Marc Rodgers (born March 16, 1972) is a former Canadian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He 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 ...

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

with the

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* 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 {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1970s-stub