| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 176 |
| Played For: | Washington Capitals Chicago Blackhawks Frankfurt Lions Asiago HC Bolzano |
| Ntl Team: | Canada |
| Birth Date: | February 15, 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 71st overall |
| Draft Year: | 1992 |
| Draft Team: | Washington Capitals |
| Career Start: | 1994 |
| Career End: | 2008 |
Martin Gendron (born February 15, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played 30 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks between 1995 and 1997. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2008, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.
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.[1]
Drafted in 1992 by the Washington Capitals, he spent about four seasons in the Capitals system before he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks.[2] Unable to break into the lineup in Chicago, Gendron remained in the minors until he left to play in Europe in 2000.[3]
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.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1989–90 | Lac St-Louis Lions | QMAAA | 42 | 42 | 32 | 74 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 55 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 69 | 71 | 66 | 137 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 1992–93 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 63 | 73 | 61 | 134 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 37 | 39 | 7 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 8 | ||
| 1993–94 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 72 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 48 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 81 | 51 | 39 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 17 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 40 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 65 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 64 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 60 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Asiago | ITA | 38 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | EHC Olten | NLB | 38 | 43 | 28 | 71 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | EHC Olten | NLB | 45 | 39 | 27 | 66 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | EHC Olten | NLB | 42 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 38 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | EHC Chur | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Bolzano | ITA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Top Design de Saint-Hyacinthe | LNAH | 31 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | EHC Chur | NLB | 19 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières | LNAH | 15 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | ||
| AHL totals | 283 | 138 | 134 | 272 | 147 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 20 | ||||
| NHL totals | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1994 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Junior totals | 14 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | ||||