Dennis John Maruk (born November 17, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian National Hockey League player. He played in the NHL from 1975 to 1989. Maruk played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the London Knights before he was drafted in 1975 by the California Golden Seals. While with the Seals, he became the first NHL rookie to score five shorthanded goals in a season. He followed the franchise when it relocated to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Barons a year later. In 888 NHL games, he scored 356 goals and had 522 assists.