Martin St. Louis
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Martin St. Louis (born June 18 1975, in Laval, Quebec) is a professional Ice Hockey Right Wing in the NHL, playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Currently he plays for HC Lausanne in Switzerland.
A diminutive player by NHL standards at 5-foot-9, the tiny Martin St. Louis has played his last 3 seasons for Tampa Bay, and has previously played for the Calgary Flames. As an amateur he played for the University of Vermont Catamounts where he was an NCAA all-star. Despite the impressive numbers with the Catamounts, he was never drafted, and was first signed as a free agent by Calgary in 1998. He spent the latter part of the 1997-98 season with the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks at the time of his signing with Calgary. He did put up impressive numbers with the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League. When Craig Button was appointed general manager of the Flames, he released Martin and he signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning. His first few seasons with the Lightning, he managed to increase his career highs in goals, assists and points. He was on pace to have a career year in 2001-02 when his season ended prematurely due to a broken leg. He came back with some stellar numbers in 2002-03 while his best season was in 2003-04 when he led the NHL in scoring with 94 points and put up impressive numbers in the playoffs while helping the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat his former team, the Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup and at season's end he was rewarded for his efforts when he won both the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP and the Lester B. Pearson Trophy as league MVP voted by his peers. He wears number 26 to pay tribute to his childhood hero, former diminutive Montreal Canadiens star Mats Naslund. During the Lock-out he plays for the swiss team HC Lausanne.
Achievements
- 1995 - ECAC All-Star Team
- 1995 - ECAC Player of the Year
- 1995 - NCAA East First All-American Team
- 1996 - ECAC All-Star Team
- 1996 - NCAA East First All-American Team
- 1996 - NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
- 1997 - ECAC All-Star Team
- 1997 - NCAA East First All-American Team
- 2003 - NHL All-Star Game
- 2004 - Art Ross Memorial Trophy
- 2004 - Lester B. Pearson Award
- 2004 - Hart Memorial Trophy
External link
- Martin St. Louis stats at Internet Hockey database (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00018067)
| Preceded by: Jarome Iginla | Hart Trophy Winner 2004 | Followed by: -- |
| Preceded by: Peter Forsberg | Art Ross Trophy Winner 2004 | Followed by: -- |