Mark Stone is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on May 13, 1992 in Winnipeg, Canada. Right winger who was selected in the 6th round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He debuted with the Senators during the 2013-14 NHL season and was a finalist for the 2015 Calder Trophy, given to the league’s top rookie.
Ray Ferraro, the prolific scorer, also came to the NHL via the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League.
After a season with the Winnipeg Thrashers of the Manitoba Midget ‘AAA’ Hockey League, in which he competed in the 2008 Telus Cup, Stone began his major junior career with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2008–09. He recorded 39 points (17 goals and 22 assists) over 56 games, tying for 12th in WHL rookie scoring. During the 2009 playoffs, he added four points (one goal and three assists) over 12 games. The following season began with Stone ranked in the top 50 on several major scouting lists for the upcoming 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Suffering a concussion and thumb injury during the season, he was limited to 28 points (11 goals and 17 assists) over 39 games, hindering his final draft ranking among scouts. Healthy during the playoffs, he competed in all the Wheat Kings’ 15 contests, recording a goal and three assists. Although the Wheat Kings were eliminated in the WHL Conference Finals, they advanced to the 2010 Memorial Cup by way of having been chosen as the host team at the beginning of the year. Playing in the semi-final against the Calgary Hitmen, Stone competed opposite his older brother, Michael. The Wheat Kings beat the Hitmen in dramatic fashion to advance to the Memorial Cup Final, which they lost to the Windsor Spitfires; Stone had no points in five tournament games. During the off-season, he was selected in the sixth round, 178th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Stone was scouted as a power forward with weak skating.
Stone concluded his junior career following the 2011–12 season by being named the winner of the Brad Hornung Trophy as the WHL’s most sportsmanlike player, after finishing the season as the WHL’s second-leading scorer with 123 points and being named an Eastern Conference First Team All-Star.
His brother Michael also played in the WHL – the two went head to head for the Memorial Cup in the WHL 2010 finals.
