Position Defense NHL Draft Undrafted Name Mark Louis Height 1.93 m Salary 550,000 USD (2013) | Shoots Right Playing career Role Ice hockey defenseman Weight 104 kg Current team Orlando Solar Bears | |
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Born April 18, 1987 (age 37)
Ponoka, AB, CAN ( 1987-04-18 ) ECHL team
Former teams Orlando Solar Bears
Portland Pirates
Bridgeport Sound Tigers Education St. Francis Xavier University Similar People Shane Doan, Dave Tippett, Scott Pellerin, Bobby Francis | ||
Mark Louis vs Linden Springer EIHL fight 23-3-19
Mark Louis (born April 18, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Defenseman. He is currently playing with the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL.
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Playing career
Louis played five seasons (2003 – 2008) of major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL), scoring 10 goals and 40 assists for 50 points, while earning 379 penalty minutes, in 303 WHL games played. He then attended St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia where he played 41 CIS hockey games in the Atlantic conference from 2008 – 2012.
On April 30, 2012, the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League signed Louis to an entry-level contract, and on July 22, 2013 the Coyotes re-signed Louis for another two years.
In the final year of his contract with the Coyotes, and yet to make his debut, Louis was traded to the New York Islanders in exchange for goaltender David Leggio on March 2, 2015; he was assigned to their minor league affiliate, the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
As a free agent from the Islanders, Louis failed to garner an NHL/AHL contract offer and was subsequently signed to a one-year deal with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL on October 1, 2015. At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Louis was traded before playing with the Steelheads to the Orlando Solar Bears on October 14, 2015.