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'{{for|the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[football (soccer)]] player|Marc Fitzpatrick}} {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image = | image_size = | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 198 | played_for = [[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[New York Islanders]]<br>[[Florida Panthers]]<br>[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]<br>[[Chicago Blackhawks]]<br>[[Carolina Hurricanes]] | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 27th overall | draft_year = 1987 | draft_team = [[Los Angeles Kings]] | career_start = 1988 | career_end = 2001 }} '''Mark Fitzpatrick''' (born November 13, 1968) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. He moved to [[Kitimat]], [[British Columbia]], where he started minor hockey, when he was ten years old. He won the [[Memorial Cup]] twice as a member of the [[Medicine Hat Tigers]] before going on to a professional career with the [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[New York Islanders]], [[Florida Panthers]], [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] and [[Chicago Blackhawks]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. Fitzpatrick was drafted 27th overall in the [[1987 NHL Entry Draft]] by the Los Angeles Kings but only spent a season with the Kings organization before he was traded along with [[Wayne McBean]] to the New York Islanders on February 22, 1989 for [[Kelly Hrudey]]. During his time with the Islanders, he contracted [[Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome]], a potentially fatal neurological disease, which cost him nearly all of the 1990-91 season. He recovered and returned to the ice in February 1992. His efforts in returning to the league after the illness earned him the [[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]] in 1992. On June 20, 1993, with the [[1993 NHL Expansion Draft|expansion draft]] for the Florida Panthers and the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] approaching, the Islanders traded him to the [[Quebec Nordiques]] for [[Ron Hextall]] and a swap of first-round picks. Four days later, the Panthers claimed him in the expansion draft. Fitzpatrick spent five seasons with the Panthers serving as backup goaltender to fellow expansion draft pick [[John Vanbiesbrouck]]. On January 16, 1998, Fitzpatrick was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with [[Jody Hull]] for [[Dino Ciccarelli]] and [[Jeff Norton]] where he only managed 7 wins in 34 games for the struggling Lightning who finished the season with the worst record. Fitzpatrick was traded once more months later to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] for [[Michal Sykora]] and spent the season in a backup capacity to [[Jocelyn Thibault]]. He moved to [[Carolina Hurricanes]] for the [[1999–2000 NHL season]] but spent the majority of the year in the [[International Hockey League (1945-2001)|International Hockey League]] for the [[Cincinnati Cyclones]] and just played three games for the Hurricanes. Fitzpatrick spent one more season in the IHL for the [[Detroit Vipers]] before retiring in 2001. {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Dave Taylor (hockey)|Dave Taylor]] | title = Winner of the [[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]] | years = 1992 | after = [[Mario Lemieux]]}} {{s-end}} ==External links== *{{hockeydb|1692}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Fitzpatrick, Mark | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian ice hockey player | DATE OF BIRTH = November 13, 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Mark}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winners]] [[Category:Calgary Canucks alumni|Fitzbatrick, Mark]] [[Category:Medicine Hat Tigers alumni]] [[Category:Los Angeles Kings players]] [[Category:New York Islanders players]] [[Category:Florida Panthers players]] [[Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players]] [[Category:Chicago Blackhawks players]] [[Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Kitimat, British Columbia]] {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub}} [[de:Mark Fitzpatrick]] [[fr:Mark Fitzpatrick]]'