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NHL Head Coach Jacques Martin to

Speak at SUNY Canton Hockey Reunion

Florida Panthers Head Coach Jacques Martin will be the featured speaker this weekend at SUNY Canton's Hockey Reunion banquet.

The Panthers Coach will be joining current SUNY Canton Hockey Coach Pat Martin, and former Coach Terry Martin to address the more than 200 former SUNY Canton players and coaches attending the weekend's events.

The banquet will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Chaney Dining Center. The weekend will also feature a golf tournament, alumni hockey games, social gatherings, and a farewell barbecue.

Jacques Martin played college hockey at St. Lawrence University. His nephew, Francois Martin '92, played at SUNY Canton.

In his first year behind the bench with the Florida Panthers, Jacques Martin guided the Panthers to a 37-34-11 mark, their best record in the last five seasons. The Panthers posted a 28-16-7 mark in their final 51 contests, including a 15-7-3 record after the Olympic break.

Prior to joining the Panthers in May 2004, Martin guided the Ottawa Senators to a 43-23-10-6 mark during the 2003-04 campaign earning 102 points. For his career with the Senators, he posted a 341-255-96 regular-season record in nine seasons. He stands as the franchise's all-time leader in games coached (692), regular-season wins (341), playoff wins (31) and playoff games coached (69).

Under Martin's guidance, the Senators earned their first President's Trophy, posting a 52-21-8-1 mark upon completion of the 2002-03 campaign. He led Ottawa to its first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils. Martin has been nominated for the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year four times. He won the award in 1998-99 and was nominated in 1996-97, 2000-01 and 2002-03. He also was selected as head coach of the Eastern Conference at the 2003 NHL All-Star Game in Florida and head coach of the World Team at the 2001 All-Star Game in Denver. Martin was named as an associate coach for Team Canada's men's hockey team that won gold at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. In addition, he served as an associate coach with Team Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and served on Team Canada's coaching staff at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

Also recognized for his efforts in the community, Martin established and continues to fund the Jacques Martin Hockey School, which has earned the reputation of being one of the finest bilingual hockey schools in Ontario and Quebec. He also hosts the Jacques Martin Omnium Golf Tournament sponsored by Sun Microsystems that has raised more than $300,000 in the past eight years to benefit the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

July 12, 2006

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