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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mark Hardy
Selected in second round
No.
30 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born February
1, 1959
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Samedan, Switzerland
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
64 | 6 |
17 | 23 |
44 | | 1976-77 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
72 | 20 |
40 | 60 |
137 | | 1977-78 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
72 | 25 |
57 | 82 |
150 | | 1978-79 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
67 | 18 |
52 | 70 |
117 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL Bouchard Trophy (Defenseman of Year): 1977-78 (Mont.)
QMJHL
All-Star First Team: 1977-78 (Montreal)
QMJHL All-Star Third Team:
1978-79 (Montreal)
Miscellaneous: Paired on defense with Robert Picard for Montreal in
1976-77. ... Represented QMJHL in 1979 Labatt Cup Tournament. ... Worked in
father's furniture business in Montreal during off-seasons of his junior
playing days. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 10, 1979 (Detroit at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 26, 20, 25, 24 (Los Angeles); 14 (NYR);
5 (Minnesota)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Status: Retired for final time in 1998 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1979-1993 |
L.A., N.Y. Rangers, Minn. |
915 | 62 | 306 |
368 | 1,293 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-1993 |
Los Angeles, N.Y. Rangers | 67 |
5 | 16 |
21 | 158 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1993 (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Outstanding Defenseman: 1984-85, 1986-87
Los Angeles
Emery Edge Award (+/- Leader): 1986-87 (plus-16)
N.Y. Rangers
Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1989 (31)
Coaching
Career: Named Los Angeles assistant coach on July 8, 1999, and remained in
that position through 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Scored his first NHL goal during Los Angeles' 1980
first-round playoff series vs. N.Y. Islanders on April 11, 1980. ... Missed
start of 1980-81 season with shoulder injury suffered in October 1980. ...
Paired on defense with Jerry Korab for Los Angeles in 1980-81. ... Paired on
defense with Rick Chartraw for Los Angeles in 1981-82. ... Suspended two games
by Los Angeles during 1981-82 season for breaking team rules. ... Missed part
of 1981-82 season with sprained elbow, an injury suffered during Los Angeles'
March 28, 1982, game vs. Edmonton. ... Missed part of 1982-83 season with
bruised knee, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Jan. 11, 1983, game at
Washington. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with the flu, contracted in
December 1984. ... Became career points leader among Los Angeles defensemen
(record since broken) during 1984-85 season. ... Missed start of 1984-85
season with damaged tendon in left wrist, an injury suffered during Los
Angeles' Oct. 5, 1985, preseason game vs. Calgary. The injury required surgery
on Oct. 15, 1985, and Hardy did not return to action until Dec. 7, 1985. ...
Missed part of 1986-87 season with muscle pull on left side. ... Missed part
of 1987-88 season with viral infection, suffered in January 1988. ... Left Los
Angeles in 1988 with franchise records (since broken) for career points (297)
and assists (244) by a defenseman. ... Missed parts of 1988-89 season with
wrist injury, suffered when he was hit by shot during Minnesota's Oct. 19,
1988, game at Calgary, and with sprained left wrist, an injury suffered in
March 1989. ... Missed parts of 1989-90 season with left rib-cage contusion,
an injury suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Oct. 15, 1989, game vs. Pittsburgh, as
well as injuries to right foot and left knee. ... Missed end of 1989-90
regular season and start of 1990 playoffs with sprained right ankle, an injury
suffered during N.Y. Rangers' March 3, 1990, game at Hartford. Returned after
two playoff games, but re-injured the ankle during playoff series vs. N.Y.
Islanders on April 9, 1990, and missed remainder of 1990 playoffs. ...
Suspended five games by NHL during 1990-91 season for swinging stick at Doug
Evans' ear during N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 16, 1990, game at Winnipeg. He served the
suspension from Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 1990. ... Missed parts of 1991-92 season with
strained back, an injury suffered during N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 4, 1991, game vs.
Philadelphia, and with separated shoulder, an injury suffered during N.Y.
Rangers' Dec. 31, 1991, game at Winnipeg. ... Released by Los Angeles
following 1993-94 season and signed to play for IHL's Detroit team on May 24,
1994. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Binghamton (AHL); Phoenix,
Detroit (IHL); Los Angeles/Long Beach (IHL)
World Championships:
1986 (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1997-98: Was player-assistant coach of IHL
regular-season champion (Long Beach).
Coaching Career: Named Detroit
(IHL) player-assistant coach on May 24, 1994, and remained in that position
through 1994-95 season. ... Named Los Angeles (IHL) player-assistant coach
prior to 1995-96 season and remained in that that position until traded to
Detroit during 1995-96 season. ... Served as Los Angeles (RHI, InLine league)
head coach in 1996 and 1997. ... Named Long Beach (IHL) assistant coach on
July 8, 1996, and remained in position until July 8, 1999.
Miscellaneous: Retired for the
first time after 1995-96 season to rejoin Long Beach (IHL) as assistant coach, but came out of retirement at
age 39 to
serve as Long Beach (IHL) player-assistant coach in second half of 1997-98
season. ... Worked as instructor at Los Angeles Kings hockey camp during
off-seasons of his final playing years.
Personal: Full name is Mark Lea
Hardy. ... Older brother of former minor-leaguer and European player Bruce
Hardy. ... Son of former Quebec senior league and European player Lea Hardy,
who played in Great Britain before moving to Switzerland, where Mark was born.
... Son of former British Olympic figure skater Barbara Wyatt, who finished
seventh at Oslo in 1952. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Los Angeles traded Hardy to N.Y.
Rangers in exchange for Ron Duguay on February 23, 1988. Five years later, Los
Angeles got Hardy back when the Kings traded John McIntyre to N.Y. Rangers in
exchange for Hardy and Ottawa's 1993 fifth-round pick (Frederick Beaubien) on
March 22, 1993. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | | Total Selected: |
126 | | Forwards: |
74 | | Defense: |
41 | | Goaltenders: |
11 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
15 |
| Canadian: |
109 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
10 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
23 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
| Olympians: |
15 |
| Picks Traded: |
17 |
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