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Marc Lovell (born 2 June 1982 in
Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
, England) is an English professional
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player, currently playing for the
Flintshire Freeze Flintshire Freeze were a Welsh ice hockey team that play in the English National Ice Hockey League, north division. They played their games at Deeside Leisure Centre, Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It bo ...
in the
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. Lovell began his career in 2002 after having been encouraged by watching the Deeside Dragons. After teaching himself to skate and then play to a reasonable standard, he began to play for the Telford Wild Foxes in the
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. His first season was an excellent one, and in 33 games scored 14 goals and 12 assists as well as totalling 34 penalty minutes. He would start the following 2003/04 season as a WildFox, but was quickly signed up by the
Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix were a semi professional ice hockey team from Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group ''Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey'' to bring top-level ice hockey back to M ...
, a newly established team icing in the
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, the highest standard of club hockey in the United Kingdom. Lovell would be a regular player for the Phoenix, playing 54 regular season and 6 postseason games, although only managing 7 points in that time. Despite making the post-season, the Manchester organisation would encounter financial difficulties stemming from their use of the
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and its significant rental costs. This meant that the Phoenix would be temporarily suspended in the summer of 2004, leaving Lovell without a club. He would return to the Telford Wildfoxes for the 2004/05 season and played in 22 games, although again struggled to find his scoring touch, managing just three points all season. He stayed in Telford though and would ice as a Telford Tiger the year after as the organisation underwent a name change. A second opportunity to play in the
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arose, and in the summer of 2006, Lovell signed for the
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. Opportunities were hard to come by, though, and after just two games and one point, Lovell was released by the Capitals and would play out the rest of the season with Telford, although he would be released in the summer of 2007. After his release, Lovell would move to join the
Flintshire Freeze Flintshire Freeze were a Welsh ice hockey team that play in the English National Ice Hockey League, north division. They played their games at Deeside Leisure Centre, Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It bo ...
. During the 2008/09 campaign, he would manage to score 29 points in 23 games and was announced as the club captain.


External links

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Marc Lovell Personal Profile
Manchester Phoenix Official Website.
"Local Look For Telford Tigers"
BBC, 18 September 2007
Marc Lovell Player Stats
Flintshire Freeze Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovell, Marc 1982 births Living people Edinburgh Capitals players English ice hockey left wingers Flintshire Freeze players Manchester Phoenix players Sportspeople from Chester