years in the same position with the Los Angeles Kings. Since the 2011/12 season the Canadian has been working as an assistant coach for the Ontario Reign in the ECHL .

Personal

His mother Barbara Wyatt reached 7th place for Great Britain as a figure skater at the Olympic Games in Oslo in 1952 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1978 QMJHL First All-Star Team
• 1978 Émile Bouchard Trophy

International

• 1986 bronze medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	915	62	306	368	1293
Playoffs	10	67	5	16	21st	158

Web links

• Mark Hardy at hockeydb.com (English)
• Mark Hardy at legendsofhockey.net (English)