Mark Recchi, Assistant Coach

Mark Recchi joined the Columbus Blue Jackets coaching staff as an assistant coach on Sept. 25, 2023.

Recchi, 55, was a seven-time All-Star (1997 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player) who racked up 577 goals and 956 assists for 1,533 points with 1,033 penalty minutes in 1,652 career NHL games with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Boston from 1988-2011. He currently ranks eighth on the NHL’s all-time games played list, is 13th in points and 15th in assists.

The Kamloops, British Columbia native added 61-86-147 and 93 penalty minutes in 189 career games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In 2011, he became the eighth player in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44) to win three Stanley Cup championships with three different teams (Pittsburgh-1991, Carolina-2006, Boston-2011). He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.

Following his playing career, Recchi spent parts of two seasons as a senior adviser with the Dallas Stars. In 2014, he was named development coach for the Penguins and served in that capacity for three seasons, including the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Stanley Cup-winning campaigns. He then served three seasons as an assistant coach with the club before joining New Jersey’s coaching staff in 2020 and spending two seasons as an assistant with the Devils. Since 2007, he has been part-owner of the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers, where he played from 1986-88.

He and his wife, Kimberly, are the parents to three daughters, Christina, Samantha and Isabella; and three sons, Cameron, Austin and Brendan.