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It started out normally enough, skating all day in the Benning backyard rink. Pictures in the family photo album show Brian, age one-and-a-half. Mark, age three, and Jim, age four, all stuffed into snowsuits and standing on skates with their parents out on the ice.
They value defense in the Benning family.
Mark Benning, a Harvard junior, plays defense for the men's hockey team. His older brother Jim is in his fourth year on the blue-line for the Toronto Maple Leafs, his younger brother Brian was the St. Louis Blues' first round draft choice last year--as a defenseman.
But aside from choosing to play defense. Mark Benning hasn't gone the traditional Benning family route: from skating as two-year-old through midect bantam and junior hockey to the National Hockey League.
His older brother has met success in his pro career. In his fourth year with the Maple Leafs, Jim Benning is emerging as a team leader.