Mark Popovic

Mark Popovic (born October 11, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Mark Popovic
Born (1982-10-11) October 11, 1982
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Atlanta Thrashers
SKA St. Petersburg
HC Lugano
SCL Tigers
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
EC KAC
NHL Draft 35th overall, 2001
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 2002–2017
Website popovichockey.com

Playing career

As a youth, Popovic played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.[1]

Popovic was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He signed with the Atlanta Thrashers in 2005. Over the course of his North American career, Popovic appeared in 81 NHL games for 7 points.

On September 21, 2010, Popovic again left the NHL after a single season with the Thrashers and signed a one-year deal with HC Lugano of the Swiss National League A.[2]

After three seasons in Switzerland on June 6, 2013, it was announced that he signed a free agent contract with Croatian team KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the KHL.[3]

On June 21, 2015, Popovic left Croatia and signed a one-year contract with Austrian club, EC KAC in the EBEL.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98Mississauga ChargersOPJHL5110162632—————
1998–99Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL606263246—————
1999–2000Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL6811294068—————
2000–01Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL6173542541835822
2001–02Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL5812294142151111210
2002–03Cincinnati Mighty DucksAHL733212446—————
2003–04Cincinnati Mighty DucksAHL74410146391234
2003–04Mighty Ducks of AnaheimNHL10000—————
2004–05Cincinnati Mighty DucksAHL741171847112356
2005–06Chicago WolvesAHL7312263866—————
2005–06Atlanta ThrashersNHL70000—————
2006–07Chicago WolvesAHL6516244051153694
2006–07Atlanta ThrashersNHL30110—————
2007–08Atlanta ThrashersNHL3302210—————
2008–09SKA St. PetersburgKHL52814224030002
2009–10Atlanta ThrashersNHL3722410—————
2010–11HC LuganoNLA334121620—————
2011–12SCL TigersNLA24391214—————
2012–13SCL TigersNLA1114529—————
2013–14KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL392792040004
2014–15KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL4626820—————
2015–16EC KACAUT46510153170222
2016–17EC KACAUT504162012101230
AHL totals 359 36 98 134 273 35 6 11 17 14
NHL totals 81 2 5 7 20 — — — — —
KHL totals 137 12 28 40 80 7 0 0 0 6
Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Pardubice
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Moscow

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 30000
2001 Canada WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 2 2 6
2002 Canada WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 17 0 3 3 8

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. "Mark Popovic to Lugano" (in Italian). hockeyfans.ch. September 21, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  3. "Mark Popovic agree to contract with the Bears" (in Croatian). vecernji.hr. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "Mark Popovic from the KHL to KAC". EC KAC. June 21, 2015. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
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