Mark Edward Fusco (born March 12, 1961) is an American former professional

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player who appeared in 80

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(NHL) regular season games for the Hartford Whalers in 1984–85. As an amateur, Fusco won the

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in 1983 while playing for the Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team. That season he set the school record for points by a Harvard defenseman in one season, which stood until it was surpassed by

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in 2019. Fusco played hockey for the

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at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. Fusco also represented the U.S. in the

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and 1985 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments before retiring from professional hockey. Fusco was inducted into the

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in 2002, and was named a recipient of the 2009

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Silver Anniversary Award. After attending

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, Fusco became a successful entrepreneur in new

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businesses. From 2005 to 2013, Fusco was Chief Executive Officer and President of

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Inc. His younger brother

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is also a hockey player of note.

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Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fusco, Mark 1961 births American men's ice hockey defensemen Hartford Whalers players Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players People from Burlington, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of the United States Living people Undrafted National Hockey League players United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Hobey Baker Award winners Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Belmont Hill School alumni AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Harvard Business School alumni