Alec and Emily Martinez’s family grew up by two.
Alec Martinez won the Stanley Cup twice in Kings (2012 and 2014) and once in Vegas (2023). Aop
This season has ended his hockey career Alec martinez talked fresh 100 % hockey in the podcast that his and his wife Emily Life was revolutionized during the past NHL season.
Namely, the three -time Stanley Cup winner became the father twice in less than four months.
The 37-year-old US defender opens up a very personal issue in the podcast when he reveals that he has suffered from infertility with his wife for years. The couple decided to seek help with infertility with the help of a surrogate synth.
Martinez’s latest Stanley Cup victory came in the Vegas Golden Knights in the summer of 2023.
Martinez says the process has lasted a long time, but eventually the embryo transfer succeeded in the spring of 2024, and the couple learned that they would have a baby boy in December.
However, the two were surprisingly informed before the birth of the firstborn, as Emily had also become pregnant.
– I don’t know what happened. Or, of course, I know what, but I don’t know how it succeeded. We had been told that it would not work naturally, Martinez continued.
The second child of Emily and Alec, daughter, was born in April only four days after the hockey player had played his last NHL match.
– There’s a pretty shit storm here when we have two children under four months. Or no Jack is now a little over 4 months, but this is a special way to start a family. But we are happy, the man continued.
Martinez played a total of 862 regular season matches in his NHL career. He played in his career at Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights and Chicago Blackhawks.