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Lamb was born in Ponteix, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
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Mark Lamb
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He is currently the head coach and general manager of the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Lamb was drafted 72nd overall in the 1982 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. Lamb would go on to play just one game for the Flames before signing with the Detroit Red Wings in 1986.
In his one season with Detroit, Lamb played 22 regular season games.
Lamb was then claimed in the 1992 National Hockey League Expansion Draft by the Ottawa Senators and served as the team"s co-captain alongside Brad Shaw during the 1993-1994 National Hockey League season. On March 5, 1994, Lamb was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for the Flyers" 1988 first round pick Claude Boivin and minor league goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck.
He finished his career with four seasons in the International Hockey League with the Houston Aeros and one in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for Landshut EV. In total, Lamb played 403 regular season games in the National Hockey League, scoring 46 goals and 100 assists for 146 points. Lamb retired as a player in 2000.
A year later he returned to Edmonton as an assistant coach.
In 2002, Lamb moved to the Dallas Stars under the same role. Following a season which saw the Stars finish out of the playoffs with a record of 36-35-11. Mark Lamb is now the head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League"s Swift Current Broncos.
1990 Stanley Cup championship (Edmonton).
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