Mark Osborne

Mark Osborne (born August 13, 1961) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Osborne played in the National Hockey League (NHL) primarily as a checking winger between and . Osborne played in 919 games, tallying 212 goals and 531 points.

Playing career As a youth, Osborne played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team. Having walked onto the team, Osborne played his entire junior career for the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) consisting of three seasons, between 1979 and 1981. After his second year there, he was selected 46th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1980 NHL entry draft.

As a rookie in the he scored 26 goals and totaled 67 points, which would prove to be the second highest point total of his career, behind his 73 in the with the Toronto Maple Leafs. During the 1983 off-season he was traded to the New York Rangers in the trade that saw popular Ron Duguay leave the Rangers. In New York, Osborne played three and a half seasons, reaching the Conference finals in . At the trade deadline he was shipped to the Maple Leafs for his first stint there, which lasted five and a half seasons. In Toronto he played on a line with Gary Leeman and Ed Olczyk called the "GEM" line. but returned to the Leafs in a trade deadline deal for Lucien Deblois. In his second stint with Toronto he was on an effective checking line with Bill Berg and Peter Zezel and helped the Leafs reach the conference finals in two consecutive playoff years ( and ), falling short each time of making it to the Stanley Cup Final. Before the lockout shortened Osborne signed with the Rangers, for his final NHL season. He went on to play three more years with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League (IHL) as a player-coach, retiring in 1997. Osborne was a hockey analyst with The Score Television Network. He then became an analyst for Leafs TV, a popular media outlet covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is currently a pro scout for the Los Angeles Kings organization.

Personal life Osborne is a devout Christian and worked at Christian hockey camps. His nickname is Ozzie. He has been married to actress Madolyn Smith since 1988; they have two daughters together.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Toronto Nationals AAA Midget 58 20 28 48 60 — — — — — 1978–79 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 62 17 25 42 53 20 6 2 8 31 1979–80 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 52 10 33 43 104 10 2 1 3 23 1980–81 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL 54 39 41 80 140 12 11 10 21 20 1980–81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL — — — — — 13 2 3 5 2 1981–82 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 26 41 67 61 — — — — — 1982–83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 19 24 43 83 — — — — — 1983–84 New York Rangers NHL 73 23 28 51 88 5 0 1 1 7 1984–85 New York Rangers NHL 23 4 4 8 33 3 0 0 0 4 1985–86 New York Rangers NHL 62 16 24 40 80 15 2 3 5 26 1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 58 17 15 32 101 — — — — — 1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 16 5 10 15 12 9 1 3 4 6 1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 23 37 60 102 6 1 3 4 16 1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 16 30 46 112 — — — — — 1989–90 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 23 50 73 91 5 2 3 5 12 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18 3 3 6 4 — — — — — 1990–91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 37 8 8 16 59 — — — — — 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 43 4 12 16 65 — — — — — 1991–92 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 11 3 1 4 8 — — — — — 1992–93 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 12 14 26 89 19 1 1 2 16 1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 9 15 24 145 18 4 2 6 52 1994–95 New York Rangers NHL 37 1 3 4 19 7 1 0 1 2 1995–96 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 70 31 38 69 131 — — — — — 1996–97 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 59 7 25 32 96 6 1 2 3 14 1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 3 0 0 0 22 — — — — — NHL totals 919 212 319 531 1,152 87 12 16 28 141