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Marty McSorley

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Marty McSorley began his NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marty was born in 1963 in Hamilton, Ontario. He currently spends his offseasons in Cayuga, Ontario. His last amateur hockey club was the Belleville Bulls in the 1982-1983 hockey season. In 1985 Marty was traded from Pittsburgh to the Edmonton Oilers. Marty was one of the players traded to Los Angeles in the big Wayne Gretzky deal. Marty went back to Pittsburgh for a few months during the 94-95 season.
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Marty Mc Sorley is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 until 2000. A versatile player, he was able to play both the forward and defense positions.

A former head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (2002-04), aside from his hockey career, McSorley has worked as an actor, appearing in several film and television roles. McSorley was a valued teammate of Wayne Gretzky during their years playing together for the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings, where he served as an enforcer.

He made his NHL debut in October 1983 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but rose to fame after a trade in September 1985 brought him to the Edmonton Oilers.
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Had a bit part in the movie Con-Air as a Pilot.
Wayne Gretzky has his favorite enforcer, McSorley, included in the blockbuster trade that sends Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.
(16 June 2002) McSorley is named coach of the Phoenix Coyotes' AHL affiliate Springfield Falcons. The Coyotes' President is Wayne Gretzky, for whom McSorley acted as a "goon" during Gretzky's stints with the Edmonton Oilers and the Los Angeles Kings.
Received a 1 year suspension, the longest in NHL history, for assaulting Donald Brashear.
+/- leader in 1990-1991 season with a +48.

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