Adam Richard Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975) is a

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former professional

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player who played in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques,

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and the Los Angeles Kings. Deadmarsh was later a video coordinator and assistant coach with the Avalanche, before concussion issues forced him to step down after the season, nine years after his playing career ended for the same reason.

Playing career

Deadmarsh was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the

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, first round, fourteenth overall, from the

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of the

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. He played for the Avalanche team that won the

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. His name was initially misspelled "Deadmarch" on the Cup, but was later corrected; it was the first time a misspelling on the Stanley Cup had ever been corrected. He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on February 21, 2001 along with Aaron Miller, a player to be named later (

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), and Colorado's first round pick in the

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( Dave Steckel) for Rob Blake and

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. Among his final accomplishments in the NHL, Deadmarsh became a playoff hero for vaulting the Kings past the heavily favoured

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in round one of the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs, after trailing late in Game 4 by three goals while his team was already down two games to one. Los Angeles went on to lose in the conference semifinals to his former team, the Avalanche, in seven games; the Avalanche would eventually win their second Stanley Cup. A U.S.

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by virtue of having an

mother, Deadmarsh played for Team USA in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, the

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, and the

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, winning a gold medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2002. After missing the most of the

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and the entire

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due to two

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s (and the next season due to the

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), Deadmarsh (unofficially) announced his

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on September 22, 2005 citing the previous concussion as an inability to play further. He was honored on March 20, 2006 before a game between the Avalanche and Kings at

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in downtown

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for his dedication to both teams. He had previously played junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks in the

and was a 3 time member of the U.S. National Junior Team, where he shares the all-time U.S. record of 21 games played at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He resides in

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with his wife and twin daughters. Adam is a

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of former NHL player Butch Deadmarsh.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

External links

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