Mark Andrew "Trees" LaForest

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Welland, Ontario, July 10, 1962.
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HEIGHT: 5'11".
WEIGHT: 190 lbs.
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Signed as free agent by Detroit Red Wings, April 29, 1983.
Traded by Red Wings to Philadelphia Flyers for second-round selection (Bob Wilkie) in 1987 entry draft, June 13, 1987.
Traded by Flyers to Toronto Maple Leafs for fifth-round selection (later traded to Winnipeg - F Juha Ylonen) and Philadelphia's seventh-round selection (previously acquired; Andrei Lomakin) in 1991 entry draft, September 8, 1989.
Traded by Maple Leafs (with F Tie Domi) to New York Rangers for Greg Johnston, June 28, 1990.
Claimed (from Rangers) by Ottawa Senators in National Hockey League expansion draft, June 18, 1992.

ACCOLADES:

Winner, Baz Bastien Memorial Trophy, 1986-87.
Winner, Baz Bastien Memorial Trophy, 1990-91.
Named to American Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1990-91.

INJURIES:

Suffered knee ligament damage, early January, 1990. LaForest suffered the injury after slipping on a sheet of ice in front of his house.

PENALTY SHOTS:

DID YOU KNOW?

Mark's younger brother, Bob LaForest, played five games for the Los Angeles Kings in 1983-84.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
80-81 Welland Cougars OHA-B       22   1262               117   5.56                    0
81-82 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL    24   1365  10  13   1   105   4.62                    1   0   1    14
82-83 North Bay Centennials OHL   54   3140  34  17   1   195   3.73                    0   0   4    20
83-84 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     7    351   3   3   1    29   4.96     200   .855     0   0   0     2
      Kalamazoo Wings IHL         13    718   4   5   2    48   4.01                    1   0   0    11
84-85 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    11    430   2   3   1    35   4.88     222   .842     0   0   0     0
      Mohawk Valley Comets ACHL    8    420                60   8.57                    0   0   1    15
85-86 Detroit Red Wings NHL       28   1383   4  21   0   114   4.95     742   .846     1   0   0    23
      Adirondack Red Wings AHL    19   1142  13   5   1    57   2.99     549   .896     0   0   1    14
86-87 Detroit Red Wings NHL        5    219   2   1   0    12   3.29     111   .892     0   0   1     7
      Adirondack Red Wings AHL    37   2229  23   8   0   108   2.83    1184   .911     3   0   0    10
87-88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL     21    972   5   9   2    60   3.70     478   .874     1   0   0     8
      Hershey Bears AHL            5    309   2   1   2    13   2.52     157   .917     0   0   0     2
88-89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL     17    933   5   7   2    65   4.12     497   .871     0   0   4     4
      Hershey Bears AHL            3    185   2   0   0     9   2.92      71   .889     0   0   0     0
89-90 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL     27   1343   9  14   0    87   3.89     765   .886     0   0   1    23
      Newmarket Saints AHL        10    604   6   4   0    33   3.28     349   .905     1   0   1    10
90-91 Binghamton Rangers AHL      45   2452  25  14   2   129   3.16    1320   .902     0   0   1    22
91-92 Binghamton Rangers AHL      43   2559  25  15   3   146   3.42    1246   .883     1   0   2    18
92-93 New Haven Senators AHL      30   1688  10  18   1   121   4.30     995   .878     1   0   1    29
      Brantford Smoke CoHL        10    565   5   3   1    35   3.72     297   .882     1   0   1     0
93-94 P.E.I. Senators AHL         43   2359   9  25   5   161   4.09    1356   .881     0   0   2    38
      Ottawa Senators NHL          5    182   0   2   0    17   5.60      96   .823     0   0   0     0
94-95 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      42   2325  19  13   7   123   3.17    1221   .899     2   0   3     8
95-96 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      53   3079  26  20   7   191   3.72    1614   .882     0   0   6    38
96-97 Binghamton Rangers AHL       9    393   0   4   1    26   3.97     210   .876     0   0   0     2
      Utica Blizzard CoHL          6    312   1   2   2    31   5.95     159   .805     0   0   0     2
SIX (6) NHL SEASONS              103   5032  25  54   4   354   4.22    2689  0.868     2   0   6    65

