Marty McSorley
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| Born | May 18, 1963 Hamilton, Ontario |
Martin James McSorley (born May 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional hockey player in the National Hockey League and former head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (2002-2004). He has also appeared in film and television roles.
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[edit] Early life & Hockey career
He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Cayuga, Ontario; a suburb of Hamilton.[1] In the NHL, he played as a defenceman for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, and Boston Bruins.
McSorley is the fourth-most penalized player in NHL history with 3,381 penalty minutes. He won two Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers in 1987 and 1988, scoring twice during one game in the 1987 championship series. While playing for the Oilers, McSorley served as one of the team's enforcers and protected Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri. Gretzky, in turn, refused to allow the trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9, 1988 unless McSorley was included. In 1991, he was invited to Team Canada's training camp prior to the 1991 Canada Cup. He ended up being one of the team's last cuts. The Kings reached the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens, but in Game 2 McSorley was caught with an illegal stick, contributing to the Kings' loss in the game and ultimately the series. McSorley otherwise had ten points in the playoffs and was the only King to score during the final game.
[edit] Assault incident
On February 21, 2000, McSorley, playing for the Boston Bruins, swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with seconds left in the Bruins-Vancouver Canucks game. Brashear lost consciousness and suffered a Grade 3 concussion, but not from immediate contact with the stick. The stick hit Brashear's helmet, but caused him to fall backward, and his head hit hard on the ice.
As a result of the stick incident, McSorley was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999-2000 season (including playoffs) missing 23 games. On October 4, 2000, a jury found McSorley guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since 1988. After his assault conviction his NHL suspension was extended to one full year (through February 21, 2001).[2] This suspension was the longest in NHL history.
Following completion of his suspension, McSorley attempted a comeback but never played in another NHL game.
The incident was commemorated in the song "I want that stick" by Canadian singing duo Bowser and Blue.
[edit] Film and TV career
From 1995 to 1997, McSorley also appeared in four movies: Bad Boys (1995), Forget Paris (1995), Con Air (1997), and Trading Favors (1997), though his appearances were typically brief. During the 2005-06 NHL season, McSorley worked for Fox Sports Net West in Los Angeles, providing in-studio analysis of games involving the Los Angeles Kings or the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He provided color commentary for the San Jose Sharks games on FSN Bay Area during 2006-07 NHL season. McSorley's time in that role ended mysteriously midway through the Sharks playoff series with Detroit, when the Sharks announced McSorley would not return for a Game 3 broadcast for personal reasons. No further explanation has been given.[3] Appeared in one episode of CSI Miami in 2005 as Rink Manager. On July 30, 2007 McSorley guest starred on ABC Family's Greek as himself playing a hockey goaltender.
In February 2008, McSorley was featured as one the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV.
Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards made reference to McSorley's often overlooked contributions to the Oilers' and Kings' Stanley Cup runs in her song "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory", with the lyric, "You're the Great One, I'm Marty McSorley..., I make the dough, but you get the glory." McSorley appears in the song's music video.
[edit] Personal life
Marty's daughter, Emma, was born in 2007.
[edit] Transactions
- July 30, 1982- Signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- September 11, 1985- Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Tim Hrynewich and Craig Muni to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Gilles Meloche.
- August 9, 1988- Traded by the Edmonton Oilers, along with Wayne Gretzky and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, Los Angeles' 1989 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles' 1991 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles' 1993 1st round draft choice and Cash.
- August 27, 1993- Traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Shawn McEachern.
- February 16, 1994- Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Jim Paek, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Shawn McEachern and Tomas Sandstrom.
- March 14, 1996- Traded by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Jari Kurri and Shane Churla, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Ray Ferraro, Ian Laperriere, Mattias Norstrom, Nathan LaFayette and New York's 1997 4th round choice.
- August 20, 1996- Traded by the New York Rangers to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Jayson More, Brian Swanson and San Jose's 1997 4th round choice.
- December 9, 1999- Signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins.
[edit] References
- ^ Cole, Stephen (2006). The Canadian Hockey Atlas. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66093-8 (0-385-66093-6).
- ^ "McSorley must miss a year", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2000-11-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070802/ai_n19439826
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| Preceded by Paul Cavallini |
Co-winner of the NHL Plus/Minus Award (with Theoren Fleury) 1991 |
Succeeded by Paul Ysebaert |
