Neal Martin

Neal Martin (born September 8, 1975 in Sudbury, Ontario), is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.

Martin played junior hockey with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds where he won the Memorial Cup in 1993.

He currently plays for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. In the 2004–05 season he led the team to a British Grand Slam as the League MVP. In 2006–07, he helped the Blaze retain the Elite League and Challenge Cup titles. In 2007–08, Blaze have won the Elite League Championship for a 3rd time, and the British Knockout Cup. He has been voted to the Elite League All Star 1st Team in all four seasons that he has played for Coventry.

He is currently in his second spell playing Ice Hockey in the UK, having previously iced for the London Knights in the old British Ice Hockey Superleague.

Neal has a Canadian wife, and his son was born in Coventry in 2007. During his time with the Blaze, Martin has won defenceman of the season at the annual Blaze awards three times in a row.

In 2008, Neal was nominated for a "Man of Ice" Award in the best defenceman category.

For the past three seasons, Martin has played alongside former Sudbury Wolves team-mate Barrie Moore at the Coventry Blaze, and had also played with 04–05 & 05–06 team-mate Joel Porier at the same junior club.

On March 26th 2008, Coventry Blaze announced that Neal Martin would be leaving the club at the end of the current season to join AaB Ishockey in Denmark. He played for the team in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Career statistics
Regular Season Season Team                        Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  PIM 1992-93 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL  17    0   0    0    5 1993-94 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL  19    0   4    4    4 1993-94 Sudbury Wolves             OHL   21    2   6    8    6 1994-95 Sudbury Wolves             OHL   62    4   32   36   61 1995-96 Sudbury Wolves             OHL   51    7   42   49   54 1996-97 Hampton Roads Admirals     ECHL  54    3   19   22   89 1996-97 San Antonio Dragons        IHL   1     0   0    0    0 1996-97 Portland Pirates           AHL   1     0   2    2    0 1997-98 Mississippi Sea Wolves     ECHL  52    4   10   14   59 1998-99 Waco Wizards               WPHL  50    13  41   54   27 1998-99 Long Beach Ice Dogs        IHL   3     0   2    2    6 1998-99 Chicago Wolves             IHL   8     0   1    1    2 1999-00 London Knights             BISL  39    6   10   16   24 2000-01 London Knights             BISL  47    8   17   25   45 2001-02 Schwenningen Wild Wings    DEL   59    4   21   25   89 2002-03 Schwenningen Wild Wings    DEL   45    1   3    4    64 2003-04 VSV EC                     AUST  47    3   15   18   56 2004-05 Coventry Blaze             EIHL  60    6   31   37   30 2005-06 Coventry Blaze             EIHL  54    16  26   42   26 2006-07 Coventry Blaze             EIHL  63    7   33   40   70 2007-08 Coventry Blaze             EIHL  49    11  28   39   44 2008-09 Aalborg                    OdLig 33    3   14   17   42