Mark Lawrence

Mark Jay Lawrence (born January 27, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars and the New York Islanders from 1995 to 2000.

Early life Lawrence was born in Burlington, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1985 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burlington.

Career Lawrence was drafted 118th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1991 NHL entry draft. He had a spell in the East Coast Hockey League with the Dayton Bombers and three seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL) with the Kalamazoo Wings.

He made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars, playing two games during the 1994–95 NHL season. He played 13 more games for the Stars the next season before moving to the New York Islanders in 1997 as a free agent. He received more ice time with the Islanders with his best season coming in 1998–99, scoring 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points in 60 games. In all, Lawrence played 142 regular season games, scoring 18 goals and 26 assists for 44 points and collected 115 penalty minutes.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Burlington Cougars COJHL 40 12 12 24 90 — — — — — 1988–89 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 63 9 27 36 142 — — — — — 1989–90 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 54 15 18 33 123 16 2 5 7 42 1990–91 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors OHL 66 27 38 65 53 — — — — — 1991–92 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors OHL 28 19 26 45 54 — — — — — 1991–92 North Bay Centennials OHL 24 13 14 27 21 21 23 12 35 36 1992–93 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 57 22 13 35 47 — — — — — 1992–93 Dayton Bombers ECHL 20 8 14 22 46 — — — — — 1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 64 17 20 37 90 — — — — — 1994–95 Dallas Stars NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 77 21 29 50 92 16 3 7 10 28 1995–96 Dallas Stars NHL 13 0 1 1 17 — — — — — 1995–96 Michigan K-Wings IHL 55 15 14 29 92 10 3 4 7 30 1996–97 Michigan K-Wings IHL 68 15 21 36 141 4 0 0 0 18 1997–98 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1997–98 Utah Grizzlies IHL 80 36 28 64 102 4 1 1 2 4 1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 60 14 16 30 38 — — — — — 1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 21 10 6 16 28 — — — — — 1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 29 1 5 6 26 — — — — — 1999–00 Chicago Wolves IHL 16 4 6 10 32 — — — — — 1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 18 4 4 8 8 7 2 2 4 10 2000–01 New York Islanders NHL 36 3 4 7 32 — — — — — 2000–01 Chicago Wolves IHL 32 8 6 14 26 2 0 0 0 0 2001–02 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 38 15 19 34 41 — — — — — 2002–03 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 69 10 41 51 89 — — — — — IHL totals 449 138 137 275 622 36 7 12 19 80 NHL totals 142 18 26 44 115 — — — — —