Marty Reasoner

Martin Ernest Reasoner (born February 26, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, Atlanta Thrashers and New York Islanders. He is currently in a player development coaching role within the New York Islanders organization.

Playing career As a youth, Reasoner played in the 1990 and 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Rochester, New York.

Reasoner was selected in the first round of the 1996 NHL entry draft, 14th overall, by the St. Louis Blues. This followed two years of high school hockey at McQuaid Jesuit High School, two years of high school at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and three years at Boston College (BC), where he was named Rookie of the Year his freshman year, and named All-American his junior season when he led the Eagles ice hockey team to the NCAA finals. He skated alongside BC legend Brian Gionta. Reasoner split 1998–2001 between the Blues and their top minor league affiliate, the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2003, he was voted a starter on the IceCats' tenth-anniversary All-Time Team.

On July 1, 2001, Reasoner (along with Jochen Hecht and Jan Horacek) was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Oilers' captain Doug Weight and Michel Riesen. In November 2003, Reasoner suffered a severe knee injury when he crashed into the end boards. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Reasoner played 11 games for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian League. On August 9, 2005, Reasoner signed a one-year contract extension with the Oilers. On March 9, 2006, Reasoner (along with Yan Stastny and a second-round pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft (used to select Milan Lucic)) was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Sergei Samsonov.

On July 4, 2006, as a free agent, Reasoner signed a two-year contract to return to the Edmonton Oilers. After the expiry of his deal, on July 17, 2008, Reasoner signed a contract with the Atlanta Thrashers. On June 24, 2010, Reasoner (along with the Thrashers' first- (24th overall) and second-round picks in the 2010 NHL entry draft (used to select Joey Crabb and Jeremy Morin respectively)) was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu. One month later, on July 22, 2010, due to salary cap restrictions within the Blackhawks' organization, Reasoner was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for center Jeff Taffe. After the Panthers traded away captain Bryan McCabe, Reasoner was named an assistant captain.

On July 1, 2011, Reasoner signed a two-year contract with the New York Islanders.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 Deerfield Academy HS-MA 22 27 25 52 — — — — — — 1994–95 Deerfield Academy HS-MA 26 25 32 57 14 — — — — — 1995–96 Boston College HE 34 16 29 45 32 — — — — — 1996–97 Boston College HE 35 20 24 44 31 — — — — — 1997–98 Boston College HE 42 33 40 73 56 — — — — — 1998–99 St. Louis Blues NHL 22 3 7 10 8 — — — — — 1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 17 22 39 24 4 2 1 3 6 1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 23 28 51 39 — — — — — 1999–00 St. Louis Blues NHL 32 10 14 24 20 7 2 1 3 4 2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 34 17 18 35 25 — — — — — 2000–01 St. Louis Blues NHL 41 4 9 13 14 10 3 1 4 0 2001–02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 52 6 5 11 41 — — — — — 2002–03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 2 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2002–03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 70 11 20 31 28 6 1 0 1 2 2003–04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17 2 6 8 10 — — — — — 2004–05 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 11 5 4 9 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 9 17 26 20 — — — — — 2005–06 Boston Bruins NHL 19 2 6 8 8 — — — — — 2006–07 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 6 14 20 60 — — — — — 2007–08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 11 14 25 50 — — — — — 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 79 14 16 30 36 — — — — — 2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 80 4 13 17 24 — — — — — 2010–11 Florida Panthers NHL 82 14 18 32 22 — — — — — 2011–12 New York Islanders NHL 61 1 5 6 34 — — — — — 2012–13 New York Islanders NHL 31 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 17 NHL totals 798 97 169 266 379 24 6 2 8 23

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1996 United States WJC 5th 6 3 2 5 10 1997 United States WJC 6 1 3 4 4 2002 United States WC 7th 7 0 1 1 6 2003 United States WC 13th 6 1 3 4 2 2006 United States WC 7th 7 0 0 0 8 Junior totals 12 4 5 9 14 Senior totals 20 1 4 5 16

Awards and honors Award Year College All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1995–96 All-Hockey East All-Star 1996–97 All-Hockey East First Team 1997–98 AHCA East First-Team All-American 1997–98 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1998 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1998