Mark Streit
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Streit (right) with the New York Islanders in 2008
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11 December 1977 Englisberg, Switzerland |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Pittsburgh Penguins HC Fribourg-Gottéron HC Davos ZSC Lions Montreal Canadiens New York Islanders SC Bern Philadelphia Flyers |
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| National team |
 Switzerland
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| NHL Draft | 262nd overall, 2004 Montreal Canadiens |
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| Playing career | 1995–present | ||
Mark Thomas Streit (born 11 December 1977) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the captain of both the New York Islanders and the Swiss national team. Streit is one of the few swingmen in the NHL who is able to play both as a defenceman and as a forward. He was featured on the front cover of the Swiss versions of the NHL series of hockey games, from NHL 08 to NHL 11 and was replaced by Jonas Hiller for NHL 12.
Streit began his career in the Swiss Nationalliga A with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in 1995–96 as an 18-year-old. The following year, he transferred to HC Davos and improved to a 25-point campaign in 44 games in 1998–99, his third season with the team.
Garnering attention from North America, but undrafted by an NHL team, he bounced around the minor leagues in 1999–00, playing the majority of the season with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Streit returned to the Nationalliga and spent five seasons with ZSC Lions after his brief North American stint. He helped the Lions to a Swiss championship in 2001, as well as back-to-back IIHF Continental Cups in 2001 and 2002. After a 12-goal, 36-point season in 48 games in 2003–04, Streit was drafted in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, 262nd overall, by the Montreal Canadiens at 26 years old (players are typically drafted at the age of 18).
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