17 | MATT MARTIN | LEFT WING

SHOOTS: LEFT HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 206 BIRTHDAY: 5.8.1989 BIRTHPLACE: WINDSOR, ON

ISLANDERS TRANSACTIONS: 

Selected by the Islanders in the fifth round (148th overall) of the 2008 National Hockey League Draft. Agreed to a four-year contract on September 14, 2012.

LAST SEASON: 

Matched his career highs in goals (8) and points (14) in 78 games during his fifth full season with the Islanders…Broke his own National Hockey League record for hits in a season with 382 (hits became an official stat in 2005-06), marking the fourth straight season he led the league in hits…Led the team inpenalty minutes (114)…Earned First Star honors and scored a goal in his 300th NHL on Nov. 22 vs. Pittsburgh…Suspended one game for kneeing Trevor Daley on March 3 in Dallas…Suffered an undisclosed injury on Apr. 4 vs. Buffalo and missed the final three games of the regular season.

CAREER

2013-14: Scored 14 points (8g/6a) in 79 games during his fourth full season with the Islanders…Set a career high in goals and matched his career mark in points…Led the NHL in hits for the third straight season with 359…Finished second on the team in penalty minutes (90) and third on the team in game-winning goals (3)…Led all Islanders with 10 major penalties…Won his third straight Bob Nystrom Award, given annually to the islander who best exemplifies leadership, hustle and dedication…Missed three games with a lower-body injury from Feb. 27 – Mar. 2…Scored two goals, including the game winner, and went plus-4 on Mar. 25 at Carolina.2012-13: Scored 11 points (4g/7a) in 48 games during his third season with the Islanders…Led the NHL in hits (234) for the second-consecutive season…Led the Islanders in penalty minutes (63) and major penalties (7)…Was one of eight Islanders to appear in every game…Had a two-point game (1g/1a), including his first career power-play goal on Mar. 5 vs. Montreal…Played his 200th NHL game on Apr. 25 at Philadelphia…Won the Bob Nystrom Award for the second straight season, given annually to the Islander who best exemplifies leadership, hustle and dedication. 2011-12: Led the NHL with 374 hits during his second season with the Islanders, the highest hits total recorded in league history since it became an official statistic in 2005-06…Established career highs in games played (80)…Scored 14 points (7g/7a)…His career-high 15 major penalties tied for eighth in the league…Placed second on the team in short-handed points (2a)…Missed two games due to illness from Mar. 10-11…Won the Bob Nystrom Award. 2010-11: Recorded 14 points (5g/9a) in 68 games as an Islanders rookie…Finished third on the team with 147 penalty minutes and second on the team with 13 fighting majors…Ranked fourth in the NHL with 299 hits, despite playing in fewer games than every other top-10 hitter in the league…Opened the season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (American Hockey League), posting three points (1g/2a) in seven games before being recalled from loan on Oct. 25…Made his Islanders season debut on Oct. 27 at Montreal…Scored his first NHL goal (A. Auld) and recorded his first fighting major of the season (H. Gill) in his second game on Oct. 29 vs. Montreal…Was assessed a two-game suspension for his hit on Vernon Fiddler on Dec. 18 vs. Phoenix…Posted 27 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct on Feb. 11 vs. Pittsburgh (received a four-game suspension)…Scored two goals on Feb. 24 at Philadelphia. 2009-10: Spent most of his first professional season with Bridgeport, while also skating in five games with the Islanders…Tallied 31 points (12g/19a) in 76 games with Bridgeport, finishing sixth on the team in points and goals and seventh in assists…Recorded two assists in his NHL debut on Feb. 9 vs. Nashville…Recorded his first NHL fight on Feb. 10 at Pittsburgh (T. Kennedy)… Made his professional playoff debut with Bridgeport, scoring one goal and two assists in five first-round Calder Cup Playoff games against the eventual AHL Champion Hershey Bears

NHL PLAYOFFS 2015:

2015: Scored one assist, accumulated 12 PIM and finished with a +1 rating in seven games during the Islanders Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Washington Capitals. 2013: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, scoring one goal in six games during the Islanders’ Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against Pittsburgh.rgh.

JUNIOR:

2008-09: Posted Junior career highs in goals (35), assists (30) and points (65) in 61 Ontario Hockey League games with the Sarnia Sting…Added three goals in five playoff games…Served as team captain. 2007-08: Ranked third on Sarnia in goals (25) and finished with 38 points…Ranked second on the team with 155 penalty minutes…Scored six points (3g/3a) in nine playoff games. 2006-07: Posted six points (3g/3a) in 39 games as a rookie with Sarnia