Marc Fortier (born February 26, 1966) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. Fortier played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings.

Biography

Fortier was raised in

Windsor, Quebec Windsor is a town of 5,300 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Windsor is perhaps best known for its ultra-modern Domtar fine paper plant. History Apart from the Abenak ...

. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Windsor. Fortier first played four years in the QMJHL for the

Chicoutimi Saguenéens The Chicoutimi Saguenéens are a junior ice hockey team which plays in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team is based out of Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada (now a part of the city of Saguenay) and owned by the City of Saguenay. Th ...

. In his last season, he had a total of 201 points which is a record in team history. Afterwards, he played in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

, AHL and IHL. From 1994 to 2005, Fortier played in Europe, playing in the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...

in Germany and in Switzerland in Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B. Fortier played a total of 212 regular season games, scoring 42 goals and 102 points with 135 penalty minutes. Fortier has been the coach and general manager of the

Saint-Georges CRS Express The Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 is a professional ice hockey team based in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH), and plays at the Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil. History The team was ...

of the

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup. History The league was fou ...

. He was a QMJHL scout for the Colorado Avalanche in the 2008–2009 season. In 2010, he served the recruitment director of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was the general manager of his former junior team, the

, from 2011 to 2014.

Career statistics

Coaching statistics

Coaching statistics.

Season  Team                    Lge  Type       GP  W  L T OTL    Pct Result 
2005-06 St. Georges CRS Express LNAH Head Coach 56 24 29 0   3  0.455 Out of Playoffs
2007-08 Québec Assur-Expert  LHJAAAQ Head Coach 54                    Semi-Final

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortier, Marc 1966 births Living people Canadian ice hockey centres Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) players Eisbären Berlin players Frankfurt Lions players Fredericton Express players Halifax Citadels players HC Ajoie players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Sportspeople from Sherbrooke Los Angeles Kings players New Haven Senators players Ottawa Senators players People from Windsor, Quebec Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players Quebec Nordiques players Undrafted National Hockey League players ZSC Lions players Ice hockey people from Quebec Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany French Quebecers