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
81-82 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL     5    300   1   2   19   3.80                    0   0   0     0
82-83 North Bay Centennials OHL    8    474   4   4   31   3.92                    0   0   0     7
85-86 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    17   1075  12   5   58   3.24                    0   0   0     2
87-88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL      2     48   1   0    1   1.25      12   .917     0   0   0    10
88-89 Hershey Bears AHL           12    744   7   5   27   2.18                    1   0   2     8
90-91 Binghamton Rangers AHL       9    442   3   4   28   3.80                    1   0   1     2
91-92 Binghamton Rangers AHL      11    662   7   4   34   3.08                    0   0   1     4
94-95 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      15    937   8   7   40   2.56                    2   0   0     8
95-96 Milwaukee Admirals IHL       5    315   2   3   18   3.42                    0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             2     48   1   0    1   1.25      12  0.917     0   0   0    10

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Signed as free agent by Detroit Red Wings.
12/03/85: W (60m, 35/36) 4-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Froese).
12/07/85: L (60m, 33/38) 4-5 defeat at St. Louis (Wamsley).
12/14/85: L (59m, 27/32) 4-6 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Froese, Jensen).
12/21/85: L (60m, 12/18) 3-6 defeat vs. Chicago (Sauve).
12/23/85: L (20m, 9/12) 2-10 defeat at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced by Mio].
12/26/85: L (60m, 26/31) 4-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Wregget, Edwards).
12/28/85: W (60m, 37/41) 5-4 victory at Quebec (Gosselin).
12/29/85: L (60m, 28/33) 2-5 defeat at Hartford (Liut).
12/31/85: L (60m53s, 33/38) 4-5 OT defeat vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
01/04/86: - (5m31s, 2/2) 2-7 defeat vs. Quebec (Malarchuk, Gosselin) [Replaced Stefan, replaced by Stefan].
01/10/86: L (31m55s, 12/17) 4-9 defeat vs. Chicago (Bannerman) [Replaced by Mio].
01/11/86: L (60m, 32/40) 2-8 defeat at NY Islanders (Hrudey).
01/13/86: L (60m, 38/45) 4-7 defeat at Toronto (Edwards).
01/18/86: L (60m, 31/38) 4-7 defeat vs. Calgary (Lemelin).
01/19/86: L (27m06s, 8/9) 4-6 defeat at Chicago (Sauve) [Replaced Mio].
01/23/86: L (40m, 18/21) 2-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Jensen) [Replaced Mio].
01/25/86: - (16m29s, 8/8) 3-6 defeat at Boston (Riggin) [Replaced Mio].
01/28/86: W (60m, 26/26) 7-0 victory vs. Washington (Jensen).
01/31/86: L (60m, 21/27) 4-6 defeat vs. St. Louis (Wamsley).
02/01/86: L (60m, 28/32) 3-4 defeat at St. Louis (Wamsley).
02/06/86: W (62m22s, 23/26) 4-3 OT victory vs. Hartford (Liut).
02/08/86: L (59m, 28/32) 3-5 defeat vs. Montreal (Roy).
02/11/86: L (60m, 29/32) 2-3 defeat vs. Edmonton (Moog).
02/14/86: L (59m, 26/32) 5-7 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
02/18/86: - (14m20s, 6/7) 0-5 defeat at St. Louis (Wamsley) [Replaced Stefan].
