Matt Martin (ice hockey, born 1989)

Matthew " Matt" Martin ( born May 8, 1989 in Windsor, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player standing since 2009 with the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League contract.

Career

Matt Martin began his career as a hockey player with the Sarnia Sting, for which he was active from 2006 to 2009 in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 in the fifth round as the 148th overall player of the New York Islanders for which were the winger in the 2009/10 season his debut in the National Hockey League. He had two assists in five games. However, when he spent the Islanders farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League The entire rest of the game time. In the season 2010/11 the Canadians the Bridgeport Sound Tigers play again in parallel for the Islanders in the NHL and in the AHL.

In the season 2011/12 Martin finally succeeded the jump to the NHL squad the Islanders, so he was in 80 games on the ice. This season he also made it to a new NHL record. With 374 hits, he has since held the charges since 2005 NHL record for most body checks in a season.

Statistics

(End of season 2012/ 13)