Bio:
College career: Played four seasons in the ECAC
with Vermont
In 138 games with Vermont, collected 267
points (91 goals, 176 assists) and 161 penalty minutes
Led Vermont in scoring for four consecutive years
Is
UVM all-time leader in assists and points and 3rd in
goals
Was only four points shy of the ECAC record for
most career points
Was a three-year Hobey Baker Award
finalist (1995, 1996 and 1997)
NCAA All-American East
First Team in 1995, 1996 and 1997
1996 NCAA
Championship All-Tournament Team.
1997-98: Made his pro debut, splitting the season
between Cleveland of the IHL and Saint John of the AHL
Finished tied for 4th in points (50) on Cleveland
despite only playing in 56 games
Joined Saint John
after signing with CAL on 2/19/98
Led Saint John in
playoff assists (15) and tied for 1st in playoff points
(20)
1998-99: Split the season between CAL and Saint
John
Made his NHL debut, appearing in 13 games with
CAL (1-1-2)
Played his 1st NHL game 10/9/98 vs. SJ
Scored his 1st NHL goal 10/20/98 at DAL
Recorded his
1st NHL assist 10/23/98 at NSH
Appeared in 53 games
for Saint John, leading the team in goals (28) and
points (62), and ranking 2nd in assists (34)
Played in
7 AHL Playoff games, recording 8 points.
1999-00: Started the season with Saint John of
the AHL, played his 1st game with CAL on 11/19/99 vs.
DET
Tallied a career-high 7 shots on 11/27/99 at COL
Recorded his 1st point of the season, an assist,
11/30/99 at CAR
Recorded a goal and an assist, his
(1st career multi-point game), on 12/4/99 at NJ
Recorded his 1st career 2-goal game on 3/1/00 vs. PIT.
2000-01: Appeared in 78 games, scoring 18-22-40
Set career-highs in goals, assists, points and games
played
Tied for 10th in the NHL in shorthanded goals
(3)
34-of-40 points came after start of December
Led
team in shorthanded goals
Tied for team lead with 4
GWG
Made Lightning debut vs. NYI on opening night
10/6/00)
Registered 1st Lightning point with an assist
vs. VAN (10/8/00)
Scored 1st goal of the season with
SHG 11/22/00 vs. ATL (1st career SHG)
Scored SHG
11/22/00 vs. ATL, 2/1/01 vs. BUF and 3/17/01 vs. PIT
Tied career best with 2 goals and set career mark with 3
points 3/10/01 vs. CBJ.
2001-02: Appeared in 53 games ... Missed 26 games
with a broken leg, 2 with a concussion and 1 with a
bruised heel ... Led team in plus-minus (+4) ... 3rd on
team with 6 PPG ... Played 20+ minutes in 18 games ...
Had 8 multi-point games (18 career)
Posted 1st points
of the season with a goal and an assist @ SJ (10/11) ...
Saw season-high 24:57 of ice time vs. PIT (11/10) ...
Netted 1st SHG of the season (4th career - all with TB)
1/6 at PHX ... Placed on Injured Reserve 1/24 and
activated off IR on 4/3 ... Assisted on games 2nd goal
4/3 at WSH, 1st game back from a broken leg.
2002-03: One of three Lightning players to appear
in all 82 games
Set career-highs in goals (33),
assists (37), points (70), games played, and plus-minus
(+10)
Named to the 2003 All-Star Game (1st All-Star
appearance) ... Won individual puck control competition
and finished 2nd in fastest skater competition at
SuperSkill Event during 2003 All-Star Weekend ... Skated
16:07 of ice time with 4 shots on goal during All-Star
Game ... Led team in plus-minus ... Tied for team lead
in goals (33) ... 2nd on team in power-play goals (12)
and game-winning goals (5)
Only 3rd player in team
history to register a +10-or-better plus-minus rating
(Bill Houlder +16 in 1996-97; Rob Zamuner +11 in
1995-96) ... Finished season tied for 1st in the NHL in
game-tying goals (3), tied for 7th in shorthanded goals
(3) ... Played 20:00+ of ice time in 39 games, including
season-high 23:52 1/22 vs. MTL ... Had 17 multi-point
games (35 career)
Scored 1st goal and 1st assist of
the season with 1-1-2 vs. CAR (10/12) ... Recorded 1-2-3
vs. ATL (10/18), including 1st SHG of the season and an
assist on the GWG ... 2nd assist in ATL game marked the
100th point of his NHL career ... Scored 20th goal of
the season 1/2 at CGY (3rd fastest player in franchise
history to reach 20-goal mark; Chris Kontos 27 games,
Brian Bradley 30 games) ... Netted 1st career hat trick
with 3-0-3 vs. CAR (1/30), including GWG (10th career
multigoal game, 4th in 2002-03) ... Scored GW SHG 3/4 at
NYI, his 3rd SHG and 5th GWG of the season ... Goal at
NYI was 30th of the season (6th player in team history
to score 30 goals in a season) ... 3 SHG tied for 2nd
highest single-season total in team history (one shy of
Rob Zamuners team record set in 1996-97).
