Mark Robert Arcobello (born August 12, 1988) is an American professional

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who currently serves as captain of

HC Lugano Hockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the National League (NL) and has won seven Swiss championships. History The founding of HC Lugano took ...

of the

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(NL).

Playing career

Junior career

As a youth, Arcobello played in the 2002

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with the New York Rangers

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team. Arcobello played for

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, graduating in 2006, then played four years of college hockey at

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with the

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team.

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after college, Arcobello played the 2010–11 season in minor league professional hockey with two affiliates of the

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, the

Stockton Thunder The Stockton Thunder were a minor league professional ice hockey team that was based in Stockton, California, and a member of the ECHL. The Stockton Arena was their home ice, with a capacity of 9,737. The team was an affiliate team of the New Yo ...

and the

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. The Oilers signed Arcobello to a two-year entry-level contract on April 1, 2011.

NHL career

Arcobello played his first

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(NHL) game during the 2012–13 NHL season, when he played a single game on February 5, 2013, following an injury to Oilers' captain Shawn Horcoff. On June 16, 2013, Arcobello signed a one-year contract extension with the Oilers. During the 2014–15 season, on December 29, 2014, the Oilers traded Arcobello to the

Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators (commonly referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and ha ...

in exchange for

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. Arcobello scored in his Predators debut against the

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on January 3. However, after four games, Nashville placed him on waivers. The injury-depleted

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claimed him on January 14, 2015. After 10 games, the Penguins placed him on waivers. The

Arizona Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Coyotes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and currently play at the Mul ...

claimed him on February 11, becoming his fourth NHL team of the season. Arcobello is the third player in NHL history, following Dennis O'Brien and

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, to play on four teams in a single season. As the Coyotes did not tender Arcobello a qualifying offer, he became a free agent. On July 1, 2015, he joined his fifth team in under a year upon signing a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Arcabello joined the Maple Leafs for the first few games of the 2015–16 season, but after failing to record any points, he cleared waivers and was assigned to their minor league affiliate, the

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. He was called up to the injury-depleted Leafs in February 2016, scoring two goals in his first game back.

European career

Upon the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, he opted to continue his career overseas, putting pen to paper on a two-year deal with

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern ('' Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. For the 18th year in a row, the club is the mos ...

of the

(NL) in Switzerland. Arcobello made his NL debut on September 9, 2016 in the Berner derby against the

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. He scored his first goal that same day after only 44 seconds into the first period. He then went on to add three assists in this game before 17,031 spectators in a packed

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. Arcobello finished the 2016–17 regular season as the league

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with 25 goals and 30 assists in 50 regular season games, while winning NL regular season MVP honors. He then led Bern to the 2017 NL title as the league's top scorer, tallying 20 points in 16 postseason contests. On May 9, 2017, with one year remaining on his contract, he agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Bears until the end of the 2019–20 season. In the following 2018–19 season, Arcobello won his second NL title with Bern. In 2018, the NHL withdrew their contracted players from appearing at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

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sought out players from outside the NHL instead and Arcobello was among those chosen. Arcobello registered two points in five games as Team USA finished seventh overall in the tournament. On October 10, 2019, Arcobello agreed to a three-year contract with

worth CHF3 million, extending from the 2020–21 season through the 2022–23 season. On August 26, 2021, Arcobello was named captain of HC Lugano.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcobello, Mark 1988 births Living people American people of Italian descent AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans American expatriate ice hockey players in Canada American expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland American men's ice hockey right wingers Arizona Coyotes players Edmonton Oilers players Ice hockey players from Connecticut Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics HC Lugano players Nashville Predators players Oklahoma City Barons players Olympic ice hockey players of the United States People from Milford, Connecticut Pittsburgh Penguins players SC Bern players Stockton Thunder players Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlies players Undrafted National Hockey League players Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players Fairfield College Preparatory School alumni