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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Grant
Martin
Selected in 10th round
No.
196 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born March
13, 1962
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Kitchener (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Hespeler | Jr. B |
40 | 18 |
25 | 43 |
32 | | 1978-79 |
Guelph | OPJHL |
49 | 21 |
29 | 50 |
70 | | 1979-80 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
65 | 31 |
21 | 52 |
62 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Was Kitchener's first-round pick, No. 7 overall, in 1979
OMJHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 26, 1983 (Philadelphia at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 20 (Vancouver); 21, 25
(Washington)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1998 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1983-1986 |
Vancouver, Washington | 44 |
0 | 4 |
4 | 55 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987 |
Washington | 1 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 2 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his lone NHL playoff game, beating
goaltender Kelly Hrudey at 18:45 of the second period in Washington's Game 7
loss vs. N.Y. Islanders on April 18, 1987. Martin's goal, which broke a 1-1
tie, was Washington's final goal of the 1987 playoffs. The game, one of the
longest in NHL history, was
ultimately won 3-2 by the Islanders on Pat LaFontaine's goal in the fourth
overtime. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Kitchener (OMJHL/OHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Salt Lake (IHL); Baltimore (AHL); Binghamton (AHL); Villach
(Austria); Rochester (AHL); Jyvaskyla (Finland); Team Canada; Schwenningen
(Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1982
(Kitchener)
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1987-88 season with knee injury, suffered during final period of final game for Villach (Austria) in January 1988. ... Signed with
Rochester (AHL) as unrestricted free agent in January 1988 after playing first
half of 1987-88 season in Austria. ...Returned to Canada and opened the
Nejanilini Lake Lodge in northern Manitoba after his retirement. The lodge,
run by Martin and his wife, Brenda, offers fishing and hunting vacation
packages. ... Maintained year-round home in Collingwood, Ontario, after
retirement.
Personal: Full name is Grant
Michael Martin. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Martin played out his contract
with Vancouver in 1984-85. He became a restricted free agent, signing with Washington on August 6, 1985. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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