2003 Playoff: Led the Lightning and finished tied
for 17th in playoff scoring with 12 points in 11 games
Led the Lightning and tied for 4th in the NHL with 7
goals
Was the only player in the NHL to finish the
season ranked among the top-20 goal scorers of the
regular season and top-10 goal scorers of the playoffs
Shooting % of 28.0 ranked 4th in NHL, best among players
who played more than 6 games
Recorded 1st career
playoff point with assist on Lightnings 1st goal in
Game 2 vs. WSH on 4/12
Scored twice, including GW SHG,
in Game 4 victory @ WSH
Scored 2nd consecutive GWG and
recorded an assist in Game 5 victory vs. WSH on 4/18
Scored 3rd consecutive GWG at 4:03 of 3 OT in Game 6 @
WSH on 4/20.
2003-04 : Appeared in all 82 games, the 2nd time
in his 4 seasons with the Lightning, recording a career
best 38-56-94
Was awarded the Hart Trophy, Lester B.
Pearson Award, and the Bud Light Plus/Minus Award
Was
selected to Team Canada for the 2004 World Cup of
Hockey, his first time appearing in the World Cup
Led
the Lightning in goals, assists, points, plus/minus,
shorthanded goals, game-winning goals, and led all
Lightning forwards in ice time
Finished 1st in the NHL
in points, plus/minus, and shorthanded goals, tied for
1st in assists and 4th in goals
Set new franchise
records for points, goals, assists and shorthanded goals
in a season ... Scored his team record 8th shorthanded
goal and team record 7th game-winning goal of the season
4/1 vs. FLA ... Had 2 assists 3/29 vs. OTT to tie Chris
Gratton for 3rd on the all-time Lightning points list
(236) and surpass Roman Hamrlik for 5th in all-time
Lightning assists ... Recorded 3 assists 3/23 @ TOR
setting a new franchise record for points in a season
with 89 ... Scored his 35th goal of the season, tying
Brian Bradley for most points in a season in Lightning
history with 86 3/18 vs. BUF ... Scored 2 goals, setting
a new career best for goals in a season with 34, and
recorded an assist 3/12 vs. NYR ... Recorded 2 assists
extending his point streak to 13 games and tying the
franchise record for longest point streak (Brian
Bradley, 1992-93) ... Had a 4-point night with a goal
and 3 assists 2/23 @ WSH ... Added 1 assist 2/20 @ BUF
and tied Rob Zamuner for 6th in Tampa Bay Lightning History ...
Recorded 1 assist and had his 4-game goal scoring streak
snapped 2/19 vs. STL ... Netted his 100th career goal,
his 29th of the season 2/17 vs. PHI ... Scored the
game-winning goal while short handed 2/14 vs. FLA, the
goal tied the record for most shorthanded goals in
franchise history (14, Rob Zamuner) and for most game
winning goals in a season (6, Fedotenko 02-03 and
Bradley 92-93) ... Scored 2 goals and tied Brian Bradley
for 5th in franchise history in power play goals with 27
2/12 vs. MTL ... Had a goal (25) and 2 assists 2/10 vs.
TOR for his 7th 3-point game of the year ... Tied and
surpassed Chris Gratton for 4th in all-time Lightning
goals 1/24 @ CGY ... Gratton had 88 and St. Louis scored
his 87th, 88th, and 89th for his 3rd career hat trick,
his 2nd of the season, while earning a 4-point game 1/24
@ CGY ... Registered a career best 9 shots on goal 1/17@
FLA
Scored his 1st hat trick of the season, the 2nd of
his career 1/15 vs. CAR ... His 3 goals in 1 period tied
Mikael Renberg (3/21/98 vs. FLA) for most goals in a
period ... His 3 goals came in 9:43, setting a new
franchise record for fastest 3 goals, previously held by
Renberg (14:50, 3/21/98 vs. FLA) ... Recored 2 assists
(19, 20) 1/3 vs. PHI ... Had 3 short-handed points
(2-1-3) 12/27 vs. BOS to become the 1st Lightning player
to score 3 in 1 game and to tie Rob Zamuner for most
Lightning short-handed goals in a season ... Registered
his 100th career assist 10/25 vs. MIN ... Scored
consecutive GWGs (10/16, 10/18).
2004 playoffs: Appeared in all 23 games recording
9-15-24 with 3 power play goals and 3 game winning goals
Set career highs in games played, goals, assists,
points, plus/minus, penalty minutes, power play goals,
and time on ice
Set a new Lightning record for most
overtime goals in a season with 2, for most assists in a
season with 15, and most points in a season with 24
Established a new franchise record for most assists in a
series with 6 in the ECSF vs. MTL and the ECF vs. PHI
Scored the game-winning goal in overtime to send the
series to Game 7 and added an assist in Game 6 vs. CGY
... Scored his 8th goal of the playoffs in Game 5 vs.
