Marcel Dionne

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Born
1951 (74 years old)
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Drummondville, Canada

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Center

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Weight
185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)

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Right

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Ice Hockey

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Marcel Elphège Dionne (born August 3, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers between 1971 and 1989. A prolific scorer, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer in 1979–80, and recorded 50 goals or more in a season six times, and 100 points or more in a season 8 times during his career. Internationally Dionne played for the Canadian national team at two Canada Cups and three World Championships. Dionne was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2017 Dionne was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Early life
Dionne was born on August 3, 1951, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada to Gilbert Sr. and Laurette Dionne. He was the oldest of eight children, and his youngest brother Gilbert was 19 years his junior. Growing up, his father worked as a foreman at a steel plant while his mother ran a corner store and beauty salon with her children's help. Due to limited finances, Dionne's extended family pitched in to help cover the costs of his hockey equipment. He played baseball as a youth as well, but chose to focus solely on hockey due to lack of prospects for Canadian baseball players.

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