Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (December 9, 1943 – November 30, 2008) was a

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who served as

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for the

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(NHL) from 1975 to 1977. He was an NHL All-Star and

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winner. Martin played seventeen seasons in the NHL for the

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Playing career

Nicknamed Pit after a comic strip character in a French newspaper, Martin was scouted by former NHL goaltender Wilf Cude and joined the Red Wings organization. He is remembered among hockey fans as being involved in one of the most one-sided trades in history. Martin got his first NHL goal as a member of the Detroit Red Wings in his team's 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on December 7, 1963. Martin scored four goals in a single game on January 27, 1966 in Boston's 5-3 victory over Chicago. In May 1967, Martin, along with Gilles Marotte and Jack Norris, was traded from Boston to Chicago for

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, and

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, who would become core elements of future Boston powerhouse teams. However, Martin himself was a bright spot of the trade for the Black Hawks, starring for them for ten seasons as a skilled two-way centre. He was selected to play in the

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in four straight seasons. Martin played 1101 career NHL games from 1961–62 to 1978–79. He recorded 324 goals and 485 assists for 809 points. His best statistical season was the 1972–73 season when he set career highs with 61 assists and 90 points, adding ten goals in the playoffs as the Hawks made it to the Stanley Cup finals. He wore number 7.

Death

On November 30, 2008, Martin was reported missing following a snowmobile accident on Lake Kanasuta near

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. He was riding a snowmobile behind a friend when the ice on the lake collapsed shortly after his friend had passed over it. Martin was pronounced dead on December 1, 2008. On December 2, 2008, Quebec Provincial Police

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recovered Martin's body from the lake.

Awards

* OHA-Jr. First All-Star Team (

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) *OHA-Jr. MVP (1962) * Bill Masterton Trophy (

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(

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)

Career statistics

References

External links

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AP Obituary
in the

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