mark major (born march 20, 1970 in toronto, ontario) is a canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. he was drafted 25th overall by the pittsburgh penguins in the national hockey league's 1988 entry draft. major acquired many penalty minutes over his career due to his playing style, which involved battling in front of the net for loose pucks, scoring garbage goals, and blocking the goaltenders view. major only played in two nhl games, for the detroit red wings. he also enjoyed a short career as a professional roller hockey player in roller hockey international (rhi). taking into account all of his hockey games played at a professional level, major played in 1,339 games and acquired 4,334 penalty minutes, giving major an average of 3.24 penalty minutes per game during his career. after 4 seasons and 2 championships as head coach of the amherstview jets junior a team, major is taking a year off to help coach his daughter's kingston ice wolves' peewee aa team.