Article: Boys' hockey All-metro team; Martin's a man for all seasons; Slender Elk River standout uses smooth style to excel in sports.(SPORTS)

Elk River defenseman Paul Martin is a quiet leader - unless someone has to speak up.

"Last year we were trailing Lake of the Woods-Baudette," Elks coach Tony Sarsland said, "and, when I walked into the locker room between periods, I saw a player taking off his jersey, throwing it on the middle table and saying he is going to quit."

Sarsland later discovered the usually soft-spoken Martin had scolded that player for downgrading another teammate.

Leadership is one of many attributes of Martin, an A student, all-state football player and boy's hockey Metro Player of the Year.

"He had a fabulous career for us," Sarsland said of Martin, ...

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