{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1943–2008)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Pit Martin Chex hockey card.JPG | image_size = 230px | caption = Martin with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1960s | played_for = '''NHL'''<br>Detroit Red Wings<br>Boston Bruins<br>Chicago Black Hawks<br>Vancouver Canucks<br>'''AHL'''<br>Pittsburgh Hornets | position = Centre | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 165 | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1943|12|9}} | birth_place = Noranda, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|11|30|1943|12|9}} | death_place = Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada | draft = | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 1962 | career_end = 1979 }} '''Hubert Jacques''' "'''Pit'''" '''Martin''' (December 9, 1943 – November 30, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who served as captain for 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. 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 Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield, 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 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 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 Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.<ref name="french">{{cite news|title=Hubert "Pit" Martin porté disparu|url=http://www.rds.ca/hockey/chroniques/264495.html|publisher=Réseau des sports|date=2008-11-30|accessdate=2008-12-01|language=French}}</ref> He was riding a snowmobile behind a friend when the ice on the lake collapsed shortly after his friend had passed over it.<ref name="french"/> Martin was pronounced dead on December 1, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pit Martin pronounced dead after snowmobile accident|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=258056&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_nhl|publisher=TSN|date=2008-12-01|accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref> On December 2, 2008, Quebec Provincial Police divers recovered Martin's body from the lake.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quebec police find body of ex-NHLer Martin|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=258189&lid=sublink02&lpos=headlines_main|publisher=TSN|date=2008-12-02|accessdate=2008-12-02}}</ref>
==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== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1959–60 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA-Jr. | 29 || 13 || 12 || 25 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1960–61 | Hamilton Red Wings | OHA-Jr. | 48 || 20 || 21 || 41 || 17 | 10 || 7 || 2 || 9 || 8 |- | 1961–62 | Hamilton Red Wings | OHA-Jr. | 48 || 42 || 46 || 88 || 46 | 10 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1961–62 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1961–62 | Hamilton Red Wings | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 14 || 12 || 11 || 23 || 22 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1962–63 | Hamilton Red Wings | OHA-Jr. | 49 || 36 || 49 || 85 || 67 | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 10 |- | 1962–63 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1965–66 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 10 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1965–66 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 41 || 16 || 11 || 27 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 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 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 1,101 !! 324 !! 485 !! 809 !! 609 ! 100 !! 27 !! 31 !! 58 !! 56 |}
==See also== *List of NHL players with 1,000 games played
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=13551}} *[http://legacy.suntimes.com/ChicagoSunTimes/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=120866615 AP Obituary] in the Chicago Sun-Times
{{S-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Ted Hampson | title = Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winner| years = 1970 | after = Jean Ratelle}} {{S-sports}} {{succession box | before = Ken Dryden | title = NHLPA President | years = 1974–1975 | after = Bobby Clarke}} {{succession box | before = Pat Stapleton | title = Chicago Black Hawks captain | years = 1975–77 <br> <small>with Stan Mikita, 1976–77</small> | after = Keith Magnuson}} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Pit}} Category:1943 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Accidental deaths in Quebec Category:Boston Bruins players Category:Canadian ice hockey centres Category:Chicago Blackhawks captains Category:Chicago Blackhawks players Category:Deaths by drowning in Canada Category:Detroit Red Wings players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) players Category:Hamilton Tiger Cubs players Category:Ice hockey people from Rouyn-Noranda Category:Pittsburgh Hornets players Category:Vancouver Canucks players Category:Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winners Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen