Pit Martin

Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (December 9, 1943 – November 30, 2008) was Canadian professional centre who served as captain of the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1977. He was an NHL All-Star and Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winner.
Martin played seventeen seasons in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks and Vancouver Canucks.
==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. 
In 1961-62 he won the Memorial Cup with the Hamilton Red Wings. 
He joined the Red Wings full time in 1963-64 and was traded to the Boston Bruins in 1965-66.
He is remembered among hockey fans as being involved in one of the most one-sided trades in history. In May 1967, Martin, alongside Gilles Marotte and Jack Norris, were traded from Boston to Chicago for Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield. This has long been considered one of the most lopsided trades in hockey history regarding Chicago, giving up core elements of the future Boston powerhouse teams. However, Martin himself was the sole bright spot of the trade for the Black Hawks, starring for them for ten seasons as a skilled two-way centre and being named to play in the NHL All-Star Game 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 scored 61 assists and 90 points, adding ten goals in the playoffs as the Hawks made it to the Stanley Cup finals.
==Death==
On November 30, 2008, Martin was reported missing following a snowmobile accident on Lake Kanasuta near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. 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, Sûreté du Québec police divers recovered Martin's body from the lake.
==Awards==
*OHA-Jr. First All-Star Team (1962) 
*OHA-Jr. MVP (1962) 
*Bill Masterton Trophy (1970) 
*National Hockey League All-Star Game (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)
==Career Statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1959–60 	Hamilton Tiger Cubs	OHA 	 	29 	13 	12 	25 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1960–61 	Hamilton Red Wings 	OHA 	 	48 	20 	21 	41 	17 	 	10 	7 	2 	9 	8
1961–62 	Hamilton Red Wings 	OHA 	 	48 	42 	46 	88 	46 	 	10 	3 	9 	12 	0
1961–62 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1962–63 	Hamilton Red Wings 	OHA 	 	49 	36 	49 	85 	67 	 	5 	1 	1 	2 	10
1962–63 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	AHL 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1963–64 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	AHL 	 	21 	3 	7 	10 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1963–64 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	50 	9 	12 	21 	28 	 	14 	1 	4 	5 	14
1964–65 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	58 	8 	9 	17 	32 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
1965–66 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	AHL 	 	16 	6 	6 	12 	26 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1965–66 	Detroit Red Wings 	NHL 	 	10 	1 	1 	2 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1965–66 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	41 	16 	11 	27 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1966–67 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 	 	70 	20 	22 	42 	40 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1967–68 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	63 	16 	19 	35 	36 	 	11 	3 	6 	9 	2
1968–69 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	76 	23 	38 	61 	73 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1969–70 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	73 	30 	33 	63 	61 	 	8 	3 	3 	6 	4
1970–71 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	62 	22 	33 	55 	40 	 	17 	2 	7 	9 	12
1971–72 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	78 	24 	51 	75 	56 	 	8 	4 	2 	6 	4
1972–73 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	78 	29 	61 	90 	30 	 	15 	10 	6 	16 	6
1973–74 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	78 	30 	47 	77 	43 	 	7 	2 	0 	2 	4
1974–75 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	70 	19 	26 	45 	34 	 	8 	1 	1 	2 	2
1975–76 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	80 	32 	39 	71 	44 	 	4 	1 	0 	1 	4
1976–77 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	75 	17 	36 	53 	22 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
1977–78 	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL 	 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1977–78 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 	 	67 	15 	31 	46 	36 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1978–79 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 	 	64 	12 	14 	26 	24 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	1,101 	324 	485 	809 	609 	 	100 	27 	31 	58 	56
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Gallery==
1966-Horton_Bucyk_Martin.jpg|Pit Martin scored at a torrid pace after coming to the Bruins in January 1966.
10Nov1966-Orr_Cheevers_Martin_Watson.jpg|Bobby Orr, Gerry Cheevers, Pit Martin, Joe Watson, November 10, 1966.
1966-Bruins_bench_w_Orr.jpg|Tom Williams, Harry Sinden, Pit Martin, Bobby Orr, Ron Stewart in the 1966-67 season.
7Jan1968-Shack_Orr_Martin_Johnston.jpg|Eddie Shack, Bobby Orr, Pit Martin, Eddie Johnston, January 7, 1968.
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Category:Born in 1943
Category:Dead in 2008
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
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Category:Hamilton Red Wings alumni
Category:Retired in 1979