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7× National Champion (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023)
9× WCHA regular season champion (2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
10× WCHA tournament champion (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)

Awards

4× AHCA Coach of the Year (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
9× WCHA Coach of the Year (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2021)

Medal record

Representing the United States

Olympic Games
Men's ice hockey
	1980 Lake Placid	Team competition
Coach for women's ice hockey
	2010 Vancouver	Team competition

Mark Einar Johnson (born September 22, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach for the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team. He is a former National Hockey League (NHL) player who appeared in 669 NHL regular season games between 1980 and 1990. He also played for the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic team.

Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999, the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. He received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 2011, for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

Playing career

Amateur career

As a teenager, Johnson attended James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was on the hockey team. He then played for the University of Wisconsin–Madison ice hockey team for three years under his father, legendary coach Bob Johnson. In 1977, during his first year at the university, he helped the Badgers win the NCAA national championship. He was the first Badger to win the WCHA Rookie of the year. He went on to become the school's leading goal scorer and second all-time scorer. Johnson was also a two time All-American. His younger brother, Peter, also played at the university.

International and professional career

Johnson made his international debut with the United States national team as an 18-year-old in 1976, when he played in 11 training games for the 1976 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team coached by his father. He represented the United States in 13 international tournaments (including the 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments and the 1981, 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup). He was a star player on the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic Hockey team at the 1980 Lake Placid winter games.

Playing for the United States against the Soviet Union, Johnson scored two of the four goals in the Team USA 4–3 victory. His first goal, scored with one second left in the game's first period, led to the Soviet coach taking out his goalie, Vladislav Tretiak, who was considered the best goalie in the world at the time; years later, when Johnson asked Soviet defenseman Slava Fetisov, now an NHL teammate, about the decision, he was simply told, "Coach crazy". He also scored in the third period to tie the game at 3–3. The team then defeated Finland to capture the gold medal, with Johnson assisting on the game-winning goal and scoring the insurance goal with less than four minutes remaining in the game. Johnson was named team MVP.

Johnson went on to play professional hockey in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, and New Jersey Devils. He played in the 1984 NHL All Star game as the Whalers representative and served as the Whalers' captain in 1983–85. He also played two seasons with Milan Saima SG in Italy and a final season in Austria before retiring in 1992. He briefly came out of retirement to play two games for Team USA in the 1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships qualifying tournament at the age of 41, where he helped Team USA retain its position in the World Championships' Pool A.

In 2010, thirty years after winning the Olympic gold medal as a player, Johnson coached the United States women's national ice hockey team, which won a silver medal in the Vancouver games.

On February 9, 2019, the University of Wisconsin retired #10 during a pre-game presentation at the Kohl Center. Johnson was the first player to have his number retired.

Personal life

Johnson has completed a B.A. degree in kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin in 1994. Johnson's son, Patrick Johnson, played for the men's hockey team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He coaches his daughter, Mikayla, who plays for the women's hockey team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His other son, Chris Johnson, played for the men's hockey team at Augsburg College, and now serves as an assistant coach on the Augsburg men's ice hockey team. His other daughter, Megan, also plays hockey for the women's team at Augsburg College.

Michael Cummings played Johnson in the 1981 TV movie Miracle on Ice. Eric Peter-Kaiser portrayed him in the 2004 Disney film Miracle. Peter-Kaiser was playing college ice hockey for SUNY Potsdam when he got the part.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	Madison Memorial High	HS-WI	30	65	56	121	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	United States	Intl	11	5	6	11	0	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	43	36	44	80	16	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	42	48	38	86	24	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	40	41	49	90	34	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	United States	Intl	53	33	48	81	25	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	17	3	5	8	4	5	2	2	4	0
1980–81	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	73	10	23	33	50	5	2	1	3	6
1981–82	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	46	10	11	21	30	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	10	2	2	4	10	4	2	0	2	0
1982–83	Hartford Whalers	NHL	73	31	38	69	28	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Hartford Whalers	NHL	79	35	52	87	27	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Hartford Whalers	NHL	49	19	28	47	21	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	St. Louis Blues	NHL	17	4	6	10	2	3	0	1	1	0
1985–86	New Jersey Devils	NHL	80	21	41	62	16	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	New Jersey Devils	NHL	68	25	26	51	22	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	New Jersey Devils	NHL	54	14	19	33	14	18	10	8	18	4
1988–89	New Jersey Devils	NHL	40	13	25	38	24	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	New Jersey Devils	NHL	63	16	29	45	12	2	0	0	0	0
1990–91	Milan Saima SG	ITA	36	32	45	77	15	10	7	16	23	6
1991–92	Milan Saima SG	ITA	2	1	3	4	0	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Zell am See EK	Alpenliga	18	13	28	41	8	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Zell am See EK	AUT	15	10	21	31	6	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			669	203	305	508	260	37	16	12	28	10

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1978	United States	WC	10	0	2	2	0
1979	United States	WC	2	0	0	0	0
1980	United States	OG	7	5	6	11	6
1981	United States	WC	5	0	2	2	2
1981	United States	CC	6	1	3	4	2
1982	United States	WC	7	1	1	2	6
1984	United States	CC	6	2	3	5	0
1985	United States	WC	10	4	1	5	6
1986	United States	WC	10	5	3	8	10
1987	United States	WC	10	3	6	9	8
1987	United States	CC	5	0	1	1	0
1990	United States	WC	9	2	3	5	2
Senior totals			87	23	31	54	42

Awards and achievements

College

WCHA Freshman of the Year (1977)
All-WCHA First Team – 1978, 1979
AHCA West All-American – 1978, 1979
WCHA Most Valuable Player (1979)

NHL

Played in NHL All-Star Game (1984)

Other

Johnson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.
Johnson was inducted into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001
He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003
Johnson was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004
2011 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States

Coaching career

Johnson is the head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison women's ice hockey team, a position he has held since 2002. The team won its first NCAA national championship on March 26, 2006. They repeated as national champions in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Prior to coaching the women's team, Johnson was an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team from 1996 until 2002.

