after starting off the canadian open of curling with a 4–1 win-loss record, martin dropped his quarterfinals game against brad gushue in the final end of the game. martin also posted a strong start at the next grand slam, the national, but lost to glenn howard in the quarterfinals. on april 18, 2014, amidst rumours of his front end, marc kennedy and ben hebert, joining provincial rival kevin koe in the next season, martin announced his retirement from curling following the conclusion of the 2014 players' championship. at the last tournament of his career, martin posted a 3–2 win-loss record in the round robin, and advanced to the playoffs. he edged john epping and mike mcewen en route to the final, where he recorded a 4–3 win over brad jacobs while curling at 98%. he capped his career with an eighteenth grand slam title, his eighth at the players' championship.