About Mark Johnson (ice hockey)
Mark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team. He is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic team, leading the team in points with 11. As head coach of Wisconsin, he has led them to nine National Championships, the most for all NCAA Division I hockey teams (men's or women's teams). He is the son of legendary Wisconsin coach Bob Johnson, under whom he played while winning a national championship at the University of Wisconsin in 1977. Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999, the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. He received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2011, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States. In 2010, thirty years after winning the Olympic gold medal as a player, Johnson coached the United States women's national ice hockey team, which won a silver medal in the Vancouver games. Johnson was the first Badgers hockey player to have his number retired. He is the son of legendary Wisconsin Bob Johnson, under whom he played while winning a national championship at the University of Wisconsin in 1977.
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