John Markell

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 176

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1979

| career_end = 1992

| draft = Undrafted

| played_for =

| module =

{{Infobox college coach|embed=yes

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| alma_mater = Bowling Green State

| player_years1 = 1973-1975

| player_team1 = Cornwall Royals

| player_years2 = 1975-1979

| player_team2 = Bowling Green

| player_years3 = 1979-1981

| player_team3 = Tulsa Oilers

| player_years4 = 1979-1981

| player_team4 = Winnipeg Jets

| player_years5 = 1981-1983

| player_team5 = Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| player_years6 = 1983-1984

| player_team6 = Montana Magic

| player_years7 = 1983-1984

| player_team7 = St. Louis Blues

| player_years8 = 1984-1985

| player_team8 = Schwenninger ERC

| player_years9 = 1984-1985

| player_team9 = Springfield Indians

| player_years10 = 1984-1985

| player_team10 = Minnesota North Stars

| player_years11 = 1985-1987

| player_team11 = EC Bad Nauheim

| player_years12 = 1987-1992

| player_team12 = EHC Wolfsburg

| player_positions = Wing

| coach_years1 = 1991–1992

| coach_team1 = EHC Wolfsburg

| coach_years2 = 1995–2010

| coach_team2 = Ohio State

| coach_years3 = 2012–2013

| coach_team3 = Dallas Stars (Scout)

| overall_record = 280–267–56 ({{winpct|280|267|56}})

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 2–6 ({{winpct|2|6|0}})

| championships = 2004 CCHA Tournament champion

| awards = 1998 CCHA Coach of the Year

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John Richard Markell (born March 10, 1956) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. Markell played 55 games in the National Hockey League and later coached Ohio State University.

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Markell attended Bowling Green State University, where he was a four-year letter winner and served as an assistant captain as a senior on the Falcon hockey team that went 37-6-2. He was BG's leading scorer as a junior with 61 points after leading the team in goals as a sophomore with 26. Markell finished his career with 235 points, including 102 career goals. He also had 133 career assists. Markell was voted BG's outstanding forward in 1978 and 1979.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bgsufalcons.com/hof.aspx?hof=102&path=&kiosk=|title = John Markell (2000) - Hall of Fame|publisher=Bowling Green State University}} After going undrafted, Markell played 55 National Hockey League games: 52 with the Winnipeg Jets, two with the St. Louis Blues and one with the Minnesota North Stars. In his NHL career, Markell scored 11 goals and 10 assists.https://www.nhl.com/player/john-markell-8449164

Markell served as the head coach of the Ohio State University ice hockey team from 1995 until the end of the 2009-10 season. The seventh Buckeye head coach, he led the team to the NCAA tournament six times, marking the first appearances in program history, with an NCAA Frozen Four appearance in 1998. His contract was not renewed following the 2010 season. https://www.thelantern.com/2010/03/buckeyes-part-ways-with-head-coach-john-markell/

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1973–74

| Cornwall Royals

| QMJHL

| 18

4150

| 4

1340
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| 1974–75

| Cornwall Royals

| QMJHL

| 41

10192920

| —

1975–76

| Bowling Green State University

| CCHA

| 39

33286181

| —

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| 1976–77

| Bowling Green State University

| CCHA

| 39

26325848

| —

1977–78

| Bowling Green State University

| CCHA

| 39

33286181

| —

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| 1978–79

| Bowling Green State University

| CCHA

| 42

31498096

| —

1979–80

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 38

1071721

| —

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| 1979–80

| Tulsa Oilers

| CHL

| 35

15142945

| —

1980–81

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 14

13415

| —

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| 1980–81

| Tulsa Oilers

| CHL

| 48

24184234

| 8

51628
1981–82

| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| CHL

| 69

19537233

| 10

411152
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| 1982–83

| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| CHL

| 77

33276035

| 6

3256
1983–84

| Montana Magic

| CHL

| 69

44408461

| —

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| 1983–84

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 2

0000

| —

1984–85

| Schwenninger ERC

| GER

| 23

13152865

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1984–85

| Minnesota North Stars

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

1984–85

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 46

16254123

| 4

31411
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| 1985–86

| EC Bad Nauheim

| GER-2

| 43

377411178

| 10

12304228
1986–87

| EC Bad Nauheim

| GER-2

| 43

525811066

| 18

24335734
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| 1987–88

| ESC Wolfsburg

| GER-2

| 35

366298100

| 20

26527859
1988–89

| ESC Wolfsburg

| GER-2

| 34

28528062

| 18

21244541
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| 1989–90

| ESC Wolfsburg

| GER-2

| 33

39438242

| 19

81624
1990–91

| ESC Wolfsburg

| GER-2

| 32

28538152

| —

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| 1991–92

| ESC Wolfsburg

| GER-2

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | CHL totals

! 298 !! 135 !! 152 !! 287 !! 208

! 24 !! 12 !! 14 !! 26 !! 36

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 55 !! 11 !! 10 !! 21 !! 36

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Head coaching record

=College=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

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{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#CE0F3E; {{box-shadow border|a|#A9AFB3|2px}}

|startyear = 1995

|conflong = Central Collegiate Hockey Association

|conference = CCHA

|endyear = 2010

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1994–95

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 2-7-0†

| conference = 1-5-0†

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason = CCHA quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 10–19–5

| conference = 8–17–5

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason = CCHA quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–97

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 12–25–2

| conference = 9–16–2

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = CCHA quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 27–13–2

| conference = 19–10–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 21–16–4

| conference = 17–10–3

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–00

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 13–19–4

| conference = 9–16–3

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 17–18–2

| conference = 13–13–2

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 20–16–4

| conference = 12–12–4

| confstanding = t-7th

| postseason = CCHA semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 25–13–5

| conference = 16–8–4

| confstanding = t-5th

| postseason = NCAA East Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2003–04

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 26–16–0

| conference = 16–12–0

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = NCAA East Regional semifinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004–05

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 27–11–4

| conference = 25–9–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional semifinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 15–19–5

| conference = 11–14–3

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 15–17–5

| conference = 12–12–4

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 12–25–4

| conference = 7–18–3

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 23–15–4

| conference = 13–11–4–3

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 15–18–6

| conference = 10–12–6–4

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason = CCHA quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Ohio State

| overall = 280–267–56

| confrecord = 198–195–47

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 280–267–56

}}

Markell assumed the head coaching position when Jerry Welsh resigned midseason.

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

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All-CCHA First Team

| 1976-77

| {{cite news|title=CCHA All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ccha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}

All-CCHA First Team

| 1977-78

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All-CCHA First Team

| 1978-79

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References

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