Mark Alan Kumpel (born March 7, 1961) is an American former

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player. Selected by the

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in the

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, Kumpel also played for the Detroit Red Wings and

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. A member of the 1984 Olympic team, Kumpel retired from the NHL after 288 games played where he totaled 38 goals for 84 points. After his retirement as a player, Kumpel served as head coach of the

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and Dayton Bombers of the

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, and was on the Portland Pirates staff from 1998 to 2004. Kumpel also served as a scout for the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers. Prior to becoming the director of hockey operations for the

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(EHL) in 2012, Kumpel had a successful five-year tenure as head coach of the Walpole Express Junior A hockey team. Kumpel led the Express to three consecutive Atlantic Junior Hockey League playoff championships (2009–12) and two regular-season titles in (2011 and 2012). In 2019, he left the EHL to take a position with

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's development team in China.

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Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
1961 births Adirondack Red Wings players American ice hockey coaches American men's ice hockey forwards Detroit Red Wings players Fredericton Express players Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Living people Moncton Hawks players Olympic ice hockey players of the United States People from Wakefield, Massachusetts Providence Bruins players Quebec Nordiques draft picks Quebec Nordiques players Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts {{US-icehockey-player-stub