Martin St. Louis

Martin St. Louis is a Canadian hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. St. Louis was born in Laval, Quebec to Normand and France St. Louis. He has a sister, Isabelle. As a youth, St. Louis played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Laval, Quebec.  He was passed over for a provincial team at a midget age tournament despite leading his league in scoring. He played one season of junior ice hockey with the Hawkesbury Hawks of the Central Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in 1992–93 where he scored 37 goals and 87 points in just 31 games.

He is the interim head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, St. Louis played over 1,000 games and scored 1,000 points in an NHL career that began with the Calgary Flames in 1998 and ended with the New York Rangers in 2015. St. Louis is best remembered for having played with the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2000 until being traded to the Rangers in 2014. He also briefly played with HC Lausanne of the Swiss National League A. He was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup championship team in 2004. St. Louis was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, his first year of eligibility. He has won number 26 for Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, and Canadian National Men’s Hockey Team.

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NHL and National Debut

 Ottawa Senators offered him a tryout prior to the 1997–98 NHL season. When they released him, St. Louis signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League (IHL) that included a clause allowing him to leave the team if offered an NHL contract. Following his MVP season in the NHL, St. Louis joined Team Canada for the first time, appearing at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. With a goal and an assist, he led Canada to an opening game, a 2–1 victory over the United States. Overall, he scored four points in six games as Canada won the World Cup. The majority of that team returned for the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament, and St. Louis played in his first Olympic Games.

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Martin St. Louis Networth

Martin St. Louis has a networth of $40 million. Martin St. Louis is one of the richest Hockey players & listed as the most popular Hockey Player. A finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the first of two consecutive seasons, St. Louis earned interest from National Hockey League (NHL) teams in the summer of 1996. Teams offered to signing bonuses of up to $150,000 hoping to convince him to leave Vermont and turn professional. Believing he could attract similar offers the following year, he chose to complete his final year of college eligibility.

Who is Martin St. Louis’s wife?

He is a professional hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. His marital status is married. Martin’s Wife’s name is Heather Caragol. He has children Ryan St. Louis, Mason St. Louis, and Lucas St. Louis. St. Louis met his wife Heather Anne Caragol at the University of Vermont, where he graduated in 1997 with a degree in small business management. They have three sons. The family maintains an off-season home in Heather’s native Greenwich, Connecticut. St. Louis runs an annual summer hockey camp in the nearby community of Stamford for young players in the region.

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