Seth Martin (May 4, 1933 – September 6, 2014) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played professionally for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1997. Seth Martin helped the Trail Smoke Eaters win the

1961 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1961 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 28th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland from 1 to 12 March 1961. The games were played outdoors on a frozen pool. A glare made ...

as the last Canadian amateur team to win the World Championships. He was named the best goaltender of the tournament. He also played in four more World Championships with the Smoke Eaters where he was named best goaltender in three of the four tournaments. He played for the Canadian team at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

, where the team finished fourth. Martin played for the St. Louis Blues in their inaugural season of , appearing in 30 games as backup for Glenn Hall. The Blues made it to the

1968 Stanley Cup Finals The 1968 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1967–68 season, and the culmination of the 1968 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues. The Ca ...

but lost in four consecutive games to the Montreal Canadiens. After the season Martin had to choose between continuing his NHL career and keeping his firefighter's pension. He chose the latter and moved back to Trail, British Columbia but continued to play hockey and eventually coach. He died after a heart attack in 2014 in Trail at the age of 81.

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Spokane Chronicle
November 6, 1982; accessed September 8, 2014. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Seth 1933 births 2014 deaths Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from British Columbia IIHF Hall of Fame inductees People from Rossland, British Columbia Portland Buckaroos players St. Louis Blues players Spokane Spokes players Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players Western International Hockey League players Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics