Marty Reasoner

**Martin Ernest Reasoner** (born February 26, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played parts of 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Atlanta Thrashers, Florida Panthers, and New York Islanders. Outside of the NHL, Reasoner played for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL).

## Career

Before playing in the NHL, Reasoner played parts of three years with the Boston College Eagles of Hockey East. He had a successful time with the Eagles. He finished his rookie season by being named to the All-Hockey East Rookie Team. The nest season, he was named as a All-Hockey East All-Star. he finished the next season with being named to the All-Hockey East First Team and was also named a AHCA East First-Team All-American. His final year with the Eagles saw him end the season by being named to the All-NCAA All-Tournament Team and Hockey East All-Tournament Team.

He was drafted 14th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1996 NHL entry draft. On October 10, 1998, Reasoner made his NHL debut in a 3–3 overtime tie loss with the Boston Bruins. Two days later on October 12, he recorded his first NHL point, assisting on a Al MacInnis goal in a 4–2 win against the New York Rangers. On October 16, Reasoner scored his first NHL goal against Chris Osgood in a 4–1 loss against the Detroit Red Wings.

On June 30, 2001, the Blues traded Reasoner along with Jochen Hecht and Jan Horacek to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Michel Riesen and Doug Weight. On August 1, Reasoner signed a two-year contract to stay with the Oilers. On August 1, 2003, Reasoner signed a two-year contract to stay with the Oilers.

On March 9, 2006, the Oilers traded Reasoner along with Yan Stastny and a 2006 second-round draft pick to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Sergei Samsonov. He only played 19 games for the Bruins, scoring 2 goals and recording 6 assists for 8 points.

On July 4, Reasoner signed a two-year contract to rejoin the Edmonton Oilers. He played parts of two seasons in his return to Edmonton.

On July 17, 2008, Reasoner signed a one-year, $1 million contract to join the Atlanta Thrashers. On September 14, 2009, Reasoner signed a one-year, $1 million contact to stay with the Thrashers.

On June 24, 2010, the Thrashers traded Reasoner along with Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, and both a 2010 first- and second-round draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel, and Akim Aliu. He never played a game for the Blackhawks.

On July 22, 2010, the Blackhawks traded Reasoner to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Jeff Taffe. Reasoners scored 14 goals and recorded 18 assists for 32 points during his season with the Panthers.

On July 1, 2011, Reasoner signed a two-year, $2.7 million contract to join the New York Islanders. He played parts of two seasons with the Islanders.

Reasoner retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2013.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Marty Reasoner.jpg
- **caption**: Reasoner during his time with the Oilers on October 27, 2007
- **position**: Centre (ice hockey), Center
- **shoots**: Left
- **birth place**: Honeoye Falls, New York, Honeoye Falls, New York (state), New York
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 1
- **weight lb**: 197
- **played for**: St. Louis Blues
Edmonton Oilers
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Boston Bruins
Atlanta Thrashers
Florida Panthers
New York Islanders
- **ntl team**: USA
- **draft**: 14th overall
- **draft year**: 1996
- **draft team**: St. Louis Blues
- **career start**: 1998
- **career end**: 2013