Dennis Maruk
Encyclopedia
Dennis John Maruk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey
player. He played in the National Hockey League
(NHL) from 1975 to 1989, scoring a career high 60 goals for the Washington Capitals
in 1981–82.
for the London Knights
before he was drafted in 1975 by the California Golden Seals. While with the Seals, he became the first NHL rookie to score five shorthanded goals in a season. He followed the franchise when it relocated to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Barons
a year later.
Maruk's rights were later obtained by the Minnesota North Stars
after the Barons merged with them in 1978, but was traded shortly afterwards to the Washington Capitals
. During his time with the Capitals, he enjoyed some of his best years statistically. He scored 50 goals in 1980-1981 and 60 goals in 1981-1982; his mark of 76 assists and 136 points in the 1982 season remain Capitals' records for a single-season. Maruk is the first Capitals player to score 100 points in a season.
In 1982-1983, Maruk was one of the players instrumental in leading the Capitals to their first playoff appearance. Despite this, he was traded back to the Minnesota North Stars where he would finish his career. At the time of his retirement, he was the last active player who ever played for the Seals/Barons franchise.
In 888 NHL games, he scored 356 goals and had 522 assists.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He played in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) from 1975 to 1989, scoring a career high 60 goals for the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
in 1981–82.
Career
Maruk played junior "A" hockey in the Ontario Hockey LeagueOntario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
for the London Knights
London Knights
The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing in the Ontario Hockey League, one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League.-Early days–1968:...
before he was drafted in 1975 by the California Golden Seals. While with the Seals, he became the first NHL rookie to score five shorthanded goals in a season. He followed the franchise when it relocated to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Barons
Cleveland Barons (NHL)
The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League from 1976–78. They were a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise, which had played in Oakland since 1967...
a year later.
Maruk's rights were later obtained by the Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
after the Barons merged with them in 1978, but was traded shortly afterwards to the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
. During his time with the Capitals, he enjoyed some of his best years statistically. He scored 50 goals in 1980-1981 and 60 goals in 1981-1982; his mark of 76 assists and 136 points in the 1982 season remain Capitals' records for a single-season. Maruk is the first Capitals player to score 100 points in a season.
In 1982-1983, Maruk was one of the players instrumental in leading the Capitals to their first playoff appearance. Despite this, he was traded back to the Minnesota North Stars where he would finish his career. At the time of his retirement, he was the last active player who ever played for the Seals/Barons franchise.
In 888 NHL games, he scored 356 goals and had 522 assists.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1971–72 | Toronto Marlboros Toronto Marlboros The Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros, was founded in 1903. It operated a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey League from 1904 to 1989... |
OHA Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the... |
8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | London Knights London Knights The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing in the Ontario Hockey League, one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League.-Early days–1968:... |
OHA | 59 | 46 | 67 | 113 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | London Knights | OHA | 67 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | London Knights | OMJHL | 65 | 66 | 79 | 145 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | California Golden Seals California Golden Seals The California Golden Seals were a team in the National Hockey League from 1967–76. Initially named California Seals, the team was renamed Oakland Seals part-way through the 1967–68 season, and then to California Golden Seals in 1970. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
80 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Cleveland Barons Cleveland Barons (NHL) The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League from 1976–78. They were a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise, which had played in Oakland since 1967... |
NHL | 80 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Cleveland Barons | NHL | 76 | 36 | 35 | 71 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Minnesota North Stars Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white... |
NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Washington Capitals Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup... |
NHL | 76 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 27 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 50 | 47 | 97 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 60 | 76 | 136 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 31 | 50 | 81 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1983–84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 71 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1984–85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 71 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1985–86 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 1986–87 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 67 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Lake Charles Ice Pirates | WPHL Western Professional Hockey League The Western Professional Hockey League is a defunct minor professional ice hockey league.It operated in the United States from 1996 to 2001, with teams in the southern United States, mainly Texas. The league started with six teams in the 1996-1997 season and grew to 18 teams in 1999-2000... |
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 888 | 356 | 522 | 878 | 761 | 34 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 26 | ||||