Martin St. Louis
Martin St. Louis ( born June 18, 1975 in Laval, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is since March 2014 at the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
In his youth, Martin St. Louis played in smaller junior leagues in his native province of Quebec and for one year in a unterklassigen junior league in Ontario. Despite the good performance of only 1.73 meters tall winger has been ignored by the teams of the NHL and not selected in the NHL Entry Draft. He finally went in 1993 to the University of Vermont, where he played for the hockey team of the University. He showed in the regional college league ECAC that he has great potential and has received several awards in the following, even by the Federation of American college leagues, the NCAA, he has won several awards. Among other things, he was nominated three times for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which is awarded to the best college players in the USA.
After leaving college in 1997, he was invited to a training camp of the Ottawa Senators, but was not given a contract with the NHL team. St. Louis finally joined the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL and was still taken during the 1997/98 season of the Calgary Flames under contract. After he was able to convince the time being for the farm team, the Saint John Flames, who played in the AHL and good performances, he came in the 1998/99 season to his first stakes in the NHL. 1999/2000 he was then the majority of the season for the NHL roster, but could not meet the expectations and the team had to leave after the season because his contract was not renewed.
He received the next season a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he was immediately a firm place in the NHL squad and played a solid first year with the Lightning with 40 points. 2001/ 02 he has been improved, had the season but quit prematurely after he had broken his leg. He returned in the fall of 2002, back from his injury and was with 33 goals and 37 assists in addition to Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards and Václav Prospal of the best players in the team.
2003/ 04 St. Louis reached the peak of his career. As best team in the Eastern Conference, the Lightning for the playoffs and led by St. Louis, Brad Richards, Vincent Lecavalier and Fredrik Modin qualified they won against the Calgary Flames in a hard-fought final series the Stanley Cup. Martin St. Louis was the best scorer with 94 points of the NHL season and been awarded the Art Ross Trophy. He was also honored as Most Valuable Player with the hard and Memorial Trophy as the best player with the Lester B. Pearson Award.
In the fall of 2004 he was a member of Team Canada, which was able to win World Cup of Hockey. A little later, he signed a contract with HC Lausanne in the Swiss National League A, since the NHL season was canceled in 2004/05 because of the lockout.
After his return to Tampa Bay he received in August 2005, a 31.5 million U.S. dollar six- year contract with the Lightning, but he could not go on his outstanding achievements in the 2005/06 season and scored only 61 points. There was also a first-round end for the Lightning in the playoffs.
2006/ 07 he showed his whole skill again and formed with Vincent Lecavalier of the most dangerous attacking duos in the NHL. St. Louis made with 43 gates and 59 templates to new personal best values and could for the first time surpass the mark of 100 points. In addition, he was nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, which gets the player who stands out by a high sporting standard in conjunction with fairness.
2007/ 08 and 2008/ 09 belonged to St. Louis at the most consistent scorers in the NHL, reaching both years each on 80 points in the regular season. 2009/10 it reached 94 points for the third time in his career more than 90 points and was the second best scorer of his team behind Steve Stamkos. After this season, he won the first time in his career, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. After the regular season 2010/11 St. Louis was once again nominated for the same trophy, this time together with Loui Eriksson and Nicklas Lidstrom. He won the award and was also the second time consecutively elected to the Second All-Star Team.
In 2006, St. Louis was a member of the Canadian National Team at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin.
In 2013, Martin St. Louis won at the age of 37 years, his second Art Ross Trophy. He is not only the oldest player to have managed this, but also the players in which, between its first and second winning the award most of the time ( nine years), lay, which is a particular proof that St. Louis on a long duration could show his outstanding abilities. He was also after 2010 and 2011, awarded for the third time with the Lady Byng Trophy. For the season 2013/14 St. Louis was appointed as successor to Vincent Lecavalier to the team captain of the Lightning.
Although he was not initially nominated to the levy of the Canadian national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, he marched by in the squad for his injured teammate Steven Stamkos. He eventually won the gold medal with Canada.
Shortly before the trade deadline was transferred St. Louis on March 5, 2014 at the New York Rangers, the charges for their captain Ryan Callahan, a first-round and second-round vote to Tampa Bay.
He wears the number 26 on the basis of his idol in childhood, Mats Näslund.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 NHL Plus / Minus Award
- 2004 NHL First All -Star Team
- 2004 Spengler Cup win with the HC Davos
- 2007 NHL All-Star Game
- 2007 NHL Second All-Star Team
- 2008 NHL All-Star Game
- 2009 NHL All-Star Game
- 2010 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- 2010 NHL Second All-Star Team
- 2011 NHL All-Star Game
- 2011 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- 2011 NHL Second All- Star Team
- 2013 Art Ross Trophy
- 2013 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- 2013 NHL Second All-Star Team
Internationally
- 2004 Gold Medal at the World Cup of Hockey
- 2008 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2009 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2009 top scorer of the World Cup
- 2009 Top assist provider of the World Cup
- 2014 Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- Winter Olympics 2006
- World Championship 2008
- World Cup 2009
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )