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Canadian ice hockey player
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15 February 1974(Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada)
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Biography
Introduction
Martin Gendron (born February 15, 1974) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward.
Biography
Gendron was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Drafted in 1992 by the Washington Capitals, he spent about four seasons in the Capitals system before he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. Unable to break into the lineup in Chicago, Gendron remained in the minors until he left to play in Europe in 2000.
Gendron was the top goal scorer in the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Gendron was the top goalscorer in the Swiss League during the 2002–03 and 2003–2004 seasons.
Career
- 1990-1993: Saint-Hyacinthe Laser
- 1992-1993: Baltimore Skipjacks
- 1993-1994: Hull Olympiques
- 1994-1996: Portland Pirates
- 1994-1996: Washington Capitals
- 1996-1997: Las Vegas Thunder
- 1997-1998: Indianapolis Ice
- 1997-1998: Milwaukee Admirals
- 1997-1998: Fredericton Canadiens
- 1997-1998: Chicago Blackhawks
- 1998-1999: Fredericton Canadiens
- 1999-2000: Syracuse Crunch
- 1999-2000: Springfield Falcons
- 2000-2001: Frankfurt Lions
- 2001-2002: Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey
- 2002-2005: EHC Olten
- 2005-2006: Hockey Club Bolzano
- 2006-2007: Saint-Hyacinthe Top Design
- 2007-2008: EHC Chur
- 2007-2008: Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay