Martone an NHL 1st rounder
Philadelphia Flyers have made 6 foot 3, 210 pound power forward Porter Martone of the Brampton Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League a first round National Hockey League draft pick. Philadelphia took the October 26, 2006 birth year skater with the sixth overall pick of the 2025 NHL draft.
Martone has been nothing short of an impact player through three full seasons in the OHL, first with the Sarnia Sting, then with the Steelheads. Regular season and playoffs included, Martone has skated in 195 OHL games and has 96 goals, 129 assists, 225 points and 233 minutes in penalties.
While Martone is from Peterborough and played much of his minor hockey in his hometown, he has a deep rooted Sault Ste. Marie side to him.
He is the son of Sault Ste. Marie native Mike Martone, a former hard rock, OHL defenseman with the Peterborough Petes. The elder Martone was drafted by the Petes from AAA midget Soo Legion in the third round of the 1994 OHL priority selections draft.
Not only did old man Martone go on to captain the Petes but he netted one of the most important goals in franchise history when, on May 5, 1996, he scored the winning goal in overtime to give Peterborough a stunning 8-7 victory over the favoured Guelph Storm in Game 7 of the OHL championship series.
The elder Martone later played four years at the minor pro level after being a fourth round NHL draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres. He then played at St. Francis Xavier University, became a school teacher, and settled down to raise a family in Peterborough, which is the hometown of his wife, Angela.