Martin St . Louis Martin St . Louis ( ; born June 18 , 1975 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Playing career . St . Louis grew up in Laval , Quebec playing minor hockey and eventually made it onto the AAA Midget Laval Laurentides in 1991 - 92 . After a strong season in Midget , he was signed by the Hawkesbury Hawks Jr . A . hockey club of the Central Junior Hockey League ( CJHL ) in Ontario . After a strong year with the Hawks ( 37 - 50 - 87 in just 31 games ) , St . Louis accepted an NCAA scholarship with the University of Vermont . As an amateur , St . Louis played for the University of Vermont Catamounts on the same team as Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas , and on the same line as former Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Éric Perrin . St . Louis was an NCAA All - Star and three - time Hobey Baker Award finalist for college player of the year . He ranks first amongst all Vermont scorers in career points ( 267 ) and assists ( 176 ) , and ranks third in career goals ( 91 ) . Despite his impressive numbers with the Catamounts , he was not drafted and accepted a training camp invitation from the Ottawa Senators . He was released from Senators ' training camp on September 18 , 1997 and eventually signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames on February 18 , 1998 . He was immediately assigned to the IHL ' s Cleveland Lumberjacks , where he spent the remainder of the season and scored 50 points in 56 games . St . Louis was a point - per - game player with the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League , scoring 114 points in 95 games . When Craig Button was appointed general manager of the Flames in 2000 , he released St . Louis who then signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning . St . Louis was on pace to have a career year in the 2001 – 02 when his season ended prematurely due to a broken leg . In 2003 – 04 he led the NHL in scoring with 94 points . He scored an overtime goal in Game 6 of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals , helping the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Calgary Flames for the Stanley Cup in 7 games . At season ' s end he won both the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player to his team and the Lester B . Pearson Award as league MVP voted by his peers . St . Louis became the first player since Wayne Gretzky and only the eighth in NHL history , to win the Art Ross Trophy , the Stanley Cup , and the Hart Memorial Trophy all in one season . In August 2005 , Martin St . Louis signed a six - year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning worth $ 31 . 5 million . St . Louis was quoted as saying , " I ' m just happy that the Lightning have found a way to keep me long - term . Tampa was always my first choice , I ' ve had so many good things happen to me in Tampa . " St . Louis played for Team Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey , where he was part of the team which won the World Cup , and the 2006 Winter Olympics which saw them eliminated by Russia in the quarterfinals after what was considered a disappointing tournament . In the 2006 – 07 NHL season , St . Louis recorded a personal high of 102 points ( 43 goals , 59 assists ) . The Lightning lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New Jersey Devils . Before the start of the 2007 – 08 season , St . Louis was named an alternate captain of the Lightning because of captain Tim Taylor ' s expected long - term absence due to injury . At the end of the 2007 – 08 season , St . Louis finished the season with 25 goals , 58 assists and 83 points , finishing second in team scoring behind teammate Vincent Lecavalier . St . Louis was named finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2007 – 08 season and the 2008 - 09 season at the NHL Awards show in June . During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , he played for the Swiss team HC Lausanne . At the end of the 2008 – 09 season , St . Louis finished the season with 30 goals , 50 assists and 80 points . He led the Tampa Bay Lightning in goals , assists , points , games played , and short handed goals . He was second in plus / minus and power play goals . St . Louis was awarded the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2009 – 10 NHL season ( and only recorded 12 penalty minutes the entire season ) . St . Louis beat out Pavel Datsyuk , winner of the previous four Lady Byng Trophies , and former teammate Brad Richards , who won the award for the 2003 – 04 NHL season playing alongside St . Louis with the Tampa Bay Lightning during their Stanley Cup winning season . St . Louis was named an assistant captain for team Lidstrom at the 2011 NHL All - Star Game . Martin competed in the fastest skater competition at the all star super skills competition , and also in the Discover Elimination Shoot - out game . The All - Star Game skills competition was won by the opponent team Eric Staal in Raleigh , North Carolina . Personal . He and his wife Heather Caragol have three boys , Ryan ( born June 13 , 2003 ) , Lucas ( born March 30 , 2005 ) and Mason ( born 2008 ) . International play . Played for Canada in :