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Dennis Maruk
Dennismaruk
Position Centre
Shot Left
Height
Weight
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
Teams Lake Charles Ice Pirates (WPHL
Kalamazoo Wings (IHL)
Minnesota North Stars (NHL)
Washington Capitals (NHL)
Cleveland Barons (NHL)
California Golden Seals (NHL)
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1955-11-17)November 17, 1955,
Toronto, Ontario
NHL Draft 21st overall, 1975
California Golden Seals
WHA Draft 65th overall, 1975
Cleveland Crusaders
Pro Career 1975 – 1989


Dennis John Maruk (born November 17, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian National Hockey League player. He played in the NHL from 1975 to 1989.

Maruk played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League 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. 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 that 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 Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1971–72 Toronto Marlboros OHA 8 2 1 3 4 - - - - -
1972–73 London Knights 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 NHL 80 30 32 62 44 - - - - -
1976–77 Cleveland Barons NHL 80 28 50 78 68 - - - - -
1977–78 Cleveland Barons NHL 76 36 35 71 50 - - - - -
1978–79 Minnesota North Stars NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1978–79 Washington Capitals 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 6 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 2
NHL totals 888 356 522 878 761 34 14 22 36 26

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