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NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. He had a career-high 90 points in 1972-73 with the Blackhawks. He won the Masterton Trophy for sportsmanship and perseverance in 1969-70, his first of three 30-goal campaigns. The Blackhawks had been planning to honor the line at the United Center this season. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound Martin was a strong skater and passer whose best years came on Chicago's MPH line with Jim Pappin and Bobby Hull. Martin was part of one of the biggest blockbuster trades in hockey history in 1967, when he and two other players were shipped to Chicago in the deal that made Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield part of a Bruins dynasty. Tallon and Martin ended up as teammates through most of the 1970s in Chicago. "He was a very smart player, with good speed, and an excellent playmaker," said Tallon, who was seven years younger than Martin and was a good friend of his younger brother while growing up. Martin played 1,101 NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks, amassing 809 points from 1963 to 1979. Martin, who would have turned 65 next week, lived on an island in the lake that was reached by boat in summer and snowmobile in winter, but there were always tricky periods in spring and fall when the ice had to be tested regularly, Tallon said. "I always admired him as a kid growing up in Noranda. "He always came back in the summer to play golf," Tallon said.
Marie-Josee Ouellet said Martin was driving the vehicle on Lake Kanasuta in northwestern Quebec on Sunday when the ice cracked and he plunged into the freezing water.Īnother man who was driving a separate snowmobile at the time has confirmed Martin ended up in the water, Ouellet said.ĭivers were attempting to retrieve Martin's body.įormer Chicago Blackhawks teammate Dale Tallon, now the team's general manager, said Martin was a "wonderful guy" and a great hockey player. MONTREAL - Hubert "Pit" Martin, a four-time NHL All-Star in the 1960s and '70s, has died after his snowmobile plunged into an icy lake, Quebec provincial police said.