Martin St. Louis

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2018
Martin St. Louis
Date of birth June 18, 1975
place of birth Laval , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Marty
size 173 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
number # 26
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1993-1997 University of Vermont
1997-1998 Cleveland Lumberjacks
1998-2000 Calgary Flames
2004-2005 HC Lausanne
2000-2014 Tampa Bay Lightning
2014-2015 New York Rangers

Martin St. Louis (born June 18, 1975 in Laval , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who has spent most of his career with the Tampa Bay Lightning and was most recently with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League . With the Lightning he won the 2004 Stanley Cup , the Art Ross Trophy , the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award . He also holds the franchise recordsfor most assists and most scorer points. St. Louis, who scored over 1000 scorer points in the NHL, wore the shirt number 26 in reference to his childhood idol, Mats Näslund . These were blocked by the Lightning as the first shirt number in franchise history . In addition, he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018 .

With the Canadian national team, he won two world championship silver medals and the gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Games .

Career

Beginnings in youth and college

In his youth, Martin St. Louis played in smaller junior leagues in his home province of Québec and for a year in a lower class youth league in Ontario . Despite good performances, the only 1.73 meter tall winger was ignored by the NHL teams and not selected in the NHL Entry Draft . He eventually went to the University of Vermont in 1993 , where he played for the university's ice hockey team. He showed in the regional college league ECAC that he has great potential and received several awards in the following, even from the umbrella organization of the US college leagues, the NCAA , he was awarded several times. Among other things, he was three times for the Hobey Baker Award nominations , which will be awarded to the best college players in the US.

First NHL station in Calgary

After leaving college in 1997, he was invited to a training camp for the Ottawa Senators , but was not given a contract with the NHL team. St. Louis eventually joined the Cleveland Lumberjacks from the IHL and was signed by the Calgary Flames during the 1997/98 season . After he had initially played for the farm team , the Saint John Flames , in the AHL and was able to convince with good performance, he came to his first appearances in the NHL in the 1998/99 season . In 1999/2000 he was part of the NHL squad for most of the season, but could not meet expectations and had to leave the team after the season because his contract was not renewed.

Promotion to the top scorer in Tampa Bay

He received the next season a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he immediately had a permanent place in the NHL squad and played a solid first year with the Lightning with 40 points. In 2001/02 he was able to improve, but had to end the season prematurely after breaking his leg. He returned from his injury in the fall of 2002 and was one of the best players on the team with 33 goals and 37 assists alongside Vincent Lecavalier , Brad Richards and Václav Prospal . In 2003/04 St. Louis reached the peak of his career. As the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Lightning qualified for the playoffs and led by St. Louis, Brad Richards, Vincent Lecavalier and Fredrik Modin they won the Stanley Cup against the Calgary Flames in a hard-fought final series . Martin St. Louis was the best scorer of the NHL season with 94 points and received the Art Ross Trophy . He was also awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player and the Lester B. Pearson Award for Best Player .

In autumn 2004 he was a member of Team Canada , which won the World Cup of Hockey . A little later he signed a contract with HC Lausanne in the Swiss National League A , since the NHL season 2004/05 was canceled due to the lockout .

Martin St. Louis (2007)

After returning to Tampa Bay in August 2005, he was awarded a $ 31.5 million six-year contract with the Lightning, but he could no longer build on his outstanding performance in the 2005/06 season and scored only 61 points. In addition, there was a first round off for the Lightning in the playoffs. 2006/07 he showed all his skills again and formed with Vincent Lecavalier one of the most dangerous attacking duos in the NHL. St. Louis set new personal bests with 43 goals and 59 assists and was able to surpass the 100 point mark for the first time. He was also nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , which is awarded to the player who stands out for his high sporting standard combined with fairness. 2007/08 and 2008/09 St. Louis was one of the most constant scorers in the NHL and reached over 80 points in the regular season in both years. In 2009/10 he scored 94 points for the third time in his career, making him the second best scorer on his team behind Steve Stamkos . After this season he won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the first time in his career. After the regular 2010/11 season , St. Louis was nominated again for the same trophy, this time together with Loui Eriksson and Nicklas Lidström . He won the award and was also elected to the Second All-Star Team for the second time in a row .

