Marty Infographic released by the Tampa Bay Lightning on 5/8

A stunning infographic detailing Martin St. Louis‘ amazing ride to the Art Ross Trophy throughout the 2012-13 season was released today by the Tampa Bay Lightning. It details miscellaneous facts about Marty, and also breaks down every single goal that he scored in the season. A similar infograph was released at the end of last season with Steven Stamkos‘ 60 goals. The image was used on posters that were given away at radio show events. I’m hoping that they will do the same with Marty’s.

It’s a nice poster waiting to be made. However, I’d of picked a different picture of Marty personally. One of him smiling. Perhaps they wanted to catch the ‘real’ Martin St. Louis; the serious Martin St. Louis.

It breaks down to this:

Martin St. Louis has become the oldest player in NHL history to be awarded the Art Ross Trophy, which is given to the league’s player with the most points. This is the second time that he has received it. The first time was back in the championship 2003-04 season. With a span in between of 9 years, this is the longest span of the only 12 players before Marty to win the Art Ross more than once.

Marty recorded 43 assists, the most in the NHL for the season. He notched 17 goals, 2nd on the team behind Steven Stamkos. 26 points on the road makes him the 3rd in the league behind Alex Ovechkin and Patrick Kane. He is tied with Steven Stamkos for the most points at home in the NHL with 34.

Martin St. Louis breaks the record for oldest player to receive the Art Ross held by Bill Cook for 80 years. He was 36 when he won the trophy back in 1932-33 when he played for the New York Rangers. Gordie Howe was 35 and played for the Detroit RedWings when he got it in 1962-63. At the age of 32 in a Pittsburgh Penguins uniform, it went to Mario Lemieux.

St. Louis averaged 1.25 goals per game, 1 of only 3 players in NHL history to do so at the age of 37 or older. The other two were Gordie Howe in 1968-69 and Mario Lemieux in 2002-03.

Marty ranked 5th in the league for Power Play assists with 17.

On April 24 against the Toronto Maple Leafs Marty got his 7th career hattrick at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The Lightning won that one 5-2.

January

3 vs Washington Capitals 2 goals, 1 assist; 21 @ New York Islanders 1 goal 1 assist; 25 vs Ottawa Senators 2 assists; 27 vs Philadelphia Flyers 4 assists; 29 vs Florida Panthers 1 assist

February

1 @ Winnipeg Jets 1 assist; 2 vs New York Rangers 1 assist; 7 @ Jew Jersey Devils 2 assists; 12 vs New York Rangers 1 assist; 14th vs Washington Capitals 1 goal, 1 assist; 16 @ Florida Panthers 2 assists; 19 vs Toronto Maple Leafs 1 assist; 23 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1 assist; 24 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1 assist; 28 @ New York Rangers 1 goal

March

2 @ Boston Bruins 1 assist; 4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2 assists; 5 @ New Jersey Devils 1 goal, 1 assist; 7 vs Winnipeg Jets 1 assist; 9 vs Montreal Canadiens 2 assists; 12 @ Florida Panthers 1 goal, 1 assist; 16 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1 assist; 18 vs Philadelphia Flyers 1 assist; 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1 assist; 24  @ Winnipeg Jets 1 assist; 26 vs Buffalo Sabres 1 goal (game winning), 1 assist; 29 vs New Jersey Devils 1 assist

April

4 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1 goal, 2 assists; 7 @ Washington Capitals 1 assist; 9 vs Ottawa Senators 2 assists; 11 vs Pittsburgh Penguins 1 assist; 13 @ Washington Capitals 2 goals; 16 @ Winnipeg Jets 1 goal; 21 vs Carolina Hurricanes 1 goal 1 assist; 24 vs Toronto Maple Leafs 3 goals; 27 vs Florida Panthers 1 goal, 1 assist

…and there ya have it. A break down of Martin St. Louis’ record breaking season.

Dolly Dolce
@HulaDolly

Apr 24, 2013; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) prepares for a shot by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the second period at Tampa Bay Times Forum. Mandatory Credit: Douglas Jones-USA TODAY Sports

You can watch Team USA go for their third straight win in the tournament today on NBC Sports at 1:15pm! They will face off against Russia. Canada will play Norway. You can watch all of the games on youtube.com/icehockey. Just click here!

The tournament began on Friday, May 7th. On Saturday, Team USA beat Team Austria 5-3. Ben Bishop was in net, making 18 of 21 saves. Steven Stamkos helped Canada to defeat Denmark with a goal in their 3-1 victory.

On Sunday USA beat Lativa 4-1. Ben Bishop was again in net. Nate Thompson and Matt Carle have yet to score a goal, however, Nate has won 9 of 14 faceoffs. He also managed to draw a penalty in game 1. Canada fell to Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout.