Mark Beaufait
Born (1970-05-13) May 13, 1970
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 09 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for

Eisbären Berlin

San Jose Sharks
National team  United States
NHL Draft 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1992–2009

Mark David Beaufait (born May 13, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks during the 1992–93 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2009, was spent mainly in the International Hockey League and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga - where he won 4 championships with Eisbären Berlin. Internationally he played for the American national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Playing career

As a youth, Beaufait played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Detroit Compuware and Michigan Dynamos minor ice hockey teams.[1]

Beaufait attended Northern Michigan University from 1988 to 1992, winning the 1991 NCAA championship,[2] and then turned pro.

He played five games for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL during the 1992–93 season. He was a member of the 1994 US Olympic team.[3]

After playing for the Kansas City Blades and the San Diego Gulls, he embarked on a six-year stint with fellow IHL side Orlando Solar Bears, winning the Turner Cup in 2001,[4] while leading the team in scoring,[5] followed by a single season with AHL's Houston Aeros (2001–02).

He spent the last seven years of his career playing for the Eisbären Berlin of the German DEL. Beaufait appeared in 400 DEL games for Berlin between 2002 and 2009, scoring 134 goals, while assisting on 249 more.[6] He won four national championships with the Eisbären team, while leading the league in scoring in 2002-03. He retired on April 16, 2009. In January 2011, he had his jersey number 19 retired by the Eisbären Berlin organization.[7][8]

Coaching career

He coaches his son Cole, as the head coach of Little Caesers Peewee AAA Team in Grand Rapids and was named full-time assistant coach of East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan, prior to the 2010–11 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Redford Royals NAHL ————— —————
1988–89 Northern Michigan University CCHA 112132 —————
1989–90 Northern Michigan University CCHA 3410142412 —————
1990–91 Northern Michigan University CCHA 4719304918 —————
1991–92 Northern Michigan University CCHA 4131508147 —————
1992–93 Kansas City Blades IHL 6619405922 91128
1992–93 San Jose Sharks NHL 51010 —————
1993–94 Kansas City Blades IHL 211292118 —————
1993–94 United States National Team Intl 5122295136 —————
1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 6824396322 52242
1995–96 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 77307910987 229192822
1996–97 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 8026659163 10581318
1997–98 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 7624618556 176162210
1998–99 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 7128437138 152121414
1999–00 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 7828507887 62024
2000–01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 5423426534 919102
2001–02 Houston Aeros AHL 6314375136 125494
2002–03 Eisbären Berlin DEL 5022325474 92572
2003–04 Eisbären Berlin DEL 4515243951 11581310
2004–05 Eisbären Berlin DEL 4713274046 12781512
2005–06 Eisbären Berlin DEL 5014304436 11471110
2006–07 Eisbären Berlin DEL 5114405448 30000
2007–08 Eisbären Berlin DEL 3915304544 935810
NHL totals 51010 —————
IHL totals 591214428642427 9328679580
DEL totals 28293183276299 5521335444

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1994 United States OLY 81452
Senior totals 81452

Awards and honors

Award Year
WCHA All-Tournament Team 1991 [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  2. ↑ "Northern Michigan University". www.nmuwildcats.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ↑ "1994 - Lillehammer". Olympics and Paralympics. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Mark Beaufait". www.legendsofhockey.net. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ↑ "It's 12 years in making, but 2001 Solar Bears to get banner Saturday". orlandosentinel.com. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. ↑ Berlin, Eisbären. "Eisbären Berlin :: Statistiken". www.eisbaeren.de. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. ↑ "East Kentwood hockey assistant Mark Beaufait returns to Germany to have jersey retired". MLive.com. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  8. ↑ Berlin, Eisbären. "Eisbären Berlin :: Video Gallery". www.eisbaeren.de. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  9. ↑ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
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