In 2006 St. Louis was a member of the Canadian national team at the Winter Olympics in Turin .

In 2013, at the age of 37, Martin St. Louis won his second Art Ross Trophy. This makes him not only the oldest player to have achieved this, but also the player who had most of the time (nine years) between his first and second win of the award, which is a special proof that St. Louis is about could show his outstanding abilities for a long time. He was also awarded the Lady Byng Trophy for the third time after 2010 and 2011. For the 2013/14 season , St. Louis was appointed team captain of the Lightning to succeed Vincent Lecavalier .

Although he was initially not nominated for the Canadian national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics , he moved into the squad for his injured teammate Steven Stamkos . He eventually won the gold medal with Canada.

Move to New York and end of career

Martin St. Louis (2014)

Shortly before the trade deadline , St. Louis was transferred to the New York Rangers on March 5, 2014 , who gave their captain Ryan Callahan , a first-round and a second-round suffrage to Tampa Bay. In New York he was able to advance with the Rangers to the final of the Stanley Cup , where they lost to the Los Angeles Kings . Overall, the left-shot was significantly involved in the Rangers 'long advance, with eight goals and seven assists he was the Blueshirts' best point player in the play-offs. The following season 2014/15 also started successfully for the Canadian, in November 2014 he scored his 1000th scorer point in the NHL in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers .

On July 2, 2015, St. Louis announced the end of his playing career. The Tampa Bay Lightning locked its jersey number 26 on January 13, 2017, becoming the first in their franchise history. He was then inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2009 top scorer of the world championship
  • 2009 best assists in the world championship
  • 2014 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 University of Vermont ECAC 33 15th 36 51 24
1994/95 University of Vermont ECAC 35 23 48 71 36
1995/96 University of Vermont ECAC 35 29 56 85 38
1996/97 University of Vermont ECAC 36 24 36 60 65
1997/98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 56 16 34 50 24 - - - - -
1997/98 Saint John Flames AHL 25th 15th 11 26th 20th 20th 5 15th 20th 16
1998/99 Saint John Flames AHL 53 28 34 62 30th 7th 4th 4th 8th 2
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 13 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 17th 15th 11 26th 14th - - - - -
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 56 3 15th 18th 22nd - - - - -
2000/01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 78 18th 22nd 40 12 - - - - -
2001/02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 53 16 19th 35 20th - - - - -
2002/03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 33 37 70 32 11 7th 5 12 0
2003/04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 38 56 94 24 23 9 15th 24 14th
2004/05 HC Lausanne NLA 23 9 16 25th 16 - - - - -
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 31 30th 61 38 4th 4th 0 4th 2
2006/07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 43 59 102 28 6th 3 5 8th 8th
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 25th 58 83 26th - - - - -
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 30th 50 80 14th - - - - -
2009/10 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 29 65 94 12 - - - - -
2010/11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 31 68 99 12 18th 10 10 20th 4th
2011/12 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77 25th 49 74 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 48 17th 43 60 14th - - - - -
2013/14 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 62 29 32 61 6th - - - - -
2013/14 New York Rangers NHL 19th 1 7th 8th 4th 25th 8th 7th 15th 2
2014/15 New York Rangers NHL 74 21st 31 52 20th 19th 1 6th 7th 4th
ECAC total 139 91 176 267 163
AHL total 95 58 56 114 64 27 9 19th 28 18th
NHL overall 1134 391 642 1033 310 107 42 48 90 34

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2004 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 6th 2 2 4th 0
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 2 1 3 0
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 2 8th 10 0
2009 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 4th 11 15th 2
2014 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 2
Men overall 35 10 22nd 32 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 St. Louis, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Laval , Quebec