MARTY MCSORLEY

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
			Regular season					Playoffs
1981–82	Belleville Bulls	OHL	58	6	13	19	234	-	-	-	-	-
1982–83	Belleville Bulls	OHL	70	10	41	51	183	4	0	0	0	7
1982–83	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	2	0	0	0	22	-	-	-	-	-
1983–84	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	72	2	7	9	224	-	-	-	-	-
1984–85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	15	0	0	0	15	-	-	-	-	-
1984–85	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	58	6	24	30	154	14	0	7	7	47
1985–86	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	59	11	12	23	265	8	0	2	2	50
1985–86	Nova Scotia Oilers	AHL	9	2	4	6	34	-	-	-	-	-
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	41	2	4	6	159	21	4	3	7	65
1986–87	Nova Scotia Oilers	AHL	7	2	2	4	48	-	-	-	-	-
1987–88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	60	9	17	26	223	16	0	3	3	67
1988–89	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	66	10	17	27	350	11	0	2	2	33
1989–90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	75	15	21	36	322	10	1	3	4	18
1990–91	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	61	7	32	39	221	12	0	0	0	58
1991–92	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	71	7	22	29	268	6	1	0	1	21
1992–93	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	81	15	26	41	399	24	4	6	10	60
1993–94	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	47	3	18	21	139	-	-	-	-	-
1993–94	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	18	4	6	10	55	-	-	-	-	-
1994–95	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	41	3	18	21	83	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	59	10	21	31	148	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	New York Rangers	NHL	9	0	2	2	21	4	0	0	0	0
1996–97	San Jose Sharks	NHL	57	4	12	16	186	-	-	-	-	-
1997–98	San Jose Sharks	NHL	56	2	10	12	140	-	-	-	-	-
1998–99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	46	2	3	5	101	3	0	0	0	2
1999–00	Boston Bruins	NHL	27	2	3	5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2000–01	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL	14	0	2	2	36	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			961	108	251	359	3381	115	10	19	29	374

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Bio

McSorley was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, but grew up in Cayuga, Ontario, a small town in Haldimand County.

He made his NHL debut in October, 1983, with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but rose to fame after a trade in September of 1985 brought him to the high-flying Edmonton Oilers. McSorley’s arrival and physical presence soon made Edmonton’s incumbent enforcer Dave Semenko expendable, and McSorley inherited the title of “Wayne Gretzky’s Bodyguard”. During the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals, McSorley scored twice in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

This title would follow McSorley to Los Angeles in 1988, when both he and Gretzky were obtained by the Kings in what was perhaps the most monumental trade in NHL history. Gretzky had refused to allow the trade unless McSorley accompanied him[citation needed]. The Kings reached the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens, but in Game 2 with the Kings up 3-2, McSorley was caught with an illegal stick, contributing to the Habs’ game-tying goal. Montreal ending up winning that game in overtime and ultimately took the series in five games. McSorley otherwise had ten points in the series and was the only King to score during the final game.

McSorley would remain with the Kings until an August, 1993, trade sent him to Pittsburgh in exchange for offensive forward Shawn McEachern. However, his stay in Pittsburgh would be brief, lasting for only 47 games. The Los Angeles Kings, realizing that trading McSorley had been a mistake, re-acquired him on February 16, 1994. Back with the Kings, McSorley assisted on Gretzky’s goal which broke Gordie Howe’s all-time record.

On March 14, 1996, McSorley left the Kings’ organization for good, as he was traded to the New York Rangers in a multi-player deal.

After completing the 1995-96 season with the Rangers, McSorley returned to the west coast when he was acquired by the San Jose Sharks in August, 1996. He would spend 2 injury plagued seasons with the Sharks before returning to Edmonton as a free agent in October, 1998. Confined to a part-time role in his second stint in Edmonton, he would leave after one season and signed with the Boston Bruins in December, 1999.

Coaching career

McSorley coached the American Hockey League team the Springfield Falcons between 2002 and 2004.

Film and TV career

From 1995 to 1997, McSorley also appeared in four movies: Bad Boys (1995), Forget Paris (1995), Con Air (1997) and Trading Favors (1997), though his appearances were typically brief.

During the 2005–06 NHL season, McSorley worked for Fox Sports Net West in Los Angeles, providing in-studio analysis of games involving the Los Angeles Kings or the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He provided color commentary for the San Jose Sharks games on FSN Bay Area during 2006–07 NHL season. McSorley’s time in that role ended mysteriously midway through the Sharks playoff series with Detroit, when the Sharks announced McSorley would not return for a Game 3 broadcast for personal reasons. No further explanation has been given.[5]

Appeared in one episode of CSI: Miami in 2005 as rink manager.

On July 30, 2007, McSorley guest starred on ABC Family’s Greek as himself playing a hockey goaltender.

In February 2008, McSorley was featured as one of the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV.

Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards referred to McSorley in her song “I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory”, with the lyric, “You’re the Great One, I’m Marty McSorley…, I make the dough, but you get the glory.” McSorley appears in the song’s music video.

McSorley also does a radio show on WFMU in New Jersey.

Awards & Achievements

* 1986–87 – NHL – Stanley Cup (Edmonton)

* 1987–88 – NHL – Stanley Cup (Edmonton)

Transactions

* July 30, 1982 – Signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

* September 11, 1985 – Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Tim Hrynewich and Craig Muni to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Gilles Meloche.

* August 9, 1988 – Traded by the Edmonton Oilers, along with Wayne Gretzky and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, Los Angeles’ 1989 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles’ 1991 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles’ 1993 1st round draft choice and $15 million.

* August 27, 1993 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Shawn McEachern.

* February 16, 1994 – Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Jim Paek, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Shawn McEachern and Tomas Sandstrom.

* March 14, 1996 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Jari Kurri and Shane Churla, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Ray Ferraro, Ian Laperrière, Mattias Norström, Nathan LaFayette and New York’s 1997 4th round choice.

* August 20, 1996 – Traded by the New York Rangers to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Jayson More, Brian Swanson and San Jose’s 1997 4th round choice.

* October 1, 1998 – Signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers.

* December 9, 1999 – Signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins.

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