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Swamp Devils pick a hard hitting defensive specialist who can play every forward position, Don Marcotte, F

Originally Posted by wikipedia

was noted as a premier defensive forward, while being versatile enough to play any forward position.

• Awarded a "Retroactive Selke" by Ultimate Hockey for 1976
• 3rd in Selke voting to Bob Gainey and Craig Ramsey in 1978 (the first time the award was given out)
• 2nd in Selke voting to Bob Gainey in 1979
• Also received multiple Selke votes in 1980, 1981, 1982
• 1979 Coach's poll: Selected the 2nd best defensive forward after Gainey and the 3rd best penalty killer after Gainey and Ramsay
• Selected to play for the Canadian All Stars in the 1979 Challenge Cup

Originally Posted by legends of hockey

Although listed as a left winger, he could play all three forward positions. He usually skated with Derek Sanderson and Ed Westfall in whose company he excelled as a great two-way player and penalty killer who could dish out bone-jarring hits. In 1970-71 he tallied six short-handed goals.

Marcotte's best season came in 1974-75 when he scored 31 goals and 33 assists during the regular season. He was also a strong playoff performer, netting 61 points in 132 post season outings.

Originally Posted by Bruins 1971-72 Yearbook

The records show that Don Marcotte scored 15 goals the past season ... What they don't show is that for the amount of time he got on the ice, Marcotte's goal scoring average matched anybody on the team, with the possible exception of Phil Esposito. Marcotte was the Bruins' trouble-shooter If Coach Tom Johnson needed somebody on the right wing, it was Marcotte . . . If it was the left side or center, same thing. Unfortunately for Don, the Bruins went so well, he wasn't needed that often . . But the hard-hitting forward proved his value as a seventh player who could come off the bench cold and spark the team. He also proved invaluable as a penalty-killer.. . Not only did he shackle the opposition but he himself scored six of his 15 goals while killing penalties

http://www.jwen.com/hock/bruins/dmarc.html

Originally Posted by The Boston Globe, April 14, 2005

Just like the Energizer Bunny, he kept going and going and going.

A hard-nosed two-way player, Don Marcotte first skated with the Bruins in 1965 and retired with the Bruins after the 1982 season never lacing the skates up with another NHL organization. He bled Bruins blood, never let up and did whatever it took to win games.

“Everybody had different jobs to do and you had to do what you had to do," said Marcotte. "I was a two-way player and would go up and down. I would go up and forecheck and come back and backcheck. That kept me going and I loved it. I had a job to do and took a lot of pride in it.
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Throughout his career playing in the NHL, Marcotte was known for his hard-hitting and penalty killing. He currently ranks sixth all-time in games played (868), ninth is seasons played (13) and tenth in goals (230).

“I am very proud for the style of play I played,” said Marcotte. “I called myself a two-way player. I thought hockey was played at both ends of the ice and that was the way I played the game.”

Marcotte was also a key member of two Stanley Cup Bruins teams (1969-70 and 1971-72).

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/...never_got_old/

Originally Posted by overpass

Reading one of Don Cherry's books recently...he said he didn't like to match lines with a checking line, he'd rather put a good defensive forward on each line and roll lines. But if he wanted a checking line he could move Don Marcotte to any line and it would be a checking line.

From hfboards thread: Players who functioned as "Shadows"

Originally Posted by LeBlondeDemon10

Don Marcotte was Lafleur's shadow for three seasons. The powerplay that resulted in Lafleur's famous goal was for too many men; Lafleur apparently went to the bench, but went back out right away. Marcotte followed as did another Bruin.

Originally Posted by overpass

To follow up a little on my last post, here is a list of the top penalty killing wingers of the last 40 years, as defined by those wingers who spent a lot of time killing penalties on effective PK units. I think this list is interesting in part because few wingers have actually spent a lot of time killing penalties - usually centres and defencemen have a larger role.

PKTime=an approximation of the number of season equivalents of shorthanded ice time that the player played. Calculated by sum of (PlayerPGA/TeamPGA).

TeamPK+=strength of the penalty kill units for which the player played. 1 is average, lower is better. 0.80 means that the unit allowed goals at 80% of a league average rate. Calculated by 1-(TmPGA -TmSHGF)/TmTSH, with each season weighted by the players PKTime.

Best penalty killing wingers by the numbers, 1968-2010