CGY ... Had a goal (7) and an assist (14) in Game 2 vs.
CGY ... Scored a power play goal in Game 1 vs. CGY ...
Had an assist on the first Lightning goal in Game 7 vs.
PHI ... Recorded 2 assists in Game 6 vs. PHI ... Had an
assist, his 10th of the playoffs, in Game 5 vs. PHI ...
Recorded his 5th multi-point game of the season with 2
assists (8, 9) in Game 3 vs. PHI ... Scored his 5th goal
of the playoffs in Game 2 vs. PHI 5/10 ... Had 2 assists
in Game 3 4/27 @ MTL ... Recorded an assist in Game 2
4/25 vs. MTL and extended his points streak to 5 games
(4-5-9) ... Had 3 assists, tying the Lightning record
for assists in a playoff game, in Game 1 vs. MTL ...
Scored the game-winning/series clinching goal in
overtime in Game 5 4/16 vs. NYI ... Tallied his 3rd goal
of the playoffs, his 3rd career shorthanded playoff goal
and added an assist 4/14 @ NYI in Game 4 ... Scored 2
goals in Game 3 4/12 on Long Island tying his career
best for goals in a game (4/16/03 @ WSH) and tied the
Lightning playoff record for goals in a game.
2004-05: Played in 23 games with Lausanne of the
Swiss league and scored 9 goals while adding 16 assists
and 16 PIM
Ranked 5th on the team in points, 3rd in
goals and 4th in assists.
Personal: Martin and his wife, Heather, had a
son, Ryan Martin, during the summer of 2003... Wears
number 26 because former Canadien Mats Naslund was his
idol growing up ... Lists Mario Lemieux as his favorite
active player and Wayne Gretzky as his favorite former
player ... Played organized soccer growing up. |
Career: Regular Seasons
| Season |
League |
Team |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
+/- |
PIM |
S |
| 1993-94 |
NCAA |
U. of Vermont |
33 |
15 |
36 |
51 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| 1994-95 |
NCAA |
U. of Vermont |
35 |
23 |
48 |
71 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
| 1995-96 |
NCAA |
U. of Vermont |
35 |
29 |
56 |
85 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
| 1996-97 |
NCAA |
U. of Vermont |
36 |
24 |
36 |
60 |
0 |
65 |
0 |
| 1997-98 |
AHL |
Saint-John Flames |
25 |
15 |
11 |
26 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
| 1997-98 |
IHL |
Cleveland Lumberjacks |
56 |
16 |
34 |
50 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
| 1998-99 |
NHL |
Calgary Flames |
13 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-2 |
10 |
14 |
| 1998-99 |
AHL |
Saint-John Flames |
53 |
28 |
34 |
62 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
| 1999-00 |
NHL |
Calgary Flames |
56 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
-5 |
22 |
73 |
| 1999-00 |
AHL |
Saint-John Flames |
17 |
15 |
11 |
26 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
| 2000-01 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
78 |
18 |
22 |
40 |
-4 |
12 |
141 |
| 2001-02 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
53 |
16 |
19 |
35 |
+4 |
20 |
105 |
| 2002-03 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
82 |
33 |
37 |
70 |
+9 |
32 |
201 |
| 2003-04 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
82 |
38 |
56 |
94 |
+35 |
24 |
208 |
| 2004-05 |
SwissA |
Lausanne |
23 |
9 |
16 |
25 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
| 2005-06 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
80 |
31 |
30 |
61 |
-2 |
38 |
222 |
| |
NHL |
Totals |
444 |
140 |
180 |
320 |
+35 |
158 |
964 |
| |
TBL |
Totals |
375 |
136 |
164 |
300 |
+42 |
126 |
877 |
Career: Play Off
| Season |
League |
Team |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
+/- |
PIM |
S |
| 1997-98 |
AHL |
Saint-John Flames |
20 |
5 |
15 |
20 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
| 1998-99 |
AHL |
Saint-John Flames |
7 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 2002-03 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
11 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
+5 |
0 |
25 |
| 2003-04 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
23 |
9 |
15 |
24 |
+6 |
14 |
58 |
| 2005-06 |
NHL |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
5 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
-2 |
2 |
15 |
| |
NHL |
Totals |
39 |
20 |
20 |
40 |
+9 |
16 |
98 |
| |
TBL |
Totals |
39 |
20 |
20 |
40 |
+9 |
16 |
98 |
Career: International
| Season |
Comp |
Team |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
+/- |
PIM |
S |
| 2004-05 |
W-Cup |
Canada |
6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
| |
International |
Totals |
6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
|
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