NEW: Boston Bruins PA Announcer Jim Martin to Retire
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NEW: Boston Bruins PA Announcer Jim Martin to Retire
Martin made the announcement in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“There comes a time when we all have to make tough decisions with our head and not our heart. It’s time for the next person to have the same privilege to sit in the chair and to be the voice of the Boston Bruins,” wrote Martin.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTHis fulltime job is head of communications for the United States Attorney's office in Providence.
Martin, a Coventry resident, started his career in 1993 with the Providence Bruins before moving up to Boston.
In his career, Martin has seen three Stanley Cup Finals, a Stanley Cup victory, two Winter Classics, an NHL All-Star Game and more.
“In April 1993 the Boston Bruins called and asked if I was available to finish out the season as PA announcer at the old Boston Garden. It was the second round of playoffs against the New Jersey Devils. A few hours later, I was sitting center ice in a building I often snuck into as a kid. The first in-game announcement - a penalty to Ray Bourque,” Martin writes.
Martin concludes, “With that, I say thank you to my family, particularly my wife and biggest fan Lisa Kilby, who supported me every step of this incredible journey. My 26 season run has been a privilege for which I will be forever grateful.”
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2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
Brian Boucher
Selected in the first round of the NHL Draft in 1995 by the Philadelphia Flyers, the Woonsocket native and former Mount St. Charles goalie played 13 seasons in the NHL.
He holds the league record with five straight shutouts and 332 consecutive scoreless minutes during the 2003-04 season.
He is currently an analyst for NBC Sports.
Jack Capuano
An All-American defenseman at Maine, the Cranston native turned to coaching after playing for three NHL teams.
He coached the New York Islanders for seven seasons and is now the associate coach of the Florida Panthers.
Brother Adelard Beaudet
A founder and coach of the iconic Mount St. Charles Academy team, Brother Adelard helped organize and nurture high school hockey in Rhode Island after emigrating from Quebec in 1911.
Malcolm Greene Chace
A world-class tennis and ice polo player in the 1890s, Chace eventually switched to ice hockey and introduced and promoted the game in New England and the Northeast.
Brian Burke
Born in Providence, Burke grew up in Minnesota.
He returned to Rhode Island to attend Providence College, where he was captain of the hockey team.
He has had a three-decade career as an NHL executive, building a Stanley Cup winner with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.
Pete Demers
After starting out with the Providence Reds, Providence native Demers went on to spend 34 seasons as a trainer for the Los Angeles Kings.
He has a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Judge James Dooley
A leading sports figure in Rhode Island, Dooley was the founder and owner of the Providence Reds, as well as a founder of the Canadian-American (Can-Am) Hockey League, which later evolved into the American Hockey League.
Tom Eccleston
Regarded as one of the game’s great teachers and motivators in Rhode Island, Eccleston won multiple state championships as the coach at Burrillville High School.
He coached for eight seasons at Providence College and led the Friars to their first ECAC title and the NCAA final four in 1964.
David Emma
A three-time All-Stater at Bishop Hendricken and two-time All-American at Boston College, Emma won the Hobey Baker Award in 1991, the only Rhode Islander to do so.
The pride of Cranston played for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics.
Margaret Degidio 'Digit' Murphy
After a great career as a player at Cornell, the Cranston native won 318 games as Brown’s women’s coach.
She has been a tireless advocate for women’s hockey and women’s sports for two decades on the national and international stage.