He served as an assistant coach for the American national men's hockey team in 2000 and 2002. On July 6, 2006, he was named head coach of the American women's team as part of a general reorganization of the program, leading the women's hockey team to a silver medal at the 2010 Olympics.

Johnson coached the Madison Monsters minor league hockey team during their inaugural 1995–96 season.

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA) (2002–present)
2002–03	Wisconsin	22–8–5	14–6–4	3rd
2003–04	Wisconsin	25–6–3	18–5–1	2nd
2004–05	Wisconsin	28–9–1	20–7–1	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinals
2005–06	Wisconsin	36–4–1	24–3–1	1st	NCAA Champion
2006–07	Wisconsin	36–1–4	23–1–4	1st	NCAA Champion
2007–08	Wisconsin	29–9–3	20–5–3	3rd	NCAA Runner-up
2008–09	Wisconsin	34–2–5	21–2–5	2nd	NCAA Champion
2010–11	Wisconsin	37–2–2	24–2–2	1st	NCAA Champion
2011–12	Wisconsin	33–5–2	23–3–2	1st	NCAA Runner-up
2012–13	Wisconsin	23–10–2	17–9–2	3rd
2013–14	Wisconsin	28–8–2	21–5–2	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2014–15	Wisconsin	29–7–4	19–6–3	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2015–16	Wisconsin	35–4–1	24–3–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2016–17	Wisconsin	33–3–4	22–2–4	1st	NCAA Runner-up
2017–18	Wisconsin	31–5–2	20–2–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2018–19	Wisconsin	35–4–2	18–4–2	2nd	NCAA Champion
2019–20	Wisconsin	28–5–3	17–4–3	1st	Cancelled due to pandemic
2020–21	Wisconsin	17–3–1	12–3–1	1st	NCAA Champion
2021–22	Wisconsin	26–8–4	18–6–3	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinals
2022–23	Wisconsin	29–10–2	19–7–2	3rd	NCAA Champion
2023–24	Wisconsin	35–6–0	23–5–0	2nd	NCAA Runner-up
Wisconsin:		629–119–53	417–90–48
Total:		629–119–53
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Tracey DeKeyser served as interim head coach for the 2009–10 season, while Johnson coached the US Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team to a silver medal at the XXI Winter Games.

References

Cart, Julie (1987-02-13). "Soviet Master: Tretiak May Have Been Greatest Goaltender in History of Hockey". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
"How the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Pulled Off the Miracle on Ice". about.com.
"Mark Johnson | Women's Hockey Coach". Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/johnson_mark00.html Archived 2010-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
Eric Peter-Kaiser biography at the Internet Movie Database https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371703/
"WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
"Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
"Hockey: 5 picked for hall". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 23 September 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
"Wisconsin duo named Lester Patrick award winners :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2011-09-25.
Johnson to Coach US Women's Hockey in 2010 Olympics Yahoo Sports, January 27, 2009
"Mark Johnson (b.1957) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com".

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Mark Johnson's hockeydraftcentral.com profile
Profile at Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame

Awards and achievements
Preceded byDave Delich	WCHA Freshman of the Year 1976–77	Succeeded byGreg Whyte
Preceded byMike Eaves	WCHA Most Valuable Player 1978–79	Succeeded byTim Harrer
Preceded byMike Eaves	NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion 1978–79	Succeeded byBill Joyce
Sporting positions
Preceded byRuss Anderson	Hartford Whalers captain 1983–85	Succeeded byRon Francis
Preceded byBen Smith	American women's hockey team head coach 2006–2010	Succeeded byKatey Stone

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Located in: Madison, Wisconsin – Founded: 1848

Colleges
and schools

Campus

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Basketball (Men's Women's) Crew Football Ice hockey (Men's Women's) Men's soccer Softball Volleyball
Venues	Camp Randall Field House Kohl Center LaBahn Arena University Ridge Golf Course Bucky Badger Grateful Red
Rivalries	Paul Bunyan's Axe Heartland Trophy

History

Media and
publications

People

Research

Student life

Category

v t e Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
Arena	LaBahn Arena
Coaches	Julie Sasner (1999–2000) Trina Bourget (2000–2002) Mark Johnson (2002–2009, 2010–present) Tracey DeKeyser (2009–2010)
Rivalries	Minnesota
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Olympians	Emily Clark Jesse Compher Ann-Renée Desbiens Brianna Decker Meghan Duggan Molly Engstrom Caroline Harvey Hilary Knight Erika Lawler Carla MacLeod Meaghan Mikkelson Sarah Nurse Alex Rigsby Blayre Turnbull Jessie Vetter Kerry Weiland Jinelle Zaugg
Patty Kazmaier Award	Sara Bauer (2006) Jessie Vetter (2009) Meghan Duggan (2011) Brianna Decker (2012) Ann-Renée Desbiens (2017)
National Championships	2006 2007 2009 2011 2019 2021
Bold Italics denotes national championship season

v t e Current women's head coaches of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Jim Scanlan (Bemidji State) Brad Frost (Minnesota) Laura Schuler (Minnesota Duluth) John Harrington (Minnesota State) Nadine Muzerall (Ohio State) Eric Rud (St. Cloud State) Bethany Brausen (St. Thomas) Mark Johnson (Wisconsin)

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