Mark Kumpel

Mark Alan Kumpel (born March 7, 1961) is an American former ice hockey player.

Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1980 NHL entry draft, Kumpel also played for the Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets. A member of the 1984 Olympic team, Kumpel retired from the NHL after 288 games played where he totaled 38 goals for 84 points.

After his retirement as a player, Kumpel served as head coach of the Nashville Knights and Dayton Bombers of the ECHL, and was on the Portland Pirates staff from 1998 to 2004. Kumpel also served as a scout for the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers.

Prior to becoming the director of hockey operations for the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) in 2012, Kumpel had a successful five-year tenure as head coach of the Walpole Express Junior A hockey team. Kumpel led the Express to three consecutive Atlantic Junior Hockey League playoff championships (2009–12) and two regular-season titles in (2011 and 2012). In 2019, he left the EHL to take a position with Kunlun Red Star's development team in China.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 Lowell ECAC II 30 18 18 36 12 — — — — — 1980–81 Lowell ECAC II 1 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1981–82 Lowell ECAC II 35 17 13 30 23 — — — — — 1982–83 Lowell ECAC II 7 8 5 13 0 — — — — — 1982–83 United States National Team Intl 30 14 18 32 6 — — — — — 1983–84 United States National Team Intl 61 14 19 33 19 — — — — — 1983–84 Fredericton Express AHL 16 1 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 15 1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 42 8 7 15 26 18 3 4 7 4 1984–85 Fredericton Express AHL 18 9 6 15 17 — — — — — 1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 47 10 12 22 17 2 1 0 1 0 1985–86 Fredericton Express AHL 7 4 2 6 4 — — — — — 1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 40 1 8 9 16 — — — — — 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 4 1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 7 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1987–88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 32 4 4 8 19 4 0 0 0 4 1987–88 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 4 5 0 5 2 — — — — — 1988–89 Moncton Hawks AHL 53 22 23 45 25 — — — — — 1989–90 Winnipeg Jets NHL 56 8 9 17 21 7 2 0 2 2 1990–91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 53 7 3 10 10 — — — — — 1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 41 11 18 29 12 2 0 0 0 0 1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 30 5 3 8 14 — — — — — AHL totals 176 59 56 115 79 6 1 0 1 15 NHL totals 288 38 46 84 113 39 6 4 10 14

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1981 United States WJC — — — — — 1983 United States WC B — — — — — 1984 United States OG 6 1 0 1 2 Senior totals 6 1 0 1 2