Marc Laforge (born January 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional

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. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the

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in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played nine games with the Whalers in the 1989–90 season before they traded him to the

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in exchange for Cam Brauer on March 6, 1990. He would eventually play five games with the Oilers during the 1993–94 season. After playing three seasons in the

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with the

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, the enforcer Laforge joined the

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for the

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. Fourteen games into the season, Laforge was involved a postgame brawl with the

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. Laforge attacked eight different Platers while they were involved in other fights, and he was also accused of driving Plater

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Andy Helmuth's head into the ice. Laforge was given a two-year suspension from the league (the equivalent of a lifetime ban for a 19-year-old in a league with an age limit of 21) for his actions, ending his career as a

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player. Laforge later referred to the incident as "the dumbest thing I've ever done."Marc Laforge still fighting, ''Toronto Star'', November 8, 1998
/ref> Laforge amassed over 3,000

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in his professional hockey career. As a junior player, he set the

all-time record for career penalty minutes with 686. In his fourteen-game NHL career, he scored no points and spent 64 minutes in the

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. In addition, he holds the

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record for penalty minutes in a single period, tallying 37 in the first period of a 1997 game against the

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.Manitoba Moose Individual Records

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laforge, Marc 1968 births Living people Anchorage Aces players Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players Binghamton Whalers players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cape Breton Oilers players Edmonton Oilers players Hartford Whalers draft picks Hartford Whalers players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury Indianapolis Ice players Indianapolis Ice (CHL) players Kingston Canadians players Manitoba Moose (IHL) players Minnesota Moose players Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players San Antonio Dragons players San Antonio Iguanas players San Diego Gulls (WCHL) players Sudbury Wolves players Syracuse Crunch players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States