Marcel Elphège "Little Beaver" Dionne - Born August 3, 1951 in Drummondville, Quebec is a Canadian retired ice Hockey centre.

Dionne played in the 1962, 1963 and 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his Drummondville youth team.

- Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Winner 1970 and 1971 with St. Catharines Black Hawks.

- J. Ross Robertson Cup Junior Champion 1971 with St. Catharines Black Hawks.

- Lady Byng Trophy Winner 1975 with Detroit Red Wings, 1977 with Los Angeles Kings.

- 1976 Canada Cup Champion with Team Canada.

- Lester B. Pearson Award (Ted Lindsay Award) Winner !979, 1980 with Los Angeles Kings.

- Art Ross Trophy Winner 1980 with Los Angeles Kings.

- 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Team Canada. Dionne was named Best Forward by IIHF Directorate.

- 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Team Canada.

- 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Team Canada.

Dionne made his NHL debut with Detroit Red Wings on October 9, 1971 vs Minnesota North Stars at Detroit Olympia in a 4-2 Minnesota win.

Dionne scored his 1st NHL goal vs Ernie Wakely of St. Louis Blues at 4:59 of 3rd period on October 16, 1971 at St. Louis Arena in a 9-2 Blues win.

Dionne scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Ken Dryden of Montreal Canadiens on March 19, 1972 at Detroit Olympia in a 7-6 Detroit win. His 3rd goal was the game winner.

Dionne played in 1348 regular season NHL games, scoring 731 goals (73 GWG / 2 OTG), 1040 assists with 600 penalty minutes and 49 NHL playoff games, scoring 21 goals (1 GWG), 24 assists with 17 penalty minutes.

Only 5 NHL players - Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jaromír Jágr, Gordie Howe and Ron Francis have had more points than Dionne's 1,771. Only 5 NHL Players - Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jaromír Jágr and Brett Hull have scored more goals than Dionne's 731.

Dionne played in NHL All-Star Games 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985.

Dionne was selected to NHL First All-Star Team in 1977, 1980.

The former Centre Civique arena in Drummondville, Quebec was renamed Centre Marcel Dionne in his honour after his retirement.

Dionne was selected to the 1972 Team Canada Roster for the Summit Series vs Soviet Union. He didn't play any games vs the Soviets, but did play vs Sweden before Canada played the Soviets in Moscow, and he played in Czechoslovakia after the Summit Series ended, in a game put on in Stan Mikita's honour.

Marcel Dionne was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.

In 2017 Dionne was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

NOTE
As a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in 1979, Dionne, Charlie Simmer, and Dave Taylor recorded a song written by Alan Thicke, "Please Forgive My Misconduct Last Night"