Mark Taylor

Mark C. Taylor (born January 26, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Taylor played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals.

Career Selected in the sixth round, 100th overall, of the 1978 NHL entry draft by the Philadelphia Flyers, Taylor played college hockey with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux from 1976 to 1980.

During his tenure with the Capitals, Taylor became the second scorer of the franchise's currently record-fastest consecutive goal pair, needing only six seconds to score against the Chicago Black Hawks after a goal scored by Gaétan Duchesne. The Capitals defeated the Black Hawks 4–2.

He is now co-owner of a popular chain of hockey equipment stores bearing his grandfather's name, Cyclone Taylor Sports, based in the Greater Vancouver area.

Personal life Taylor is the grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Cyclone Taylor and the nephew of John Russell Taylor.

Awards and honours Award Year All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1979 All-WCHA First Team 1979–80 AHCA West All-American 1979–80

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1974–75 Langley Lords BCJHL — 20 53 73 0 — — — — — 1975–76 Langley Lords BCJHL 63 49 79 128 48 — — — — — 1975–76 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1976–77 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 22 28 50 10 — — — — — 1977–78 University of North Dakota WCHA 37 18 22 40 28 — — — — — 1978–79 University of North Dakota WCHA 42 24 59 83 28 — — — — — 1979–80 University of North Dakota WCHA 40 33 59 92 28 — — — — — 1980–81 Maine Mariners AHL 79 19 50 69 56 20 5 16 21 20 1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1981–82 Maine Mariners AHL 75 32 48 80 42 4 2 3 5 4 1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 61 8 25 33 24 3 0 0 0 0 1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 59 24 31 55 24 — — — — — 1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 47 7 10 17 19 — — — — — 1984–85 Washington Capitals NHL 9 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1985–86 Washington Capitals NHL 30 2 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 1985–86 Binghamton Whalers AHL 43 19 38 57 27 — — — — — 1986–87 Binghamton Whalers AHL 67 16 37 53 40 13 2 6 8 9 1987–88 EHC Uzwil NLB 34 24 43 67 33 — — — — — 1988–89 EHC Uzwil NLB 36 28 49 77 31 10 11 14 25 4 1989–90 EHC Uzwil NLB 36 23 33 56 22 10 6 18 24 2 1989–90 Canada Intl 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 SC Herisau NLB 33 30 49 79 22 2 1 2 3 0 1991–92 HC Bolzano ITA 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Bolzano ALP 5 1 4 5 0 — — — — — 1991–92 ECD Sauerland GER-2 32 23 52 75 28 8 4 19 23 10 1992–93 SC Rapperswil-Jona NLB 5 4 3 7 0 — — — — — NHL totals 209 42 68 110 73 6 0 0 0 0