Tom Martin (ice hockey)
| Tom Martin | |||
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| Born |
May 11, 1964 Victoria, BC, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Winnipeg Jets Hartford Whalers Minnesota North Stars |
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| NHL Draft | 74th overall, 1982 Winnipeg Jets |
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| Playing career | 1984–1991 | ||
Tom Martin (born May 11, 1964 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He was a fourth round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets, 74th overall, at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He played 92 National Hockey League (NHL) games for the Jets, Hartford Whalers and Minnesota North Stars in a career predominantly spent in the American Hockey League (AHL). He won the Calder Cup in 1985 and was a First Team AHL All-Star in 1988.
Martin is most famous for having his junior playing rights traded in 1983 by the Seattle Breakers to the Victoria Cougars in exchange for the Cougars' team bus.
Following two seasons of junior A hockey in Kelowna, Martin was added to the Seattle Breakers' reserve list. He chose instead to gain an education while playing at the University of Denver in 1982–83. Martin did make it known that he would play junior for his hometown team, the Victoria Cougars, however. The Breakers wished to trade Martin, and were in need of a new team bus. Coincidentally, the Cougars had an extra bus that they purchased from the defunct Spokane Flyers franchise, but as they were unwilling to pay the taxes and fees required to bring the bus into Canada, it was sitting in storage in the United States. As a result, on January 19, 1983, the Cougars traded the bus to the Breakers for Martin's playing rights and $35,000. Martin earned the nickname "Bussey" for the remainder of his career.
"I know it had bunks on it and it was definitely a team oriented bus. In the Western Hockey League they travel a lot and they need a good bus. Maybe it had better wheels than I did."
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