Martin St. Louis
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| Martin St. Louis | |||
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| Born |
June 18, 1975 Laval, QC, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) | ||
| Weight | 270 lb (122 kg; 19 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Tampa Bay Lightning Calgary Flames | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL draft | 3rd round | ||
| Playing career | 1997–present | ||
Martin St. Louis (French pronunciation: [maʁtɛ̃ sɛ̃ lwi]; born June 18, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
St. Louis grew up in Laval, Quebec playing minor hockey and eventually made it onto the AAA Midget Laval Laurentides in 1991-92. After a strong season in Midget, he was signed by the Hawkesbury Hawks Jr.A. hockey club of the Central Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in Ontario. After a strong year with the Hawks (37-50-87 in just 31 games), St. Louis accepted an NCAA scholarship with the University of Vermont.
| Medal record | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2009 Switzerland | |
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2008 Canada | |
| World Cup of Hockey | ||
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2004 | |
As an amateur, St. Louis played for the University of Vermont Catamounts on the same team as Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, and on the same line as former Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Éric Perrin. St. Louis was an NCAA All-Star and three-time Hobey Baker Award finalist for college player of the year. He ranks first amongst all Vermont scorers in career points (267) and assists (176), and ranks third in career goals (91).
Despite his impressive numbers with the Catamounts, he was not drafted and accepted a training camp invitation from the Ottawa Senators. He was released from Senators' training camp on September 18, 1997 and eventually signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames on February 18, 1998.[1] He was immediately assigned to the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks, where he spent the remainder of the season[1] and scored 50 points in 56 games. St. Louis was a point-per-game player with the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League, scoring 114 points in 95 games. When Craig Button was appointed general manager of the Flames in 2000, he released St. Louis who then signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
St. Louis was on pace to have a career year in the 2001–02 when his season ended prematurely due to a broken leg.[2] In 2002–03 he returned to form with 33 goals and 70 points, leading the Lightning to their first Southeast Division title and their first playoff series win ever, the later coming in dramatic fashion with a 3OT goal against Washington. At mid-season he was selected to play in the All-Star Game, where he took home the Puck Control Relay title in the SuperSkills competition. In 2003–04 he led the NHL in scoring with 94 points. He scored a 2OT goal in Game 6 of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup in 7 games. At season's end he won both the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player to his team and the Lester B. Pearson Award as league MVP voted by his peers. St. Louis became the first player since Wayne Gretzky and only the eighth in NHL history, to win the Art Ross Trophy, the Stanley Cup, and the Hart Memorial Trophy all in one season. He was also a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy, losing out to linemate and Conn Smythe winner Brad Richards.
As further acknowledgement of his new-found star status, in August 2004 he was chosen as the cover model for the Sega® ESPN NHL 2K5 home video game. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he played for the Swiss team HC Lausanne.
In August 2005, Martin St. Louis signed a six-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning worth $31.5 million. St. Louis was quoted as saying, "I'm just happy that the Lightning have found a way to keep me long-term. Tampa was always my first choice, I've had so many good things happen to me in Tampa."[citation needed]
St. Louis played for Team Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, where he was part of the team which won the World Cup, and the 2006 Winter Olympics which saw them eliminated by Russia in the quarterfinals after what was considered a disappointing tournament.
In the 2006–07 NHL season, St. Louis recorded a personal high of 102 points (43 goals, 59 assists). The Lightning lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New Jersey Devils. He was again a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy. In what would be a recurring theme, he was beaten out by Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk.
Before the start of the 2007–08 season, St. Louis was named an alternate captain of the Lightning because of captain Tim Taylor's expected long-term absence due to injury.[3]
At the end of the 2007–08 season, St. Louis finished the season with 25 goals, 58 assists and 83 points, finishing second in team scoring behind teammate Vincent Lecavalier.
St. Louis was named finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy for both the 2007–08 season and the 2008-09 season at the NHL Awards. He was beaten out by Pavel Datsyuk both years.
At the end of the 2008–09 season, St. Louis finished the season with 30 goals, 50 assists and 80 points. He led the Tampa Bay Lightning in goals, assists, points, games played, and short handed goals. He was second in plus/minus and power play goals.
St. Louis was finally awarded the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2009–10 NHL season (and only recorded 12 penalty minutes the entire season).[4] St. Louis beat out Pavel Datsyuk, winner of the previous four Lady Byng Trophies, and former teammate Brad Richards, who won the award for the 2003–04 NHL season playing alongside St. Louis with the Tampa Bay Lightning during their Stanley Cup winning season.
St. Louis was named an assistant captain for team Lidstrom at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. Martin competed in the fastest skater competition at the all star super skills competition, and also in the Discover Elimination Shoot-out game. The All-Star Game skills competition was won by the opponent team Eric Staal in Raleigh, North Carolina. He finished off the 2010-11 season by taking home his second straight the Lady Byng Trophy (again with only 12 penalty minutes), this time defeating Red Wings' veteran d-man Nicklas Lidstrom and Loui Eriksson of Dallas. St. Louis was also nominated for his second Hart Memorial Trophy, alongside countryman Corey Perry and 2011 Art Ross Trophy winner Daniel Sedin. Perry had had a late surge in the season and ended up with 50 goals, while Sedin was a huge part in the Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup run, and led the league in points. St. Louis ultimately lost to Perry.
Heading into the 2010-11 NHL season with the third-longest active streak in the league behind Calgary's Jay Bouwmeester (533 games) and Vancouver's Henrik Sedin (526), St. Louis was injured in practice when a stray shot from fellow Lightning player Dominic Moore accidentally sent a puck into his face. Unable to play that night, his streak ended at 499 consecutive games played.[5]
Personal
He and his wife Heather Caragol have three boys, Ryan (born June 13, 2003),[6] Lucas (born March 30, 2005)[7] and Mason (born January 2008).[8]
Awards
- ECAC All-Rookie Team — 1994
- ECAC All-Conference Team — 1994
- ECAC All-Star Team — 1995
- ECAC Player of the Year — 1995
- NCAA East First All-American Team — 1995
- ECAC All-Star Team — 1996
- NCAA East First All-American Team — 1996
- NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team — 1996
- ECAC All-Star Team — 1997
- NCAA East First All-American Team — 1997
- NHL SuperSkills Puck Control Relay Champion — 2003
- Played in 6 NHL All-Star Games — 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 (alternate captain)
- Bud Light Plus/Minus Award (Co-winner with Marek Malik) — 2004
- NHL First All-Star RW — 2004
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy — 2004
- Lester B. Pearson Award — 2004
- Hart Memorial Trophy — 2004
- Stanley Cup champion — 2004
- NHL Second All-Star RW — 2007, 2010, 2011
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy — 2010, 2011
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Laval Laurentides Midget AAA | Quebec Midget AAA | 42 | 29 | 74 | 103 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | ||
| 1992–93 | Hawkesbury Hawks Jr.A. | CJHL | 31 | 37 | 50 | 87 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Vermont Catamounts | ECAC | 33 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Vermont Catamounts | ECAC | 35 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Vermont Catamounts | ECAC | 35 | 29 | 56 | 85 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Vermont Catamounts | ECAC | 36 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 56 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 25 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 16 | ||
| 1998–99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 53 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 17 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 56 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 78 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 53 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 38 | 56 | 94 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Lausanne | Swiss-A | 23 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 80 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 43 | 59 | 102 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 25 | 58 | 83 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 29 | 65 | 94 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 31 | 68 | 99 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 77 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 931 | 323 | 529 | 852 | 266 | 63 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 28 | ||||
International play
Played for Canada in:
- 2004 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- 2008 World Championships (silver medal)
- 2009 World Championships (silver medal)
International statistics
| Year | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 2004 | WCH | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Oly | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008 | WC | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009 | WC | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | |
| Senior int'l totals | 30 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 0 | ||
Notes
- ^ a b "Transaction History, Martin St. Louis". prosportstransactions.com. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
- ^ "Lightning winger St. Louis out with broken leg". CBC News. January 24, 2002.
- ^ Cristodero. Damian (2007). "St. Louis to lead as Taylor rehabs". TampaBay.com. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Adams, Alan (June 11, 2004). "Awards night: Nothing small about St. Louis". USA Today.
- ^ http://celebritybabies.people.com/2006/01/23/celeb_births_of/
- ^ <http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406106>
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Art Ross Trophy winners
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian people of French descent
- Cleveland Lumberjacks players
- French Quebecers
- Hart Memorial Trophy winners
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lester B. Pearson Award winners
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- National Hockey League players with 100 point seasons
- Nationalliga A players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- People from Laval, Quebec
- Saint John Flames players
- Stanley Cup champions
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
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- University of Vermont alumni
- Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey players