Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Martin akatamba hockey yechikoro chesekondari paElk River High School uye akanga ari mukundi weMr. Hockey. Muna 2000
, akasarudzwa mumutambo wechipiri, wechi62, neNew Jersey Devils. Ane pfungwa dzakanaka dzokudenha uye chimiro chinogona kuratidzwa, uye mudziviriri wenguva dzose anogara pamba. Aive chikamu chechirongwa chakabudirira paYunivhesiti yeMinnesota muWestern Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Akabatsira chikoro chake kukunda 2002 uye 2003 NCAA Division I National Championships.