Mark Aloysius Opoya Owuya (born 18 July 1989) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played for the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. He formerly played for KHL Medveà ¡ÃÂak Zagreb, a member of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Owuya began playing junior hockey with DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF in the 2005âÂÂ06 season when he began playing with the U18 team. The following season Owuya played with both DjurgÃÂ¥rden's U18 and J20 team and also played most of the games with the DjurgÃÂ¥rden's J20 team in the 2007âÂÂ08 season. While Stefan Ridderwall joined team Sweden for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Owuya made his Elitserien debut on 3 January 2008, against Brynäs IF. He was loaned out to Mälarhöjden/Bredängs IK during the 2007âÂÂ08 winter, and was also later loaned out to Almtuna IS for the entire 2008âÂÂ09 season.
Owuya was also on loan during the 2009âÂÂ10 season, first to ÃÂrebro HK and later Mora IK. In the 2010 pre-season, Owuya was moved up to DjurgÃÂ¥rden's senior team, to compete with goaltender Stefan Ridderwall to be the first choice in the goal. Ultimately, Owuya played in 32 out of 55 games in the 2010âÂÂ11 Elitserien season, with a 2.18 goals against average and league-best save percentage of .927. He also played in all of DjurgÃÂ¥rden's seven playoff games, with a 1.66 goals against average and a .924 save percentage.
Owuya represented Sweden at the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
His father is from Uganda and his mother is from Russia. Mark's brother Sebastian was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in 2010. Owuya is also known in Sweden for rapping on popular talent show Idol as "Mark In Da Park".