Martin Zoborosky

Martin Percy "Buster" Zoborosky (November 12, 1916 – June 1, 1989), later known as Martin Edwards, was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in one National Hockey League game for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1944–45 season.

Biography Zoborosky was born in November 1916 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Martin and Elizabeth Zoborosky. He started his hockey career in 1934 with the Moose Jaw Canucks, in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, of his hometown. He would continue playing in Moose Jaw until the 1935–36 season, where he split time between the Canucks and Moose Jaw Hardware of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League. The following season he played for the Prince Albert Mintos in the Senior League, playing 20 games, registering one point and 28 penalty minutes. The following season he played for the Swift Current Indians of that same league. and Vancouver. He would serve in the RCAF for four years. During his career in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, he participated in 3 championship playoffs - the Memorial Cup in Saskatchewan and Allan Cup in British Columbia (2 times). He also played a single game for the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League in that same season. Upon his return to Canada in 1947, he lauded the rising popularity of ice hockey as a sport in Europe, adding that the possibility for scouting hockey talent out of Europe was strong. Described as an unassuming and likeable person,

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1934–35 Moose Jaw Canucks S-SJHL 6 4 0 4 9 — — — — — 1934–35 Moose Jaw Canucks M-Cup — — — — — 1 0 0 0 2 1935–36 Moose Jaw Canucks S-SJHL 3 0 0 0 8 4 0 1 1 8 1935–36 Moose Jaw Hardware SSHL 6 1 0 1 12 — — — — — 1936–37 Prince Albert Mintos SSHL 20 0 1 1 28 2 0 0 0 4 1937–38 Swift Current Indians SIHA — — — — — — — — — — 1941–42 Kimberley Dynamiters ABCSL 27 1 1 2 24 1 0 0 0 2 1941–42 Kimberley Dynamiters Al-Cup — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 1942–43 Vancouver RCAF PCHL 11 2 1 3 32 4 0 0 0 20 1942–43 Vancouver RCAF Al-Cup — — — — — 5 1 2 3 20 1943–44 Vancouver St. Regis NNDHL 7 1 0 1 6 — — — — — 1944–45 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1944–45 Providence Reds AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1946–47 I. ČLTK Prag CZE 7 4 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —