Mark Morrison (born March 11, 1963) is a Canadian former professional

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player who played 10 games in the

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(NHL) with the

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. Morrison is currently the head coach of the

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of the

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(AHL). Mark is the brother of Doug Morrison who also played in the NHL. Their sister married fellow Canadian hockey player

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Playing career

Morrison was a member of the

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(CHL) team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984, playing only road games for the final six weeks of the 1983-84 season. Despite this adversity, the team went on to win the league's championship. In 1993, Morrison moved to Scotland to play with the

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of the

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(BHL). He took over as Flyers coach midway through the 1995-96 season, winning various

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and

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awards over the next 10 years.

Coaching

Morrison joined the

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of the

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as an assistant coach in 2006, where he was eventually named the replacement for Tony MacAulay midway into the 2006-07 ECHL season. He assumed the titles of head coach and general manager at the start of the 2007-08 season and continued to hold that title until the Salmon Kings officially folded on May 7, 2011, when Morrison was effectively relieved of his duties and all of his players were considered to be unrestricted free agents. On July 20, 2011, Morrison was announced as the assistant coach of the future

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of the

(AHL), the AHL affiliate of the

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. He continued serving as an assistant coach when the franchise relocated back to Winnipeg as the

in 2015. Morrison was named an assistant coach with the

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of the NHL on June 28, 2017. After four seasons in Anaheim, he was re-hired by the Jets to be the head coach of the Manitoba Moose prior to the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

Awards

Player

* 1980-81: George Parsons Trophy (Sportsmanship),

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(

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) * 1983-84: Adams Cup winner,

, (

)

Coach

*1996-97: Coach Of The Year,

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*1999-00: Coach Of The Year, British National League, Fife Flyers *2003-04: Coach Of The Year, British National League, Fife Flyers

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Mark 1963 births Canadian ice hockey centres Delta Suns players Fife Flyers players Living people Manitoba Moose coaches New Haven Nighthawks players New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Ice hockey people from Delta, British Columbia Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Victoria Cougars (WHL) players Victoria Salmon Kings coaches Anaheim Ducks coaches Canadian ice hockey coaches Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom 20th-century Canadian sportsmen