Marc Laforge (born January 3, 1968, in

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) is a former professional

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. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Hartford Whalers in the

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. He played nine games with the Whalers in the 1989–90 season before they traded him to the

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in exchange for Cam Brauer on March 6, 1990. He would eventually play five games with the Oilers during the 1993–94 season. After playing three seasons in the

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with the Kingston Canadians, the

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Laforge joined the

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for the

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. Fourteen games into the season, Laforge was involved a postgame brawl with the

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. Laforge attacked eight different Platers while they were involved in other fights, and he was also accused of driving Plater

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Andy Helmuth's head into the ice. Laforge was given a two-year suspension from the league (the equivalent of a lifetime ban for a 19-year-old in a league with an age limit of 21) for his actions, ending his career as a junior player. Laforge later referred to the incident as "the dumbest thing I've ever done."Marc Laforge still fighting, ''Toronto Star'', November 8, 1998
/ref> Laforge amassed over 3,000

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in his professional hockey career. As a junior player, he set the Kingston Canadians all-time record for career penalty minutes with 686. In his fourteen-game NHL career, he scored no points and spent 64 minutes in the penalty box. In addition, he holds the

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record for penalty minutes in a single period, tallying 37 in the first period of a 1997 game against the Long Beach Ice Dogs.Manitoba Moose Individual Records

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