Editing Mark Messier (section)

==Early life==
Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and [[Doug Messier]]. He was the second son and third child of four; his siblings are [[Paul Messier (ice hockey)|Paul]], Mary-Kay, and Jennifer.<ref>{{harvnb|Klein|2003|p=1}}</ref> The Messier family moved to [[Portland, Oregon]] when Mark was young, where Doug played for the [[Portland Buckaroos]] of the [[minor league|minor pro]] [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|Western Hockey League]].<ref>{{harvnb|Klein|2003|p=3}}</ref> The family returned to St. Albert in 1969 after Doug retired from hockey.<ref>{{harvnb|Klein|2003|pp=7–8}}</ref> Messier attended [[St. Francis Xavier High School (Edmonton)|St. Francis Xavier High School]] in Edmonton as he played junior hockey where Doug was his coach and mentor for his early years.

Messier's brother [[Paul Messier (ice hockey)|Paul]] was drafted by the [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]] 41st overall in the [[1978 NHL Amateur Draft]], but he only played nine games with the club in 1978–79 before embarking on a long career in the German [[Eishockey-Bundesliga]].<ref name="teamlist">{{Cite web | url = http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6420 | title = Paul Messier | publisher = hockeyDB.com | access-date = 2020-04-11}}</ref> Paul helps manage a hotel that Messier owns in [[Harbour Island, Bahamas]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/activities-and-interests/run-away-to-mark-messiers-island/article4200301/|title=Run away to Mark Messier's island|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=November 11, 2011|last1=Grimbly|first1=Susan}}</ref> Messier's cousins [[Mitch Messier|Mitch]] and [[Joby Messier|Joby]] also skated for NHL clubs. Joby was briefly Mark's teammate on the Rangers.