Adam Deadmarsh

Adam Dead Marsh ( born May 10, 1975 in Trail, British Columbia ) is a retired American- Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. During his career he played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.

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Career

Dead Marsh played for four years from 1991 to 1995 with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. Even in his rookie year he succeeded in 68 games 60 points. This yield he was able to increase in the following two seasons.

After the Quebec Nordiques had selected him in the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 in the first round at 14th overall position, they took him in the course of the 1994/95 season in the NHL squad. Previously, the right winger had spent the season with his WHL club since the start of the NHL game year had been delayed due to the lockout. In his first year Dead Marsh played in all 48 games of the French-Canadian teams. For the following season, the franchise moved to Denver and played from now on as Colorado Avalanche. Also in Colorado, he belonged to the permanent staff of the squad and contributed with 17 points in 22 playoff games for the first decisive Stanley Cup - winning team at. He gained more attention but the fact that his name was engraved incorrectly after the Cup win on shuffle mode. The erroneously engraved Dead March was later corrected, by which he became the first player in the NHL history, whose name spelling was subsequently improved. Dead Marsh remained the following four seasons in Colorado and was 40 to 60 points per season, one of the most reliable point scorer on the team.

When the Avalanche targeted the second Cup win during the 2000/01 season, he was transferred together with Aaron Miller, Jared Aulin and two first-round draft picks in exchange for Rob Blake and Steven Reinprecht to the Los Angeles Kings. The 2001/ 02 Dead Marsh graduated with a Karrierebestmarke of 62 points in 76 games from, but the following season ended for him in December after only 20 games. The two suffered concussions meant that it turned out the remainder of the 2002/03 season and the entire 2003/ 04. After he did not come back on its feet in the failed by a renewed lockout NHL season 2004 /05, he finished on 22 September 2005 his career. On 20 March 2006 he was honored before a game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche.

After end of his career he worked as a video / development coach for the Colorado Avalanche from 2009 to 2011, before Dead Marsh was promoted after the departure of Steve Konowalchuk in June 2011 as assistant coach Joe Sacco. After one season, he resigned from this position for personal reasons.

Internationally

Dead Marsh, the son of a Canadian and a U.S. citizen, chose to play because he saw greater chances of an appeal to the national squad there with his dual citizenship for the U.S. national team. He ran so on at the Junior World Championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995 for the U.S. team, but was able to win a medal. In the senior level, he played at the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and the Winter Olympics in 1998 and 2002. During World Cup he won the gold medal at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City the silver medal. In the final two games, he was officially introduced to his native Canada.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented the U.S. at:

• U20 World Junior Championships 1993
• U20 Junior World Cup 1994
• U20 Junior World Cup in 1995

• World Cup of Hockey 1996
• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 2002 Winter Olympics

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )