Andrew Martens

Andrew Martens (born July 5, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who most notably played for the Wichita Thunder of the then Central Hockey League.[1]

Andrew Martens
Born (1981-07-05) July 5, 1981
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Manitoba Moose
Toronto Marlies
Lake Erie Monsters
Oklahoma City Barons
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–2014

Playing career

He played three seasons of college hockey at Bemidji State University before turning pro in the 2005–06 season. In the 2010–11 season with the Thunder, Martens scored 54 points in 65 games to be named Wichita's defenseman of the year and the CHL's most outstanding defenceman. He is a native of Calgary, Alberta.

On December 28, 2011, Martens signed a PTO with the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

After four seasons with Thunder and after the club were granted admission into the ECHL, Martens despite being team captain opted to retire from professional hockey prior to the 2014–15 season on October 9, 2014.[2]

Career statistics
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Bemidji State University CHA 28 4 1 5 4 — — — — —
2004–05 Bemidji State University CHA 36 2 9 11 16 — — — — —
2005–06 Bemidji State University CHA 37 5 19 24 47 — — — — —
2005–06 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL 5 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 1 0
2006–07 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 70 6 24 30 50 2 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 72 9 29 38 73 6 1 0 1 8
2008–09 Ontario Reign ECHL 48 7 24 31 78 3 2 3 5 2
2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 11 0 5 5 6 — — — — —
2008–09 Toronto Marlies AHL 16 1 5 6 6 2 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Ontario Reign ECHL 72 4 33 37 44 — — — — —
2010–11 Wichita Thunder CHL 65 15 39 54 51 5 1 0 1 23
2010–11 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Wichita Thunder CHL 33 9 17 26 22 — — — — —
2011–12 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 12 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Marlies AHL 13 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
2012–13 Wichita Thunder CHL 66 7 35 42 34 15 2 8 10 10
2013–14 Wichita Thunder CHL 63 12 38 50 50 — — — — —
AHL totals 53 1 13 14 24 2 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours
Award Year
College
All-CHA First Team 2005–06
Central Hockey League
Most Outstanding Defenseman 2010–11
All-CHL Team 2010–11 [3]
gollark: The bottom one would need powering, though.
gollark: You could use RFTools elevators perhaps.
gollark: I was going to have single-track rail lines in my tunnels, actually.
gollark: My existing tunnels are 4x3 stone brick ones.
gollark: I favour the staircasey design.

References
  1. "Thunder re-sign Martens; Add Hosmer". Wichita Thunder. 2014-08-13. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. "League change reinforced Martens decision to retire". Kansas.com. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  3. "All-CHL team announced". Wane.com. 2011-03-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.