Mark Lamb

For the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, see Mark Lamb (sheriff).

Mark William Lamb (born August 3, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, and current general manager and head coach of the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Lamb was previously the head coach of the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL. Lamb was born in Ponteix, Saskatchewan but grew up in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Mark Lamb
Born	(1964-08-03) August 3, 1964 (age 58) Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Calgary Flames Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft	72nd overall, 1982 Calgary Flames
Playing career	1984–2000

Playing career

Lamb was drafted 72nd overall in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. Lamb went on to play just one game for the Flames before signing with the Detroit Red Wings in 1986. In his one season with Detroit, Lamb played 22 regular season games. Lamb was claimed by the Edmonton Oilers in 1987 where he spent a total of five seasons, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 1990. Lamb was then claimed in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft by the Ottawa Senators and served as the team's co-captain alongside Brad Shaw during the 1993–94 NHL season. On March 5, 1994, Lamb was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for the Flyers' 1988 first round pick Claude Boivin and minor league goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck. He played just 27 games for the Flyers before he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for cash. He finished his career with four seasons in the International Hockey League with the Houston Aeros and one in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for Landshut EV. In total, Lamb played 403 regular season games in the National Hockey League, scoring 46 goals and 100 assists for 146 points.

Coaching and manager career

Lamb retired as a player in 2000. A year later he returned to Edmonton as an assistant coach. In 2002, Lamb moved to the Dallas Stars under the same role. Following a season which saw the Stars finish out of the playoffs with a record of 36–35–11, Lamb was then the head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League's Swift Current Broncos.

On June 21, 2016, Lamb was named head coach to the Tucson Roadrunners, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes.^[1] He was relieved of duties after one season.

In 2018, he was hired as the general manager of the Prince George Cougars in the WHL.^[2]

Awards and achievements

• WHL East First All-Star Team – 1984
• 1990 Stanley Cup championship (Edmonton).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980–81	Swift Current Broncos	SJHL		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Billings Bighorns	WHL		24	1	8	9	12		3	0	1	1	0
1981–82	Billings Bighorns	WHL		72	45	56	101	46		5	4	6	10	4
1982–83	Colorado Flames	CHL		—	—	—	—	—		6	0	2	2	0
1982–83	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		46	22	43	65	33		5	3	2	5	4
1982–83	Nanaimo Islanders	WHL		30	14	37	51	16		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		72	59	77	136	30		14	12	11	23	6
1984–85	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		80	23	49	72	53		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		—	—	—	—	—		6	3	2	5	2
1985–86	Calgary Flames	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		79	26	50	76	51		10	2	6	8	17
1986–87	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		49	14	36	50	45		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		22	2	1	3	8		11	0	0	0	11
1987–88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Nova Scotia Oilers	AHL		69	27	61	88	45		5	0	5	5	6
1988–89	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		54	33	49	82	29		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		20	2	8	10	14		6	0	2	2	8
1989–90	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		58	12	16	28	42		22	6	11	17	2
1990–91	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		37	4	8	12	25		15	0	5	5	20
1991–92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		59	6	22	28	46		16	1	1	2	10
1992–93	Ottawa Senators	NHL		71	7	19	26	64		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		66	11	18	29	56		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		19	1	6	7	16		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		8	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		39	1	0	1	18		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Houston Aeros	IHL		67	17	60	77	65		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Houston Aeros	IHL		81	25	53	78	83		13	3	12	15	10
1997–98	Landshut EV	DEL		46	7	21	28	36		6	3	1	4	8
1998–99	Houston Aeros	IHL		79	21	49	70	72		19	1	10	11	12
1999–2000	Houston Aeros	IHL		79	15	46	61	58		11	2	7	9	6
AHL totals				331	123	245	368	223		15	2	11	13	23
NHL totals				403	46	100	146	291		70	7	19	26	51
IHL totals				306	78	208	286	278		43	6	29	35	28

Coaching statistics

Season	Team	League	Title
2001–02	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	Assistant coach
2002–09	Dallas Stars	NHL	Assistant coach
2009–16	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	Head coach and general manager
2016–17	Tucson Roadrunners	AHL	Head coach

References

1. "Coyotes Hire Lamb as Head Coach of Tucson Roadrunners". coyotes.nhl.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
2. "Lamb new GM in Prince George". SwiftCurrentOnline.com. 19 June 2018.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Laurie Boschman

Ottawa Senators captain 1993–94 with Brad Shaw

Succeeded by Gord Dineen