Mark Johnson (ice hockey player)

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IIHF Hall of Fame , 1999
Mark Johnson
Date of birth September 22, 1957
place of birth Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 73 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 4th lap, 66th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA Amateur Draft 1977 , 3rd lap, 22nd position
Birmingham Bulls
Career stations
1975-1976 Team USA
1976-1979 University of Wisconsin – Madison
1979-1980 Team USA
1980-1982 Pittsburgh Penguins
1982 Minnesota North Stars
1982-1985 Hartford Whalers
1985 St. Louis Blues
1985-1990 New Jersey Devils
1990-1991 HC Milano Saima
1991-1992 EK Zell am See

Mark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player and today's coach , who worked for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Minnesota North Stars , Hartford Whalers , St Has played Louis Blues and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League . He came to great fame as a member of the US national team , which became Olympic champion in 1980 . His father Bob was a well-known ice hockey coach.

Career

Mark Johnson grew up in Madison , Wisconsin , where he began his career as a hockey player on the Madison Memorial High School team. After he had scored 65 goals and 56 assists in 30 games for his high school team in the 1975/76 season, he was accepted into Team USA , for which he scored eleven scorer points in eleven games by the end of the season, including five goals . He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years from 1976 to 1979 , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the Wisconsin Badgers , the center won the 1977 championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and then the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was also named Freshman of the Year by the WCHA. After he was able to convince his university team, he was selected in the NHL Amateur Draft 1977 in the fourth round as a total of 66th player by the Pittsburgh Penguins and in the WHA Amateur Draft 1977 in the third round as a total of 22nd player selected by the Birmingham Bulls . First, however, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for another two years and was elected to the First All-Star Team of the WCHA and the First All-American Team of the Western Conference of the NCAA in 1978 and 1979. In the 1978/79 season he was also the best player in the WCHA.

The 1979/80 season began Johnson with Team USA, with whom he was preparing for the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Following the Olympic victory, which went down in sports history as Miracle on Ice , he signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League , for which he scored five goals in 22 games and provided seven assists by the end of the season. Also in the following two seasons he was regularly for Pittsburgh in the NHL for use before he was given to the Minnesota North Stars on March 2, 1982 in exchange for a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 1982 . In his hometown, however, he only stayed until the end of the 1981/82 season and scored four goals and two assists in 14 games for the North Stars. In October 1982 he was transferred to the Hartford Whalers along with Kent-Erik Andersson for Jordy Douglas and a five-round vote for the 1984 NHL Entry Draft . There he achieved his breakthrough when he scored 203 points scorer in 201 games for the Whalers, including 85 goals. In addition, he took in 2004 at the NHL All-Star Game in part. In February 1985, the left shooter was given to the St. Louis Blues along with Greg Millen in exchange for Mike Luit and Jörgen Pettersson . From 1985 to 1990 Johnson was with the New Jersey Devils in the NHL under contract. For the 1990/91 season he went to Europe, where he was signed by HC Milano Saima from the Italian A1 series . With this he also began the following season, but already moved to EK Zell am See after only two games , for which he scored 72 scorer points in 33 games in the Austrian ice hockey league in the 1991/92 season , including 23 goals, before he ended his active career at the age of 35.

For the 1995/96 season Johnson began his career as an ice hockey coach. During this season he coached the Madison Monsters in the Colonial Hockey League , with whom he reached the first playoff round. He was also named coach of the year this season. He then was from 1996 to 2002 assistant coach at his former University of Wisconsin-Madison in the NCAA. At the World Championships in 2000 and 2002 , he was in charge of the US men's national team as an assistant coach.

Johnson has been coaching the University of Wisconsin-Madison's women's team since 2002, with which he won the WCHA and NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007, respectively. During this period he was also named WCHA's Trainer of the Year. He led the US women's national team at the 2007 World Cup and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver to win the silver medal. He also worked for USA Hockey as a coach for various women's junior national teams.

International

For the United States , Johnson took part in the 1978 , 1979 , 1981 , 1982 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 and 1990 World Championships and in the Canada Cup in 1981 , 1984 and 1987 . His international career was crowned by winning the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . He contributed to this success with five goals and six assists in seven games, making him the top scorer of his team. In what became known as the Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet national team , he scored two goals.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1977 WCHA Master with the University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • 1977 WCHA Freshman of the Year
  • 1977 NCAA Champion with the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1978 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1978 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1979 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1979 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1979 WCHA Most Valuable Player

As a trainer

  • 1996 Colonial Hockey League Coach of the Year
  • 2006 NCAA Masters with the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 2006 WCHA Masters with the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 2006 WCHA Div. 1 coach of the year
  • 2007 NCAA Masters with the University of Wisconsin-Madison

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 11 669 203 305 508 260
Playoffs 6th 37 16 12 28 10

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personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Mark Einar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA