Mark Kaufmann is a Canadian retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Yale.
Career Kaufmann was born in Japan and was there until age 6 when his family moved back to British Columbia. After working his way through the junior programs, Kaufmann began attending Yale University in the fall of 1989. In his first two seasons with the team, Kaufmann played well but the Bulldogs weren't very good, finishing both years with losing records. Yale and Kaufmann began to see a change in 1991 when his point production nearly doubled and the team posted its first winning season in 5 years. The Bulldogs held firm in Kaufmann's final season but he increased his scoring to more than two points per game and was named an All-American. Kaufmann also set a program record for the most points in a season that stands as of 2021.
After graduating, Kaufmann began his professional career with Asiago but then joined Team Canada for parts of three years. At the tail end of the 1996 season, he signed on with the Portland Pirates and helped the team reach the Calder Cup finals that year. Despite producing in postseason, Kaufmann returned to Europe after the season and played for three teams over the course of the next three years.
In 1999 the Nikkō Ice Bucks were reestablished after a financial crisis and Kaufmann got a chance to return to his first home. He played parts of four years with the club, leading the Bucks in scoring three times, and retired in 2003.
While he had been pursuing his hockey career, Kaufmann had been working part-time as a software designer. As his playing career was coming to a close, he transitioned into linguistic training and worked with the Linguistic Institute until co-founding his own company along with his father Steve Kaufmann, LingQ in 2007. He continued to work as the CEO of LingQ while also serving as President of KP Logix, a software company located in the Vancouver area.
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Richmond Sockeyes BCHL 6042468834————— 1989–90 Yale ECAC Hockey 299162536————— 1990–91 Yale ECAC Hockey 2810172712————— 1991–92 Yale ECAC Hockey 2725204518————— 1992–93 Yale ECAC Hockey 3125386310————— 1992–93 Canada International 75380————— 1993–94 HC Asiago Serie A 20131831—————— 1993–94 Canada International 612319————— 1994–95 Canada International 5330386814————— 1995–96 Canada International 5316334922————— 1995–96 Portland Pirates AHL 3213024415196 1996–97 EC KAC Austria 5528346244————— 1997–98 Grasshopper Club Zürich NLB 383146772452242 1998–99 Grasshopper Club Zürich NLB 402629553631124 1998–99 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA —————30000 1999–00 Nikkō Ice Bucks JIHL 15771410————— 1999–00 Canada International 20220————— 2000–01 Nikkō Ice Bucks JIHL 40253055—————— 2001–02 Nikkō Ice Bucks JIHL 38283664—————— 2002–03 Nikkō Ice Bucks JIHL 22151732—————— NCAA totals 115 69 91 160 76 — — — — — International totals 121 52 78 130 55 — — — — — NLB totals 78 57 75 132 60 8 3 3 6 6 JIHL totals 115 75 90 165 — — — — — —
Awards and honors Award Year ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team 1989–90 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1991–92 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1992–93 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1992–93
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