Marc Laforge

Marc Laforge (born January 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Hartford Whalers in the 1986 NHL entry draft. He played nine games with the Whalers in the 1989–90 season before they traded him to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Cam Brauer on March 6, 1990. He would eventually play five games with the Oilers during the 1993–94 season.

After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kingston Canadians, the enforcer Laforge joined the Sudbury Wolves for the 1987–88 OHL season. Fourteen games into the season, Laforge was involved in a postgame brawl with the Guelph Platers. Laforge attacked eight different Platers while they were involved in other fights, and he was also accused of driving Plater goaltender Andy Helmuth's head into the ice. Laforge was given a two-year suspension from the league (the equivalent of a lifetime ban for a 19-year-old in a league with an age limit of 21) for his actions, ending his career as a junior player. Laforge later referred to the incident as "the dumbest thing I've ever done."

Laforge amassed over 3,000 penalty minutes in his professional hockey career. In his fourteen-game NHL career, he scored no points and spent 64 minutes in the penalty box. In addition, he holds the Manitoba Moose record for penalty minutes in a single period, tallying 37 in the first period of a 1997 game against the Long Beach Ice Dogs.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 Kingston Canadians OHL 57 1 5 6 214 — — — — — 1985–86 Kingston Canadians OHL 60 1 13 14 248 10 0 1 1 30 1986–87 Kingston Canadians OHL 53 2 10 12 224 12 1 0 1 79 1986–87 Binghamton Whalers AHL — — — — — 4 0 0 0 7 1987–88 Sudbury Wolves OHL 14 0 2 2 68 — — — — — 1988–89 Indianapolis Ice IHL 14 0 2 2 138 — — — — — 1988–89 Binghamton Whalers AHL 38 2 2 4 179 — — — — — 1989–90 Binghamton Whalers AHL 25 2 6 8 111 — — — — — 1989–90 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 3 0 1 1 24 3 0 0 0 27 1989–90 Hartford Whalers NHL 9 0 0 0 43 — — — — — 1990–91 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 49 1 7 8 217 — — — — — 1991–92 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 59 0 14 14 341 4 0 0 0 24 1992–93 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 77 1 12 13 208 15 1 2 3 78 1993–94 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 43 0 2 2 242 — — — — — 1993–94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 14 0 0 0 91 — — — — — 1993–94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 0 0 0 21 — — — — — 1994–95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 18 0 1 1 80 — — — — — 1994–95 Syracuse Crunch AHL 39 1 5 6 202 — — — — — 1995–96 Minnesota Moose IHL 20 0 2 2 102 — — — — — 1996–97 San Antonio Dragons IHL 67 1 7 8 311 7 0 0 0 26 1997–98 Anchorage Aces WCHL 27 1 10 11 124 8 1 2 3 14 1997–98 Manitoba Moose IHL 7 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1998–99 San Antonio Iguanas CHL 58 0 8 8 302 7 0 0 0 43 1999–00 San Antonio Iguanas CHL 61 2 15 17 243 — — — — — 2000–01 San Diego Gulls WCHL 4 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 2000–01 Bakersfield Condors WCHL 2 0 1 1 27 — — — — — 2000–01 Indianapolis Ice CHL 49 1 5 6 175 — — — — — NHL totals 14 0 0 0 64 — — — — — AHL totals 322 7 48 55 1,453 26 1 2 3 136 IHL totals 151 1 13 14 797 7 0 0 0 26