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• Paul Mara is an American professional hockey player, currently playing for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: September 7, 1979
  2. Birthplace: Ridgewood, New Jersey
  3. Position: Defenseman
  4. Shoots: Left
  5. Won the Bronze Medal with Team USA in the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
  6. Not related to actress Kate Mara
  7. Also not related to the Mara family that owns the New York Giants

• Early Years

  Mara began his career with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League in 1996. He was then drafted seventh overall in the 1997 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Mara continued in the OHL, with the Plymouth Whalers through 1999, playing a single game with the Lightning that season. He split his next two years between the Lightning and the Detroit Vipers in the now defunct International Hockey League.

• Recent Career

  On March 5, 2001, Mara was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes. He played for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga, or German Ice Hockey League, during the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. After one additional season in Phoenix, Mara was traded to the Boston Bruins on June 26, 2006. The following year Mara was traded again, going to the New York Rangers on February 27, 2007.

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