Marc Potvin...

ffejfalcon · Post by **ffejfalcon** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:26 pm

Passed away this morning. No details at this point. This is really sad. He was the coach of the Adirondack Frostbite AHL team here in my home town. Just a great guy who will be missed....

http://www.wingsstadium.com/news/2006/1 ... celled.htm

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:45 pm

He and Paluch played at BG together. Marc was here from 1986-1990. Tough kid on the ice back when college hockey was a little more tolerant with the rough stuff.

Here's a link to his hockey history for anyone who is interested.
http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/Leg ... ayer=11313

May he rest in peace.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:48 pm

Another familiar NHL name I always forget as being a Falcon.

Sad news, indeed.

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:51 pm

TG1996 wrote:Another familiar NHL name I always forget as being a Falcon.

Sad news, indeed.

There were two other Potvins in the NHL (Denny and Felix) that you may be confusing him with (not sure if they're related). Marc was up and down a lot. It was a decent career, but not as successful as I'm sure he would have liked.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:54 pm

OMG....I was at BGSU for the same four years. My prayers go out to his family. Very sad, indeed.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:55 pm

BGFan wrote:There were two other Potvins in the NHL (Denny and Felix) that you may be confusing him with (not sure if they're related). Marc was up and down a lot. It was a decent career, but not as successful as I'm sure he would have liked.

He spent some time with the Whale. I know of which Potvin I speak.

But you're right, he's likely the least familiar of the three Potvins.

Sounds like he was on a decent track as a head coach.

ffejfalcon · Post by **ffejfalcon** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:03 pm

Potvin had the team he was currently coaching playing well and in position to win the division. BTW the team the Icehawks is owned by Barry Melrose and Steve Levy of ESPN...

falcons86 · Post by **falcons86** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:06 pm

just a correction..it's the Adirondack Frostbite...the Ice Hawks are long gone.

GO FALCONS!!!!!!

ffejfalcon · Post by **ffejfalcon** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:11 pm

Sorry my bad...I always call them the Icehawks instead of their new name "The Frostbite"...

TheKa · Post by **TheKa** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:31 pm

This is so incredibly sad. I have very fond memories of Marc's playing time here and the boys from Kitchner (Potvin, Truck, etc.) will always remain some of my favorite all time Falcons.

If I remember correctly Marc's Dad spent a lot of time at the games sitting up in our section with Kevin Dahl's Dad. If I'm remembering the right guys, they were a blast!

My thoughts and prayers are with The Potvin family and with everyone who cared for Marc.

GO FALCONS!
Erika

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:05 pm

My prayers. He was a quality individual.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:30 pm

I don't know much about Marc, but as I said in the chat room, the situation makes me just want to cry. No family should ever lose a parent that young - I've seen it too much.

God bless and keep the Potvins.

FindlayFalcon · Post by **FindlayFalcon** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:54 pm

Here is a link to an article about Marc with a picture of him.

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4360384

Also a link to the Adirondack Frostbite message board.

http://www.frostbitehockey.com/phpBB2/v ... 19f19d01ba

And a link to some video about his death and career

http://video.woodtv.com/index.php?video_id=2131

And yet another link to a really good article about him.

http://www.poststar.com/story.asp?storyid=206575

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:38 pm

FindlayFalcon wrote:Here is a link to an article about Marc with a picture of him.

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4360384

Also a link to the Adirondack Frostbite message board.

http://www.frostbitehockey.com/phpBB2/v ... 19f19d01ba

And a link to some video about his death and career

http://video.woodtv.com/index.php?video_id=2131

And yet another link to a really good article about him.

http://www.poststar.com/story.asp?storyid=206575

Thanks for posting all those links, Findlay Falcon. I have very fond memories of Marc's time in BG, as I know you do too! What a horrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and everyone who knew him. This has to be hard for Coach Paluch and all former Falcon players and coaches who knew him.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:18 am

a story about marc in today's canton repository. he had been, at one time, a coach at jackson high school, and resided in lake township (between akron and canton).

http://cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=263537&Category=9