{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | played_for = '''NHL'''<br />New York Islanders<br />New Jersey Devils<br />'''AHL'''<br />Maine Mariners | position = Right wing | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 204 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Timmins, Ontario, Canada | draft = 50th overall | draft_year = 1977 | draft_team = New York Islanders | career_start = 1978 | career_end = 1986 }} '''Joseph Hector Marini''' (born January 27, 1957) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward.
Born in Timmins, Ontario, Marini started his National Hockey League career with the New York Islanders. He also played with the New Jersey Devils. His career lasted from 1979 to 1984. Marini also played in the 1983 NHL All-Star Game. He won the Stanley Cup with the Islanders in 1981 and 1982.
Marini's career ended with an injury on December 5, 1985 while playing for the Fort Wayne Komets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13528 |title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Hector Marini |website=www.hhof.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802202634/http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13528 |archive-date=2017-08-02}} </ref> The injury resulted in the loss of his left eye.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Finn|first1=Robin|title=Nystrom Undergoes Surgery on Eye|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/17/sports/nystrom-undergoes-surgery-on-eye.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=26 December 2017|date=17 January 1986}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1974–75 | Sudbury Wolves | OMJHL | 69 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Sudbury Wolves | OMJHL | 66 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 102 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 |- | 1976–77 | Sudbury Wolves | OMJHL | 64 | 32 | 58 | 90 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1977–78 | Muskegon Mohawks | IHL | 80 | 33 | 60 | 93 | 127 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1978–79 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 1978–79 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 74 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 172 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 76 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 144 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 |- | 1980–81 | New York Islanders | NHL | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1980–81 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 54 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1981–82 | New York Islanders | NHL | 30 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 77 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1983–84 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1984–85 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1985–86 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | CHL totals ! 206 ! 65 ! 98 ! 163 ! 405 ! 12 ! 2 ! 8 ! 10 ! 27 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 154 ! 27 ! 46 ! 73 ! 246 ! 10 ! 3 ! 6 ! 9 ! 14 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=13528}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061031054418/http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_14.shtml Picture of Hector Marini's Name on the 1982 Stanley Cup Plaque]
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