Marcel Kars
| Marcel Kars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 20, 1977 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Eredivisie team | Eindhoven Kemphanen | ||
| National team |
 Netherlands | ||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||
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Marcel Kars (born May 20, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Dutch/Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for Hys in the Eredivisie.
Early career
He spent one year with the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League before going on to play four years of collegiate hockey for the University of Guelph.
Professional career
Kars spent four seasons (2002–03 through 2005–06) in the Netherlands, the country of his ancestry, playing first for the Amstel Tijgers and then the Amsterdam Bulldogs. There he won 6 trophies, 3 beker cups and 3 league championships. Kars scored both goals in the championship game as the Bulldogs beat the Tilburg Trappers 2–1 in the final game of the playoffs. Kars spent the summer joining the North Stars in Australia in 2006 for their summer campaign. On August 6, 2006, while playing for the Newcastle North Stars, Kars lit up the Canberra Knights for 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) in a 21–2 victory in Newcastle. There they won the championship. Kars was the league’s leading scorer.
Kars then went on to play one year in Italy for Future Bolzano in the A2 league. He then returned to play in his home country for Amsterdam again before leaving to finish the year in Deegendorf in the Oberliga in Germany.
International career
Kars also represents the Netherlands in international competition, participating in the last four IIHF World Championship Division I campaigns and in qualifying for the Turin Olympics.
Personal life
Kars was born and raised in Toronto, the son of Dutch immigrants. Nowadays he is teaching children to play ice hockey. Recently he started to organize a new festival in Amsterdam, named Funky Vegan Festival. This event will happen on July 14th. His current relationship status is single and ready to mingle.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1977 births
- Amsterdam Bulldogs players
- Barrie Colts players
- Bolzano HC players
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Dutch ice hockey players
- Eredivisie (ice hockey) players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Newcastle North Stars players
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- People with acquired Dutch citizenship
- Amstel Tijgers players
- University of Guelph alumni