02/21/86: L (40m, 13/18) 3-7 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Meloche) [Replaced Stefan].
03/03/86: L (59m, 19/26) 5-8 defeat vs. Minnesota (Beaupre).
03/06/86: L (40m, 13/18) 2-7 defeat at New Jersey (Chevrier) [Replaced Stefan].
01/24/87: L (60m, 27/32) 3-5 defeat at St. Louis (Millen).
01/31/87: W (60m, 28/30) 4-2 victory at Toronto (Bester).
02/14/87: W (60m, 28/29) 5-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Billington).
02/17/87: - (16m26s, 7/8) 2-6 defeat at NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Hanlon].
03/10/87: - (22m48s, 7/10) 4-7 defeat at Vancouver (Brodeur) [Replaced by Hanlon].
Traded by Red Wings to Philadelphia Flyers.
10/08/87: T (65m, 22/24) 2-2 OT tie vs. Montreal (Roy).
10/10/87: W (60m, 21/25) 5-4 victory at Minnesota (Takko).
10/11/87: L (60m, 27/32) 3-5 defeat at Chicago (Mason).
10/15/87: L (40m, 17/22) 0-6 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey) [Replaced by Young].
10/24/87: L (60m, 34/39) 3-5 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
12/11/87: T (65m, 24/27) 3-3 OT tie at Detroit (Hanlon).
12/31/87: L (60m, 20/25) 4-5 defeat at Calgary (Vernon).
01/10/88: L (50m45s, 14/19) 5-7 defeat vs. New Jersey (Chevrier) [Replaced Hextall].
01/28/88: - (20m, 3/3) 2-5 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Hextall].
01/30/88: W (60m, 26/29) 4-3 victory vs. Winnipeg (Berthiaume).
02/19/88: - (0m38s, 0/0) 5-4 victory at Buffalo (Cloutier, Barrasso) [Replaced Hextall, replaced by Hextall].
02/23/88: W (40m45s, 13/16) 11-6 victory at Detroit (Hanlon, St. Laurent) [Replaced by Hextall, replaced Hextall].
03/03/88: - (8m36s, 6/6) 3-6 defeat at Calgary (Vernon) [Replaced Hextall].
03/04/88: L (58m28s, 20/25) 4-7 defeat at Edmonton (Fuhr, Reaugh) [Replaced by Hextall, replaced Hextall].
03/12/88: - (1m48s, 1/1) 5-6 defeat vs. New Jersey (Burke) [Replaced Hextall].
03/19/88: - (20m, 9/11) 0-7 defeat at Pittsburgh (Guenette) [Replaced Hextall].
03/20/88: W (60m, 27/29) 4-2 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Guenette).
03/22/88: L (60m, 26/29) 0-3 defeat vs. Boston (Moog).
03/25/88: L (59m, 47/51) 3-5 defeat at Washington (Malarchuk).
03/26/88: W (60m, 31/31) 6-0 victory vs. Winnipeg (Berthiaume).
03/29/88: L (60m, 28/33) 3-5 defeat at NY Islanders (Smith).
04/10/88: W (18m14s, 4/4) 5-4 OT victory vs. Washington (Malarchuk) [Replaced Hextall].
04/12/88: - (29m59s, 7/8) 2-5 defeat at Washington (Peeters) [Replaced Hextall, replaced by Hextall].
10/22/88: L (60m, 28/36) 6-8 defeat at Hartford (Liut).
11/03/88: - (20m, 4/5) 2-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (McLean) [Replaced Hextall].
11/04/88: W (60m, 31/34) 4-3 victory at Detroit (Stefan).
11/06/88: W (60m, 23/27) 5-4 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Pietrangelo, Guenette).
11/10/88: L (61m29s, 24/27) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Calgary (Vernon).
11/19/88: - (20m, 15/19) 5-6 defeat at Quebec (Gosselin) [Replaced by Hextall].
11/24/88: L (60m08s, 22/24) 1-2 OT defeat at Boston (Moog).
11/27/88: L (60m, 27/34) 3-7 defeat at Buffalo (Puppa).
12/03/88: W (60m, 34/37) 5-3 victory at New Jersey (Burke).
12/04/88: W (60m, 34/36) 6-2 victory vs. New Jersey (Sauve).
12/06/88: L (60m, 25/29) 3-4 defeat at Washington (Peeters).
01/15/89: L (60m, 25/33) 4-8 defeat vs. Detroit (Stefan).
02/27/89: - (40m, 11/13) 3-6 defeat at Calgary (Vernon) [Replaced Hextall].
03/09/89: T (65m, 34/38) 4-4 OT tie at NY Islanders (Fitzpatrick).
03/11/89: W (60m, 35/37) 7-2 victory vs. Chicago (Chevrier, Pang, Chevrier, Pang, Chevrier).
03/12/89: T (65m, 37/40) 3-3 OT tie at Hartford (Sidorkiewicz).
03/16/89: L (63m21s, 24/28) 3-4 OT defeat vs. St. Louis (Riendeau).
Traded by Flyers to Toronto Maple Leafs.
10/21/89: W (60m, 30/34) 8-4 victory vs. Washington (Kolzig).
10/23/89: L (37m14s, 14/19) 4-5 defeat vs. New Jersey (Burke, Terreri) [Replaced by Bester].
10/27/89: L (62m30s, 35/41) 5-6 OT defeat at Buffalo (Puppa, Malarchuk).
10/31/89: W (24m10s, 6/6) 6-4 victory at Minnesota (Casey, Takko) [Replaced Bester].
11/03/89: L (60m, 28/30) 1-2 defeat at Washington (Beaupre).
11/04/89: L (60m, 27/34) 4-7 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Hextall, Peeters).
11/12/89: - (34m35s, 20/20) 3-6 defeat at Minnesota (Casey) [Replaced Bester].
11/15/89: W (60m, 25/27) 5-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Millen).
11/16/89: - (3m04s, 1/1) 2-6 defeat at NY Islanders (Healy) [Replaced Ing, replaced by Ing].
11/22/89: L (59m, 48/53) 3-6 defeat at Minnesota (Casey).
11/23/89: L (60m, 38/44) 0-6 defeat at Boston (Moog).
11/25/89: W (43m37s, 19/21) 7-4 victory vs. NY Rangers (Froese, Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Bester].
11/29/89: W (63m48s, 24/25) 3-2 OT victory at Vancouver (McLean).
12/02/89: - (28m09s, 15/19) 4-7 defeat at Calgary (Wamsley) [Replaced by Bester].
12/03/89: L (60m, 32/37) 3-5 defeat at Edmonton (Ranford).
12/07/89: W (60m, 36/38) 5-2 victory at St. Louis (Riendeau).
12/09/89: W (60m, 32/36) 7-4 victory vs. Montreal (Racicot, Roy).
12/10/89: W (60m, 45/46) 3-1 victory vs. St. Louis (Millen).
12/13/89: W (60m, 21/23) 4-2 victory at Detroit (Hanlon).
12/16/89: L (60m, 18/22) 3-4 defeat vs. Minnesota (Casey).
12/20/89: L (60m, 30/34) 2-4 defeat at Detroit (Hanlon).
12/26/89: L (60m, 31/37) 4-6 defeat at Boston (Lemelin).
01/08/90: - (18m44s, 7/9) 8-6 victory vs. Washington (Beaupre, Mason) [Replaced Bester, replaced by Bester].
01/10/90: L (60m, 28/31) 1-3 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Fitzpatrick).
03/17/90: L (24m52s, 16/18) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Winnipeg (Essensa) [Replaced Bester].
03/26/90: L (46m41s, 28/30) 4-5 defeat at Minnesota (Casey) [Replaced Reese].
03/28/90: L (59m, 22/27) 3-6 defeat vs. NY Islanders (Fitzpatrick).
Claimed by Ottawa Senators in expansion draft.
03/04/94: - (31m46s, 16/18) 1-6 defeat [in Minneapolis] vs. Winnipeg (Essensa) [Replaced Billington].
03/05/94: L (60m, 30/36) 1-6 defeat at Boston (Riendeau).
03/10/94: - (37m56s, 12/15) 2-8 defeat at Philadelphia (Roussel) [Replaced Billington].
03/13/94: - (40m, 13/15) 1-5 defeat at Anaheim (Shtalenkov) [Replaced Billington].
03/15/94: L (12m44s, 8/12) 0-7 defeat at Los Angeles (Hrudey) [Replaced by Billington].

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