Mark Pederson

Mark Patrick Pederson (born January 14, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey left winger who played 169 games in the NHL. He is currently serving as head coach of German side Augsburger Panther since 2021.

Mark Pederson
Born (1968-01-14) January 14, 1968
Prelate, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Philadelphia Flyers
San Jose Sharks
Detroit Red Wings
NHL Draft 15th overall, 1986
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 19882005

Pederson was born in Prelate, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Playing career

Pederson was drafted 15th overall by the Canadiens in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He spent played five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings from 1989–90 until 1993–94. He saw action in a total of 169 NHL games, scoring 35 goals and 50 assists for 85 points.

In 1995, he took his game overseas and signed with Austrian side Villacher SV. In the following season (1996–97), he played for Färjestad BK in Sweden, before transferring to Zürcher SC of Switzerland. From 1997 to 2002, Pederson spent time in Germany, representing DEL teams Hannover Scorpions, Krefeld Pinguine and Adler Mannheim and won the German championship with the Adler squad in 2001. Pederson joined the San Diego Gulls in 2002 and had a three-year stint with the team. In the 2002-03 season, he led the Gulls to winning the Taylor Cup, while being named Playoff MVP and WCHL Forward of the Year.[1] He retired following the 2004-05 season.

Coaching career

Pederson served a four-year stint as assistant coach of ECHL's Bakersfield Condors from 2005 to 2009 and was the head coach of the Tilburg Trappers of the Dutch Eredivisie in 2009-10, while also coaching the Serbian national team.[2] After one season he left Tilburg and went to Japan where he acted as head coach of the Nikkō Ice Bucks[3] between 2010 and 2013.

Pederson took over the head coaching job at Esbjerg Energy prior to the 2013–14 season. After a runner-up finish in 2015, he guided the Energy to the Danish championship in 2016 and 2017.[4]

Pederson was suspended for two weeks in 2009 for an "internal matter" while working as an assistant coach with the Bakersfield Condors, which was revealed later to be due to antisemitic comments toward then-Condor Jason Bailey.[5] In January 2011, Pederson was named in a lawsuit filed by Bailey's lawyer, Keith Fink, alleging that his client faced "a barrage of anti-Semitic, offensive and degrading verbal attacks regarding his Jewish faith" from Pederson and head coach Marty Raymond.[6][7] Pederson, in particular, was named in the suit as having approached Bailey on one occasion to state: "oh, I got a (Facebook) friend request from a dirty Jew."[8] On January 27, ESPN.com released details of court documents filed by Fink and reported that the NHL is also now investigating.[9] According to a report dated November 8, 2011, Bailey voluntarily filed a request to dismiss all claims of discrimination.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1983–84 Medicine Hat Tigers AAA AMHL 4243479064
1983–84 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 30000
1984–85 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 7142408263 103250
1985–86 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72466010646 251261825
1986–87 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 69564610258 201972614
1987–88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 62535811155 161361916
1988–89 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 7543388153 675124
1989–90 Montreal Canadiens NHL 90222 20000
1989–90 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 7253429560 111081819
1990–91 Montreal Canadiens NHL 478152318
1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 122135
1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5815254022
1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 143476
1992–93 San Jose Sharks NHL 27731022
1993–94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20002
1993–94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 6252459737 12471110
1994–95 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 7531326347 1684122
1995–96 EC VSV AUT 3428326052
1996–97 Färjestad BK SEL 30741126
1996–97 Zürcher SC NLA 973104 513430
1997–98 Hannover Scorpions DEL 3919325155 91676
1998–99 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 5021274840 43144
1999–00 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 4420173780 32024
2000–01 Adler Mannheim DEL 42771416 113584
2001–02 Hannover Scorpions DEL 5418102832
2002–03 San Diego Gulls WCHL 6039337234 12610162
2003–04 San Diego Gulls ECHL 7044378138 32020
2004–05 San Diego Gulls ECHL 4813213434
DEL totals 2298593178223 279122118
NHL totals 16935508577 20000

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1988 Canada WJC 7 1 2 3 4

Awards

  • WHL East First All-Star Team – 1987
  • WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1988

References

  1. "San Diego Gulls Win 2003 Taylor Cup - OurSports Central". www.oursportscentral.com. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Mark Pederson coach Servië tijdens WK in Tilburg". 9 November 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. Loonen, Joeri (2010-08-02). "Coming full circle". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  4. "Esbjerg vinder mesterskabet for første gang i 12 år" (in Danish). 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. Rodriguez, Sabrina (29 May 2009). "Racist comments may have led to Condors coaches' suspension". Bakersfield Now.
  6. Baxter, Kevin (26 January 2011). "Former Ducks minor league player says he faced anti-Semitic remarks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  7. "US Jewish ice hockey player sues club for anti-Semitism". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  8. Cherner, Reid (26 January 2011). "Former Ducks prospect files lawsuit for anti-Semitic remarks". USA Today. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  9. Burnside, Scott (28 January 2011). "Details emerge of Jason Bailey's suit". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  10. The Bakersfield Californian. "Ex-Condor's discrimination suit dismissed". The Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
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