Mark Morrison is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

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Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...

. He spent his entire career playing for his hometown Belfast Giants

Belfast Giants

The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100-capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast....

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Morrison joined the Giants in 2003. Nicknamed "The Mo Train", Morrison began his career as a defensive minded forward, but has since become a bit of an enforcer, getting into scuffles and fights, much to the delight of Giants fans. Morrison also plays internationally for the Ireland national ice hockey team where he helped them win silver in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships Division III and gain promotion to Division II. At the end of the 2009/10 season Mark ended his career for the Giants.

Away from hockey, Morrison is married with two children and runs his own computer business.Mark's two brothers David and William also represented Team Ireland.