As a free agent the following season, Marquardt left for a second tenure abroad, signing a one-year deal with English-based EIHL club, the Coventry Blaze on July 13, 2016. Marquardt departed Coventry after one season, in May 2017. After his departure from the Blaze, Marquardt stayed in the UK to sign for fellow Elite Ice Hockey League side Sheffield Steelers ahead of the 2017–18 season. In late July 2018, Marquardt moved to fellow EIHL side Dundee Stars where he will be player/assistant coach. On May 10, 2019, it was confirmed that he had re-signed to Dundee Stars for the 2019–20 season, captaining the team in addition to his role as player/assistant coach. Following the suspension of the 2020–21 Elite League season due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Marquardt ended his four-year stay in the UK and returned to the ECHL to sign for Norfolk Admirals on September 24, 2020. However, with Norfolk pulling out of the 2020–21 ECHL season, Marquardt instead signed for fellow ECHL side Jacksonville Icemen on November 20, 2020. Marquardt retired in 2021, taking up an assistant coach role with the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Seattle Thunderbirds. Personal Marquardt's younger brother Cory, a former hockey player in his own right, is a country singer. Career statistics Awards and honours References External links 1987 births Living people Baie-Comeau Drakkar players Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players Canadian ice hockey left wingers Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players Coventry Blaze players Dundee Stars players Florida Everblades players Ice hockey people from Ontario Jacksonville Icemen players ESV Kaufbeuren players Moncton Wildcats players Oklahoma City Barons players Providence Bruins players Reading Royals players Sheffield Steelers players Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Springfield Falcons players Stockton Thunder players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States