Mark Hunter - Owner/Video President/General Manager
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Mark is beginning his 7th season as the Owner/Vice President and General Manager of the London Knights. In this role Mark is responsibility for overseeing the day to day operations of the Business and Hockey Departments of the London Knights Hockey Club. Mark along with the Hockey Department Drafted or Traded for all members the Memorial Cup Champion 2004-2005 London Knights Hockey Team.. The 2004-2005 London Knights set numerous records and finished with the best record in OHL history. Mark was named Ontario Hockey League Executive of the Year for his role in constructing the record setting 2003-2004 London Knights. The 2003-2004 London Knights had a remarkable 20 players of 23 that were acquired by the OHL Priority Selection.. Prior to purchasing the London Knights Hockey Club along with his brother, Mark spent the previous 6 years as a Coach in the OHL, AHL and IHL. Mark began his OHL Coaching Career with the 1994-95 Sarnia Sting. Mark was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 1996 and named Head Coach of the 1996-97 St. John's Maple Leafs.Following a 36-28-10-6 season in St. John's he decided to return to the Sarnia Sting as Head Coach and General Manager for 3 seasons. During his time with the Sting he coached and mentored current NHL players Trevor Letowski (Columbus), Andy Delmore (Detroit), Ivan Novoseltsev (Phoenix), Mike Van Ryn (Florida), Eric Boulton (Atlanta), Sean Brown (New Jersey), Jon Sim (Philadelphia Flyers) and Patrick DesRochers (Carolina) Prior to his coaching career, Mark had a 12 year career in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blue, Calgary Flames and Hartford Whalers. Mark scored 213 Goals and added 171 Assists in 628 games in the NHL and was a member of the 1989 Stanley Cup Champion Calgary Flames Mark was the 1st Overall Pick in the 1979 Ontario Hockey League Draft by the Brantford Alexanders and spent 2 seasons in the OHL. He was the Montreal Canadiens 1st Round Pick (7th Overall) in the 1981 National Hockey League Draft and joined Montreal as an 18 year old rookie. Mark scored an NHL career high 44 goals in 1985-86 with the St. Louis Blues. Mark enjoys farming and golfing during the offseason.
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Regular Season |
Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
LGE |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| 79-80 |
Brantford Alexanders |
OHA |
66 |
34 |
55 |
89 |
171 |
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| 80-81 |
Brantford Alexanders |
OHL |
53 |
39 |
40 |
79 |
157 |
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| 81-82 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
71 |
18 |
11 |
29 |
143 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
| 82-83 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
31 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 83-84 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
22 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
42 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
69 |
| 84-85 |
Montreal Canadiens |
NHL |
72 |
21 |
12 |
33 |
123 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
| 85-86 |
St.-Louis Blues |
NHL |
78 |
44 |
30 |
74 |
171 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
48 |
| 86-87 |
St.-Louis Blues |
NHL |
74 |
36 |
33 |
69 |
169 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
| 87-88 |
St.-Louis Blues |
NHL |
66 |
32 |
31 |
63 |
136 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
24 |
| 88-89 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
66 |
22 |
8 |
30 |
194 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
23 |
| 89-90 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
10 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
39 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 90-91 |
Calgary Flames |
NHL |
57 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 90-91 |
Hartford Whalers |
NHL |
11 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
40 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
17 |
| 91-92 |
Hartford Whalers |
NHL |
63 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
159 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| 92-93 |
Baltimore Skipjacks |
AHL |
28 |
13 |
18 |
31 |
66 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
| 92-93 |
Washington Capitals |
NHL |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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NHL Totals |
628 |
213 |
171 |
384 |
1428 |
79 |
18 |
20 |
38 |
230 |
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Coaching |
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| Season |
Team |
LGE |
Type |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
OTL |
PCT |
| 94-95 |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
Head Coach |
38 |
17 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
0.474 |
| 95-96 |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
Head Coach |
66 |
39 |
23 |
4 |
0 |
0.621 |
| 96-97 |
St. John's Maple Leafs |
AHL |
Head Coach |
80 |
36 |
28 |
10 |
0 |
0.512 |
| 97-98 |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
Head Coach |
66 |
32 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
0.583 |
| 98-99 |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
Head Coach |
68 |
37 |
25 |
6 |
0 |
0.588 |
| 99-00 |
Sarnia Sting |
OHL |
Head Coach |
68 |
33 |
27 |
8 |
0 |
0.544 |
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