Mark Balzarotti

Mark Balzarotti played for Delbarton School from 1984 to 1986. In his senior season in 1986, he recorded 10 shutouts and led Delbarton to a Mennen Cup victory and its first State finals appearance in school history. He was awarded the MCSSIHL MVP and was named both first team All State and first team All MCSSIHL. More recently, he was voted one of the top 30 state goalies of all time by NJ.com in 2018. Following Delbarton, Mark played Division II hockey for the College of the Holy Cross in the ECAC East from 1987 to 1990. He was named the ECAC Goalie of the Week and Winter Homecoming MVP in February of 1990. He has remained active in the New Jersey hockey community, where he served as an Assistant Coach at the Pingry School from 1996 to 1998 and coached youth hockey with the NJ Colonials and the Ridge Youth Hockey Club. Mark lives in Basking Ridge with his wife Kathy and their three children: Alyssa, Michael, a two-time state champion in 2017 and 2018 and former captain at Delbarton where he earned first team All State and first team All Gordon Conference honors in 2019, and Matthew, a 2019 Public B state champion with Ridge High School, a two-time selection to the first team All Public B, and the 2021 Skyland Player of the Year award winner.