1974-75 O-Pee-Chee 58 Pit Martin Hockey Card (Front)
1974-75 O-Pee-Chee 58 Pit Martin Hockey Card (Back)
1974-75 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
Pit, whose real name in Hubert, has become one of the most effective centers in the league. He is the pivot for Chicago’s MPH Line with Jim Pappin and Dennis Hull on the wings. He has good speed, is a tremendous playmaker, and has a great shot. The power play is another Martin specialty and he scored eight power play goals for the Black Hawks last season.
Pit hasn’t missed a game in 3 seasons.
En Français
Pit, dont le vrai nom est Hubert, est devenu l’un des meilleurs centres dans la ligue. Il fait de l’excellent travail sur la “Ligne MPH” avec Jim Pappin et Dennis Hull. En plus d’être rapide, il excelle à préparer le jeu et son lancer est foudroyant. La saison dernière, Martin marqua huit buts pour les Black Hawks durant des jeux de puissance.
Pit n’a pas manqué une seule partie en 3 saisons.
Details
Pit Martin’s streak of three seasons not missing a game came to an end in 1974-75. Martin appeared in 70 of Chicago’s 80 regular season games that year. The 30 goals scored shown in the stats section for 1973-74 was the second time in his National Hockey League career that he hit the mark. Pit also scored 30 for the Blackhawks in 1969-70.
Martin would score a career high 32 goals a few years later in 1975-76. 1972-73 would be defined as Pit’s career year when he put up 29 goals and 61 assists for 90 points with Chicago. His assist total was good for fourth in the NHL behind Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and Bobby Clarke. He helped the Hawks all the way to the Stanley Cup final that year before the team fell to the Montreal Canadiens.
Over a National Hockey League career that spanned from 1961-62 to 1978-79, Pit Martin appeared in 1,101 regular season and 100 playoff games in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks. He was the Bill Masterton Trophy winner in 1969-70.