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Date Posted: Friday, January 13, 07:20:40pm
Author: ~jackalbunny~
Subject: Re: Minor league hockey coach found dead
In reply to: ... 's message, "Minor league hockey coach found dead" on Friday, January 13, 06:19:07pm

>KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Marc Potvin, a minor league hockey
>coach and former NHL player, was found dead in a hotel
>room Friday, hours before his team was to play. He was
>38.
>
>There was no evidence of foul play, said Lt. Michael
>Werkema of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
>The coach's body was discovered in the morning, and he
>was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is
>scheduled for Saturday.
>
>Potvin coached the Adirondack Frostbite of the United
>Hockey League. Friday night's game between the
>Frostbite and the Kalamazoo Wings was postponed.
>
>Potvin was a second cousin of NHL Hall of Famer Denis
>Potvin, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who led the
> New York Islanders to four Stanley Cups during the
>1970s and '80s.
>
>"Marc was not only a respected coach in this league
>but also a great friend to us all," Richard Brosal,
>the UHL's president and chief executive officer, said
>in a statement issued by the league.
>
>Potvin played in the NHL for nine seasons, with
>Detroit, Los Angeles, Hartford and Boston and was a
>member of the Kings' 1993 Stanley Cup runner-up team.
>The right wing's last NHL season was in 1995-96 with
>the Bruins. He also coached and played in the American
>Hockey League.
>
>Potvin was in his second full season as coach of the
>Frostbite, a team based in Glens Falls, N.Y. He took
>over midway through the 2003-04 season. The UHL
>franchise is co-owned by ESPN hockey analyst and
>former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose and ESPN
>broadcaster Steve Levy.
>
>The Red Wings selected Potvin in the ninth round of
>the 1986 draft. Potvin played 121 games in the NHL but
>only 14 in his two seasons with the Red Wings. He
>played at Bowling Green State from 1986-90.
>
>Potvin was born in Ottawa and lived in Glens Falls and
>in North Canton, Ohio, with his wife, Maria, and their
>two children.

This is horrible, i have spoken to Marc in the past, and he's been nothing but nice to me. My heart goes out to his family and the ADK Frostbite.
I was going to this game and the one tomorrow night. I'm sure the one in Muskegon will be postponed as well.

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