On May 8th, 2014, France St. Louis passed away of a heart attack at the young age of 63. Her son, Martin was playing in his first playoffs with the New York Rangers who were down 3 games to 1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round.
With a heavy heart, Marty left his teammates to be with his family and to say goodbye to his mother. His status for an elimination game 5 was highly in doubt. His father spoke with him, and said his mother would want him to play. The Rangers organization took care of all the details going and coming back.