Mark Van Guilder

Mark David Van Guilder (born January 17, 1984) is an American former ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators during the 2013–14 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2008 to 2021, was mainly spent in the minor leagues, as well as six seasons in Europe.

Playing career

Played two years of junior ice hockey with the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League (USHL) from 2002 to 2004. Became the ninth Tri-City player to make it all the way to the National Hockey League (NHL) after making his NHL debut in 2013.

Played NCAA Division I ice hockey at the University of Notre Dame, appearing in 163 consecutive games during his four-year college career from 2004 to 2008. Having never missed a game, Van Guilder is considered the school's all time "Iron-Man." Served as team captain during the 2007–2008 season, during which the Fighting Irish advanced to the Frozen Four and appeared in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship game against Boston College. Van Guilder was one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in 2008. becoming the most tenured player in the AHL era of the Milwaukee Admirals after appearing in his 367th game on March 11, 2015. Served as assistant captain during the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 seasons. During the 2013–14 season, Van Guilder was rewarded with his long-awaited NHL debut with the Predators, playing in a solitary game in a 4–3 shootout victory against the Washington Capitals on March 30, 2014.

After finishing the 2014–15 season with the Milwaukee Admirals, Van Guilder finally left the Predators organization as a free agent and signed a one-year deal with Italian club, Ritten/Renon of the Serie A league on July 30, 2015. Van Guilder was named assistant captain of Ritten Sport and lead the team to both regular season and postseason championships during the 2015–16 season.

Graduated from the University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters with a degree in sociology in 2008.

Selected as the Milwaukee Admirals' Man of the Year and as a finalist for the AHL Yanick Dupre Memorial Award for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014. During his seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals, Van Guilder visited schools throughout South Eastern Wisconsin to share how he lives his life as a Catholic professional athlete. Brother-in-law Anders Bjork

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2001–02 Roseville Area High School HS-MN — — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Tri-City Storm USHL 59 11 8 19 23 3 0 0 0 0 2003–04 Tri-City Storm USHL 60 17 22 39 23 11 3 2 5 18 2004–05 Notre Dame CCHA 38 3 5 8 16 — — — — — 2005–06 Notre Dame CCHA 36 8 18 26 6 — — — — — 2006–07 Notre Dame CCHA 42 18 16 34 26 — — — — — 2007–08 Notre Dame CCHA 47 13 17 30 28 — — — — — 2008–09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 65 26 44 70 18 15 3 4 7 8 2008–09 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 28 0 7 7 8 7 0 0 0 2 2009–10 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 15 6 5 11 21 14 5 10 15 2 2010–11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 62 10 7 17 10 13 3 3 6 2 2011–12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 70 12 15 27 14 3 1 0 1 0 2012–13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 73 14 18 32 9 4 0 0 0 0 2013–14 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 69 14 15 29 28 3 0 0 0 2 2013–14 Nashville Predators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2014–15 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 76 11 15 26 22 — — — — — 2015–16 RittenSport ITA 42 18 39 57 32 14 12 11 23 10 2016–17 Stavanger Oilers NOR 45 24 41 65 32 14 10 18 28 10 2017–18 EHC Visp SUI-2 45 19 22 41 20 6 3 2 5 0 2018–19 EHC Visp SUI-2 44 18 38 56 26 4 1 1 2 4 2019–20 EHC Visp SUI-2 41 31 20 51 22 5 1 2 3 4 2020–21 EHC Visp SUI-2 33 15 21 36 32 6 1 4 5 2 AHL totals 386 61 78 139 95 30 4 3 7 6 NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —