John Marks (ice hockey)
| John Marks | |||
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Marks in 1973
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| Born |
March 22, 1948 Hamiota, MB, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Chicago Black Hawks | ||
| NHL Draft | 9th overall, 1968 Chicago Black Hawks |
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| Playing career | 1968–1988 | ||
John Garrison Marks (born March 22, 1948 in Hamiota, Manitoba) is a retired former professional ice hockey player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League (USHL).
Marks spent his 657-game NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks, recording 112 goals and 163 assists for 275 points, as well as accumulating 330 penalty minutes.
He was head coach/director of player personnel for the Dayton Gems. Until they folded midway through the 2008-09 season, Marks was the head coach of the Augusta (GA) Lynx of the ECHL. For the 2006-07 season he was the head coach of the Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), leading the team to the President's Cup by taking first place in the playoffs. The championship was the first for the FireAntz as well as the first for the city of Fayetteville in 51 years.
From 1998 to 2006, he was the only head coach of the now-defunct Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL. In 2002, he guided the South Carolina-based team to their only league championship in a four-game sweep of the Dayton Bombers; this was the first (and currently only) time an ECHL team has swept the Kelly Cup finals. With the victory, Marks also became the first coach in ECHL history to win two championships with two different teams.
He has two children, daughter Tricia and son Logan. Logan is an up-and-coming hockey goalie.
On May 10, 2010, Marks was announced as the new head coach of the Winkler Flyers of the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League.
Marks became the head coach of the USHL's Fargo Force on July 18, 2011.
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