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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mario Marois
Selected in fourth round
No.
62 overall by New York Rangers
Born December
15, 1957
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Quebec (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Quebec City, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
L'Ancienne Lorette, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-76 |
Quebec | QMJHL | 67 |
11 | 42 |
53 | 270 | | 1976-77 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
72 | 17 |
67 | 84 |
239 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1976-77 (Quebec)
Quebec Captain:
1976-77
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 9 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. ... Grew up idolizing J.C.
Tremblay. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 16, 1977 (Chicago at N.Y.
Rangers)
Numbers: 25 (N.Y. Rangers); 19 (Vancouver); 22, 44
(Quebec); 22, 33 (Winnipeg); 44 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1993 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1977-1992 | NYR, VAN, QUE, WIN, STL |
955 | 76 |
357 | 433 |
1,746 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-1991 |
NYR, QUE, WIN, STL | 100 |
4 | 34 |
38 | 182 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1979 (N.Y. Rangers)
Quebec Captain: September 1983 until Nov. 27, 1985
Winnipeg Playoffs Points Leader: 1986 (5)
Winnipeg Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1986 (4)
Scouting Career: Named Vancouver
amateur scout in charge of Quebec region prior to 2000-01 season and remained in that position through 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Scored goal and had assist in his first NHL game. The goal
beat Mike Veisor to open the scoring at 7:20 of the second period in N.Y. Rangers' Nov. 16,
1977, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with broken right
wrist, an injury suffered during Quebec's March 27, 1982, game at Montreal.
... Missed remainder of 1982-83 season and entire 1983 playoffs with broken
right leg, an injury
suffered during Quebec's Dec. 30, 1982, exhibition game vs. Soviet Union. ...
Paired with Jim Kyte on defense for Winnipeg in 1986-87. ... Missed one game
in 1987-88 with fractured cheekbone. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with
charley horse. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Hamilton
(AHL)
Canada Cup: 1984 (first place) (did not play)
World Championships: 1989 (silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Coaching Career: Named Hamilton (AHL)
assistant coach prior to 1993-94 season and remained in position through
1993-94 season.
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1977-78 season with broken ankle. ... Ran off-season hockey school with
teammate Dave Pichette during his years in Quebec. ... Worked at off-season
hockey school in Alaska during summer of 1983. ... Played on Quebec's
off-season charity softball team. ... The arena in his hometown of L'Ancienne
Lorette, Quebec, was named L'Amphiglace Mario Marois in his honor. ... Became
active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement.
Personal: Full name is Mario Joseph
Marois. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: N.Y. Rangers traded Marois and Jim
Mayer to Vancouver in exchange for Jere Gillis and Jeff Bandura on November
11, 1980. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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