Mark Major Mark Major ( born March 20 , 1970 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a retired ice hockey left winger . He was drafted 25 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 goal s , and blocking the goaltender s 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 . He spent 4 seasons and won 2 Championships as Head Coach of the Amherstview Jets Junior A team . Professional career . Junior and early minor - league career . Major started receiving attention from NHL scouts while playing for the Don Mills Flyers of the Metropolitan Toronto Hockey League in 1986 . He advanced to the North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League for the 1987 – 88 season and put up 33 points in 57 games to go along with a whopping 272 penalty minutes ( PIM ) . Major averaged almost 5 penalty minutes a game , but his hard - nosed style was admired by NHL scouts and Major was selected 25th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Draft . Now as an NHL prospect , Major gained confidence and began the 1988 – 89 season again with the Centennials before being traded 11 games in to the Kingston Raiders . He would remain in Kingston for that season and the next ( when they were renamed the Kingston Frontenacs ) , scoring 112 points and 361 PIMs , before moving up to the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League . Major remained with the Lumberjacks for three seasons , scoring 77 points and 617 PIMs . He led the team in penalties during the 1991 – 92 season with 302 and would add another 29 PIMs in the Lumberjacks ' playoff run which saw them lose four games to none in the finals to the Kansas City Blades . After his last season with the Lumberjacks , that included a relocation to Cleveland , Major was let go by the parent club Pittsburgh and quickly signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins on July 22 , 1993 . Major started play with Boston ' s affiliate the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League . He scored 26 points along with 176 PIMs during the 1993 – 94 season , but Providence failed to make the playoffs . He was let go by the Bruins , and joined the Detroit Vipers of the IHL for the following season . He continued to play aggressively , with his 36 points and 229 PIMs helping push the Vipers into the playoffs , but his play couldn ' t help them past the second round . Major again caught the attention of an NHL team , when the Detroit Red Wings signed him as a free agent on June 26 , 1995 . He began play for the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL in the 1995 – 96 season and scored 29 points while racking up 234 PIMs for second on the team . He was known as a player who wouldn ' t back down from a fight , and he was involved in several fights during Adirondack ' s short playoff run that season , receiving 21 PIMs in just three games . NHL appearance . Major finally received his first shot in the big leagues during the 1996 – 97 NHL season when he was brought up from Adirondack for two games starting on November 2 , 1996 . In his very first game , halfway though the second period , Major fought veteran instigator Tie Domi of the Toronto Maple Leafs . Major held his own against Domi but was rewarded with a bloody nose and a five minute major . Major played the following night and failed to impress the Detroit staff , which resulted in him being sent back down to the minors . Finishing the season with Adirondack , and leading the team in PIMs with 213 , Major was let go by Detroit . Late minor - league career . Major still had NHL interest and was quickly signed as a free agent on August 20 , 1997 by the Washington Capitals . He started out in their farm system playing for the Portland Pirates of the AHL . In his first season , Major was first on his team and second in the league for penalty minutes with 355 . This was his career high for PIMs in a season and as of 2007 , he still holds the team record for penalty minutes in a single season . Major wasn ' t finished with 355 and added 52 more PIMs in 10 playoff games that year . The following season he again led the team in PIMs and saw his point production decrease to only nine points in 66 games . He was let go by Washington and began play for the Houston Aeros of the IHL in 1999 . After just 20 games ( with 81 PIMs ) , Major was signed as a free agent by the Flint Generals of the United Hockey League . He was named team captain and finished out the 1999 – 00 season with the Generals scoring 41 points , his highest point total in years , and helped the team win the Colonial Cup . He put up great numbers the following season when he finished with 46 points and 163 PIMs . Generals coach Billy Thurlow had this to say about Major ' s style of play : " Anytime he ' s on the ice , people have to respect us . Nobody ' s going to shove us around . " He would also go on to join the AHL ' s Hershey Bears for two games in the 2000 – 01 season . In 2001 he joined the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League and would go on to score 84 points in two seasons with the Nailers . The coach , John Brophy , had this to say about Major returning for his second season in Wheeling : " We are very fortunate to have Mark return to the Nailers , not only are we getting a great player and a natural team leader , but a guy who is good in the community and represents the Nailers and Penguins organizations with class . " The 2003 – 04 season would be Major ' s last , playing in 40 games for the Laval Chiefs of the QSMHL and 12 games for the Kalamazoo Wings of the UHL .