Marc Rodgers (born March 16, 1972) is a former Canadian professional
ice hockey
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player. He played 21 games in the
National Hockey League
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with the
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...
during the
1999–00 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2003, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Biography
Rodgers was born in
Shawville, Quebec
Shawville is a town located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Outaouais in western Quebec, Canada.
History
At the end of the 1860s, a group of citizens from Clarendon Centre, under the leadership of Jam ...
. As a youth, he played in the 1985 and 1986
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (french: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, ...
s with the Hull Olympiques
minor ice hockey
Minor hockey is an umbrella term for amateur ice hockey which is played below the junior age level. Players are classified by age, with each age group playing in its own league. The rules, especially as it relates to body contact, vary from cla ...
team.
He later played 21 games in the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
with the
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...
.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Adirondack Red Wings players
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Chicago Wolves (IHL) players
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks players
Detroit Red Wings players
Granby Bisons players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Knoxville Cherokees players
Knoxville Speed players
Las Vegas Thunder players
Manitoba Moose (IHL) players
People from Outaouais
Quebec Rafales players
Schwenninger Wild Wings players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players
Verdun Collège Français players
Wheeling Thunderbirds players
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