TAMPA BAY – After watching his No. 8 raised to the rafters at Gutterson Fieldhouse in January, UVM men's hockey's all-time leading scorer Martin St. Louis '97 will have his No. 26 retired by the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning this coming January. St. Louis will be honored on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 when the Lightning hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets at Amalie Arena.
 
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St. Louis ranks first in team history in points (953), assists (588), shorthanded goals (28), game winning goals (64), hat tricks (8), and power play points (300). He also ranks second in goals scored (365) and games played (972), while holding the franchise record for most consecutive games played with 499 spanning more than five seasons from 2005-11.
 
He and former UVM teammate Eric Perrin '97 combined to win the 2004 Stanley Cup with the Lightning. That same season, the forward captured the Art Ross Trophy, the Hart Trophy, and the Ted Lindsay Award. During his final NHL season, St. Louis became the 81st player in NHL history and only the sixth undrafted player to notch 1,000 career points. He won a total of seven major NHL awards and skated in six All-Star Games.
 
St. Louis, whose number was retired at Vermont on Jan. 8, 2016 at Gutterson Fieldhouse, will become the first player in the history of the Lightning franchise to have his number retired. He was a three-time All-American for the Catamounts and finished his career with a program-best 267 points.

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