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Born	June 18, 1975 (age 34),; Laval, QC, CAN
Height; Weight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m); 177 lb (80 kg; 12 st 9 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team; F. teams	Tampa Bay Lightning; Calgary Flames
Ntl. team	Canada
Pro career	1997 – present

Martin St. Louis (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).

[edit] Playing career

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. St. Louis was signed 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 (AHL). When Craig Button was appointed GM of the Flames, 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. In 2003–04 he led the NHL in scoring with 94 points. He scored an overtime goal in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup. 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.

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.

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.^[1]

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 the 2007–08 season and the 2008-09 season at the NHL Awards show in June. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he played for the Swiss team HC Lausanne.

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.

[edit] Personal

He and his wife Heather have three boys, Ryan, Lucas and Mason.

[edit] Awards

St. Louis skates against the Blackhawks in 2009. Martin wears number 26 in tribute to his childhood hero, diminutive former Montreal Canadiens star Mats Näslund.

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
Played in 5 NHL All-Star Games - 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Bud Light Plus/Minus Award (Co-winner with Marek Malik) - 2004
NHL 1st All-Star RW — 2004
Art Ross Memorial Trophy — 2004
Lester B. Pearson Award — 2004
Hart Memorial Trophy — 2004
Stanley Cup Champion — 2004
NHL 2nd All-Star RW — 2007

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	University of Vermont	ECAC	33	15	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	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	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			690	238	347	585	226	45	23	25	48	24

[edit] International play

Played for Canada in:

[edit] International statistics

Year	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts
2004	WCH	6	2	2	4
2006	Oly	6	2	1	3
2008	WC	9	2	8	10
2009	WC	9	4	11	15
Senior int'l totals		30	10	22	32

[edit] Notes

^ Cristodero. Damian (2007). "St. Louis to lead as Taylor rehabs". TampaBay.com. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/17/Lightning/St_Louis_to_lead_as_T.shtml. Retrieved 2007-08-17.

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Preceded by Peter Forsberg	Winner of the Hart Trophy 2004	Succeeded by Joe Thornton
Preceded by Peter Forsberg	Winner of the Art Ross Trophy 2004	Succeeded by Joe Thornton
Preceded by Markus Naslund	Winner of the Lester B. Pearson Award 2004	Succeeded by Jaromir Jagr
Preceded by Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk	Co-winner of the NHL Plus/Minus Award (with Marek Malík) 2004	Succeeded by Wade Redden and Michal Rozsíval

[Alternate-0] Cristodero. Damian (2007). "St. Louis to lead as Taylor rehabs". TampaBay.com. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/17/Lightning/St_Louis_to_lead_as_T.shtml. Retrieved 2007-08-17.

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