Owuya was also on loan during the 2009–10 season, first to Örebro HK and later Mora IK.[4] In the 2010 pre-season, Owuya was moved up to Djurgården's senior team, to compete with goaltender Stefan Ridderwall to be the first choice in the goal.[5] Ultimately, Owuya played in 32 out of 55 games in the 2010–11 Elitserien season, with a 2.18 goals against average and league-best save percentage of .927.[6][7] He also played in all of Djurgården's seven playoff games, with a 1.66 goals against average and a .924 save percentage.[8]
His father is from Uganda and his mother is from Russia.[10] 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".[10]
↑Peterson, Jimmy. "Dennis och Mark lånas ut". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑Alexanderson, Thomas. "Mark in da Almtuna-park". difhockey.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Hockey. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑"Målvaktsstatistik". hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
↑"Målvaktsstatistik". hockeyligan.se (in Swedish). Svenska Hockeyligan AB. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
