in 1995, martin replaced park and pahl with don walchuk and shawn broda, respectively. martin won his fourth provincial title, sending him to the 1996 labatt brier. the team placed first after the round robin, finishing with a 10–1 win-loss record. however, in the page playoff 1 vs. 2 game, he lost to manitoba's jeff stoughton. in the semifinal, martin rebounded with a win over quebec, but the rematch against stoughton in the final resulted in a loss in an extra end, which stoughton stole after a light draw by martin to win the game 8–7.