Martin Lapointe

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CanadaCanada  Martin Lapointe Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 12, 1973
place of birth Montréal , Québec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 1st lap, 10th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1989-1993 Titan de Laval
1993-2001 Detroit Red Wings
2001-2005 Boston Bruins
2005-2008 Chicago Blackhawks
2008 Ottawa Senators

Martin T. Lapointe (born September 12, 1973 in Montréal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , scout and current official who played 1099 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Boston Bruins during his active career between 1989 and 2008 , Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League on the right winger position . In the service of the Detroit Red Wings, Lapointe won the Stanley Cup twice in 1997 and 1998 . Since the summer of 2017 he has been the Director of Player Personnel for the Canadiens de Montréal from his hometown.

Career

Martin Lapointe began his career in 1989 in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec with the Titan de Laval . In his first year he proved his talent and scored 96 points in 65 games and was able to increase the mark to 98 points the following year. There were also several awards for his achievements. In the 1991 NHL Entry Draft , he was then selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round in tenth place.

In the following two years he played mainly in the LHJMQ for Laval, but also came to his first appearances for Detroit in the National Hockey League and their farm team , the Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League . In 1993 he finally switched to the professionals and played alternately in the NHL and the AHL until 1995, where he was one of the top scorers of the Adirondack Red Wings.

In the 1995/96 season he made his final breakthrough in the NHL and established himself under coach Scotty Bowman as a hard-playing striker who had his strengths especially in battles in the corners behind the goals. In the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs , he won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings . In the playoffs of the 1997/98 season , Lapointe also put emphasis on the offensive and scored nine goals. Including the winning goal in the Stanley Cup final, which led to the defense of the title. He played for more years in Detroit until he left the team after the 2000/01 season. It was personally the most successful NHL season of his career with 27 goals and 57 points.

He signed a contract with the Boston Bruins in the summer of 2001 . There he continued his physically tough game and collected many penalty minutes. However, he was repeatedly slowed down by injuries. The 2004/05 NHL season fell out because of the lockout and Lapointe was a free agent in the summer of 2005 and received a new contract with the Chicago Blackhawks . In his first year in Chicago, he temporarily led the team on the ice as team captain, as the actual captain Adrian Aucoin was injured for a long time. He had to leave Chicago in February 2008 when he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators , where he played the rest of the season. He then ended his active career.

After retiring, Lapointe was hired as a scout by his ex-club Chicago Blackhawks in December 2009 . He worked there for three years before moving to the Canadiens de Montréal in June 2012 . At Canadiens he was Director of Player Development until summer 2017 . Since then he has acted as Director of Player Personnel .

Style of play

Martin Lapointe was known as a two-way striker who works a lot on the defensive as well as offensive actions. Due to his tough game, he collected a lot of penalty minutes. During his NHL career, he was never able to build on the scorer qualities of his junior career. Lapointe was considered a player with great leadership qualities.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 65 42 54 96 77 14th 8th 17th 25th 64
1990 Titan de Laval Memorial Cup 4th 1 1 2 4th
1990/91 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 64 44 54 98 66 13 7th 14th 21st 26th
1991/92 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 31 25th 30th 55 84 10 4th 10 14th 34
1991/92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4th 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 1 4th
1991/92 Adirondack Red Wings AHL - - - - - 8th 2 2 4th 4th
1992/93 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 8th 1 2 3 9 - - - - -
1992/93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 35 38 51 89 41 13 13 17th 30th 20th
1993 Titan de Laval Memorial Cup 5 1 8th 9 11
1993/94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 28 25th 21st 46 47 4th 1 1 2 8th
1993/94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 8th 8th 16 55 4th 0 0 0 6th
1994/95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 39 29 16 45 80 - - - - -
1994/95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 39 4th 6th 10 73 2 0 1 1 8th
1995/96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 6th 3 9 93 11 1 2 3 12
1996/97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 16 17th 33 167 20th 4th 8th 12 60
1997/98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 15th 19th 34 106 21st 9 6th 15th 20th
1998/99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 77 16 13 29 141 10 0 2 2 20th
1999/00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 16 25th 41 121 9 3 1 4th 20th
2000/01 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 27 30th 57 127 6th 0 1 1 8th
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 68 17th 23 40 101 6th 1 2 3 12
2002/03 Boston Bruins NHL 59 8th 10 18th 87 5 1 0 1 14th
2003/04 Boston Bruins NHL 78 15th 10 25th 67 7th 0 0 0 14th
2004/05 Boston Bruins NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 14th 17th 31 106 - - - - -
2006/07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 13 11 24 98 - - - - -
2007/08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 52 3 4th 7th 47 - - - - -
2007/08 Ottawa Senators NHL 18th 3 3 6th 23 4th 0 0 0 4th
LHJMQ total 195 149 189 338 268 50 32 58 90 134
AHL total 75 55 39 94 136 12 3 3 6th 12
NHL overall 991 181 200 381 1417 108 19th 24 43 202

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 3 3 2
1992 Canada June World Cup 6th place 7th 4th 1 5 10
1993 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 5 4th 9 6th
2000 Canada WM 4th Place 3 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 21st 9 8th 17th 18th
Men overall 3 0 0 0 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Lapointe, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lapointe, Martin T. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, official and scout
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Québec