Swamp Rabbits agree to terms with Martin

GREENVILLE, S.C. -  The Greenville Swamp Rabbits announced that the club has signed defenseman Max Martin to a contract ahead of the 2022-23 season. Martin, 23, joins the Swamp Rabbits after splitting the 2021-22 season with the Idaho Steelheads and the American Hockey League's Texas Stars. With Idaho, the Winnipeg, Manitoba posted 10 assists in 18 games. In the AHL, Martin dressed for 13 games with the Stars, picking up a pair of assists. Now entering his third pro season, Martin made his professional debut on March 16, 2021 with Texas and skated in nine games. Along with a pair of assists for the Stars, Martin recorded his first professional goal in a multi-point performance on May 6, 2021 against the Tucson Roadrunners. Prior to turning pro, Martin spent five seasons in the Western Hockey League, concluding his junior career with the Kamloops Blazers during the 2019-20 season. In his final campaign, he recorded 58 points (14g-44a) from the blue line and finished as the leading scorer among Blazers defensemen. Prior to being traded to Kamloops in October of 2019, Martin captured a WHL championship with the Prince Albert Raiders.