Joel Martin just finished his 3rd season as Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations of the K-Wings with the previous three spent as the team’s assistant coach. This follows a playing career that spanned 15 seasons across all levels of professional hockey. On January 18, 2021, Martin was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame. Martin is no stranger to Kalamazoo, as the former player, assistant and now head coach played nine seasons for the K-Wings before retiring after the 2017-18 season. Currently, Martin ranks No. 1 in ECHL history for career 30-plus win seasons (3), is fifth in ECHL history for career wins (200), and he put together the third-best season by any ECHL goaltender, posting 36 victories in 2015-16. Martin resides in Kalamazoo with his wife Caroline and sons, Louis and Thomas.