Mark Moore (ice hockey) Man in Hockey" due to scoring a 1590 out of a possible 1600 points on his SAT. Moore currently runs a hockey school in Toronto, Canada, called Ivy Hockey Academy. Mark Moore (ice hockey) Mark Moore (born February 13, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted and signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, and played 115 games in the ECHL and an additional 15 games in the American Hockey League. Moore was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, selected 179th overall. At the time,
Ice hockey in the United States of the Miracle on Ice is believed to be influential in popularizing the sport from a fringe sport to a mainstream sport. Ice hockey in the United States Ice hockey, usually referred to in the U.S. simply as "hockey", is a popular sport in the United States. Hockey in the U.S. began in 1894 when the first artificial ice rink was built in Baltimore, Maryland. Now hockey is most popular in regions of the U.S. with cold winter climates, such as the northeast and the upper Midwest. However, since the 1990s, ice hockey has become increasingly popular in the Sun