John Markell

John Markell
Born	(1956-03-10) March 10, 1956 Cornwall, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Winnipeg Jets St. Louis Blues Minnesota North Stars
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1979–1992

John Richard Markell (born March 10, 1956) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. Markell played 55 games in the National Hockey League and later coached Ohio State University.

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Markell attended Bowling Green State University, where he was a four-year letter winner and served as an assistant captain as a senior on the Falcon hockey team that went 37-6-2. He was BG's leading scorer as a junior with 61 points after leading the team in goals as a sophomore with 26. Markell finished his career with 235 points, including 102 career goals. He also had 133 career assists. Markell was voted BG's outstanding forward in 1978 and 1979.^[1] After going undrafted, Markell played 55 National Hockey League games: 52 with the Winnipeg Jets, two with the St. Louis Blues and one with the Minnesota North Stars. In his NHL career, Markell scored 11 goals and 10 assists.

Markell served as the head coach of the Ohio State University ice hockey team from 1995 until the end of the 2009-10 season. The seventh Buckeye head coach, he led the team to the NCAA tournament six times, marking the only appearances in program history, with an NCAA Frozen Four appearance in 1998.

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-CCHA First Team	1976-77	^[2]
All-CCHA First Team	1977-78	^[2]
All-CCHA First Team	1978-79	^[2]

References

↑ http://www.bgsufalcons.com/hof.aspx?hof=102&path=&kiosk=
1 2 3 "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

External links

John Markell's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mike Liut	CCHA Player of the Year 1977–78 Shared With Don Waddell	Succeeded by Ken Morrow
Preceded by Mark Mazzoleni	CCHA Coach of the Year 1997–98	Succeeded by Ron Mason

Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey

Playing venues	OSU Ice Rink (1963–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)

Head coaches	Tom Bedecki (1963–1965) Glen Sonmor (1965–1966) Harry Neale (1966–1970) Dave Chambers (1970–1972) Gerald Walford (1972–1975) Jerry Welsh (1975–1995) John Markell (1994–2010) Mark Osiecki (2010–2013) Steve Rohlik (2013– )

Conference affiliations	CCHA (1971–1973, 1975–2013) Big Ten (2013–present)

Culture & lore	Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic Ohio Hockey Classic

All-time leaders	Paul Pooley (270 Points) Paul Pooley (114 Goals) Mike Betz (73 Wins)

Frozen Four appearances	1998

NCAA Tournament appearances	1998 1999 2003 2004 2005 2009

Conference Tournament champions	CCHA: 1972 2004

Ohio State University Columbus, OH

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