Former NHL Defenseman Bryan Marchment Passes Away at 53
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Bryan Marchment, a scout with the San Jose Sharks and a veteran of over 900 NHL games, has passed away at the age of 53.
The news was first reported by ESPN's Kevin Weekes, who said Marchment was in Montreal, where the draft is taking place this week.
Marchment was known for his physical play, tallying over 2,300 penalty minutes over his career with Winnipeg, Chicago, Hartford, Edmonton, Tampa Bay, San Jose, Colorado, Toronto and Calgary. He also had 40 goals and 182 points during his career.
Marchment has worked with the Sharks since 2007-08, mainly as an amateur scout. He also served as a defensive development coach with both the Sharks and the AHL's Barracuda.
Marchment's son, Mason, currently plays for the Florida Panthers.
Marchment was born in Scarborough, Ontario, on May 1, 1969. He played in the 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga. He began his junior career by playing four seasons with the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 1985 to 1989. Marchment was a high-scoring defenceman, more noted for assists, including 51 assists in 56 games during the 1987–88 season. He was selected in the first round (16th overall) by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.
Marchment made his NHL debut for the Jets on March 29, 1989, against the Los Angeles Kings at Great Western Forum. Despite a promising future, he spent most of his Jets career in the American Hockey League with the Moncton Hawks. However, he did get some moments in a Jets jersey as well, playing 28 games in the 1990–91 NHL season. He was traded with Chris Norton to the Chicago Blackhawks on July 22, 1991, in exchange for Troy Murray and Warren Rychel.
Marchment enjoyed more playing time for the Blackhawks, scoring 15 points in the 1991–92 NHL season and 20 points in the next season. On November 2, 1993, Marchment was sent to the Hartford Whalers with Steve Larmer in a trade for Eric Weinrich and Patrick Poulin. Marchment only played 42 games for the Whalers before he was sent to the Edmonton Oilers on August 30, 1994, as compensation for Hartford signing Steven Rice.
After 3 seasons with the Oilers, it was during his fourth that Marchment was traded with Jason Bonsignore and Steve Kelly to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Roman Hamrlík and Paul Comrie on December 30, 1997. During the 1997 season, Marchment suffered a severe concussion and began convulsing on the rink.[8] Marchment only managed to play 22 games for the Lightning until he was once again traded; on March 24, 1998, Marchment, along with David Shaw and a first round pick in the 1998 draft (David Legwand) were sent to the San Jose Sharks for Andrei Nazarov and a first round pick in the 1998 draft (Vincent Lecavalier).
It was with the Sharks that Marchment enjoyed more success, including a career-high 22 points in the 2001–02 NHL season, 20 of which were assists.[3] After a four-and-a-half-year stay with the Sharks he was once again traded; on March 8, 2003, Marchment was traded to Colorado for two draft picks.[9] He only played 14 regular-season games for Colorado and 7 playoff games. A free agent at the end of the season, Marchment signed a one-year deal with his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs on July 11, 2003. In the 2003–04 season Marchment played in 75 regular-season games, scoring just 4 points, and appeared in a further 13 playoff games.
Marchment sat out the 2004–05 NHL lockout-affected season, and was signed by the Calgary Flames as a free agent on October 11, 2005. After the 2005–06 season ended, he became a free agent. As of March 2008, Marchment was a scout and in charge of player development for the Sharks.
Marchment was known as a physical, hard-nosed defenseman. He was suspended for deliberate attempts to injure other players numerous times throughout his playing career. He was suspended 13 times by the league in his first 12 NHL seasons, and his hits were blamed for injuries suffered by Mike Modano, Joe Nieuwendyk, Greg Adams, Mike Gartner, Kevin Dineen, Peter Zezel, Pavel Bure, Sami Salo, Magnus Arvedson, Paul Kariya, Wendel Clark, and Martin Ručínský. On February 3, 1995, while the Toronto Maple Leafs were visiting Marchment's Oilers, a hit by Marchment partially collapsed one of Gartner's lungs; the severely injured Gartner had to return to Toronto by train. Doug Weight attacked him in 2000 after Marchment applied a knee-on-knee hit to him.
He played with Blackhawk greats such as Jeremy Roenick, Steve Larmer, Chris Chelios, Michel Goulet , Dirk Graham and Brent Sutter.
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985–86 Belleville Bulls OHL 57 5 15 20 225 21 0 7 7 83
1986–87 Belleville Bulls OHL 52 6 38 44 238 6 0 4 4 17
1987–88 Belleville Bulls OHL 56 7 51 58 200 6 1 3 4 19
1988–89 Belleville Bulls OHL 43 14 36 50 198 5 0 1 1 12
1988–89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1989–90 Moncton Hawks AHL 56 4 19 23 217 — — — — —
1989–90 Winnipeg Jets NHL 7 0 2 2 28 — — — — —
1990–91 Moncton Hawks AHL 33 2 11 13 101 — — — — —
1990–91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 28 2 2 4 91 — — — — —
1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 5 10 15 168 16 1 0 1 36
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 5 15 20 313 4 0 0 0 12
1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 13 1 4 5 42 — — — — —
1993–94 Hartford Whalers NHL 42 3 7 10 124 — — — — —
1994–95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 40 1 5 6 184 — — — — —
1995–96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 3 15 18 202 — — — — —
1996–97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 71 3 13 16 132 3 0 0 0 4
1997–98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 27 0 4 4 58 — — — — —
1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 22 2 4 6 43 — — — — —
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 0 3 3 43 6 0 0 0 10
1998–99 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 2 6 8 101 6 0 0 0 4
1999–00 San Jose Sharks NHL 49 0 4 4 72 11 2 1 3 12
2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 75 7 11 18 204 5 0 1 1 2
2001–02 San Jose Sharks NHL 72 2 20 22 178 12 1 1 2 10
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 2 9 11 108 — — — — —
2002–03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 14 0 3 3 33 7 0 0 0 4
2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 1 3 4 106 13 0 0 0 8
2005–06 Calgary Flames NHL 37 1 2 3 75 — — — — —
NHL totals 926 40 142 182 2307 83 4 3 7 102
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