Pit Martin

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CanadaCanada  Pit Martin Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 9, 1943
place of birth Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
date of death November 30, 2008
Place of death near Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 75 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1959-1960 Hamilton Tiger Cubs
1960-1963 Hamilton Red Wings
1963-1965 Detroit Red Wings
1965-1967 Boston Bruins
1967-1977 Chicago Black Hawks
1977-1979 Vancouver Canucks

Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (born December 9, 1943 in Rouyn-Noranda , Québec ; † November 30, 2008 near Rouyn-Noranda, Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings , Boston Bruins , from 1961 to 1979 Chicago Black Hawks and Vancouver Canucks played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Martin played with Lowell MacDonald and Paul Henderson on the Hamilton Red Wings team during his junior years . Together they won the Memorial Cup in 1962 . In the 1961/62 season he came with the Detroit Red Wings to his first NHL mission, in which he prepared a goal. After another year in Hamilton, he commuted between Detroit and the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League until the 1965/66 season .

A day before the end of 1965 he moved to the Boston Bruins , where he was able to earn a regular place. In May 1967, it became part of one of the most one-sided barter deals in NHL history. The Bruins sent him along with Gilles Marotte to the Chicago Black Hawks , who in return received three outstanding players and future stars: Phil Esposito , Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield .

He was one of the smaller players in the NHL and made up for this deficit with will and dedication. With the Black Hawks he was an integral part of the team for over ten years. He was nominated four times for an NHL All-Star Game and was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1970. He was also the team captain there for a number of years . At the age of 33 he switched again. He played with the Vancouver Canucks for a year and a half before ending his career.

On November 30, 2008, Martin had an accident when he wanted to leave his house on an island in the frozen Lake Kanasuta with a snowmobile . During the journey to the mainland, the ice collapsed under the weight of the vehicle. His body was recovered from the lake on December 2, 2008 by divers.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 17th 1.101 324 485 809 609
Playoffs 11 100 27 31 58 56

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca, Pit Martin pronounced dead after snowmobile accident
  2. ↑ tsn.ca, Quebec Police find body of ex-NHLer Martin , viewed December 3, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Martin, Pit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Hubert Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2008
Place of death at Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec