Joey Martin (born July 29, 1988) is a

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professional

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player for UK

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(EIHL) side Cardiff Devils. He most recently iced with IceHL side

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and was also previously with the Stavanger Oilers in Norway's

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Early life

Martin was born in

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. Martin played junior hockey with the

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and

Aurora Tigers The Aurora Tigers are a Canadian ice hockey team from Aurora, Ontario. They play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team has previously played in the Metro Junior A Hockey League, Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, and the Ontario Jun ...

. Martin played four seasons (2007–2011) of NCAA college hockey with the

Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey The Omaha Mavericks Men's Ice Hockey team, also called the Nebraska Omaha Mavericks and UNO Mavericks,The school's athletic identity varies according to the source: * The school historically used "Nebraska–Omaha" (with a dash or hyphen) or "UNO", ...

team, registering 39 goals, 64 assists, and 116 penalty minutes in 152 games played.

Career

On September 6, 2011, the

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announced that Martin had signed to play with their ECHL team for the 2011–12 season. On July 31, 2014, Martin signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Cardiff Devils of the

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. Martin remained with the Cardiff Devils until 2020, even captaining the side in the 2019–20 season, before joining Norwegian

side Stavanger Oilers on August 27, 2020. He had initially agreed to return to Cardiff for a seventh season but, due to ongoing coronavirus-induced uncertainty over the 2020-21 EIHL season's proposed start date in December, the Devils allowed Martin to seek a temporary move away from the club. It was expected Martin would stay at Stavanger for a season and return to Cardiff in 2021. However, in May 2021 it was announced Martin would join Austrian side

ahead of the 2021-22 season. Martin rejoined Cardiff for a second time in May 2022, moving back to the Elite League for the 2022-23 season.

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* 1988 births Living people Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Canadian ice hockey centres Graz 99ers players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey players Stockton Thunder players Texas Stars players Toledo Walleye players Cardiff Devils players Stavanger Oilers players People from Thorold Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Wales Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Norway Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1980s-stub