The American Hockey League is remembering Mark Laforest, who died Monday on the age of 62.
Laforest spent nearly all of his 14-year skilled profession within the AHL, enjoying for the Adirondack Crimson Wings, Hershey Bears, Newmarket Saints, Binghamton Rangers, New Haven Senators and Prince Edward Island Senators. He additionally spent two seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals within the Worldwide Hockey League.
Laforest posted a document of 149-116-26 in 306 profession AHL appearances and received the league’s Aldege “Baz” Bastien Award twice, in 1986-87 and once more in 1990-91. He additionally backstopped Adirondack to a Calder Cup championship in 1986, going 12-5 in 17 appearances that spring.
Undrafted, Laforest additionally performed 103 video games within the Nationwide Hockey League, seeing time with Detroit, Philadelphia, Toronto and Ottawa.
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