Yannick Tremblay

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Yannick Tremblay
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Born (1975-11-15) November 15, 1975 (age 49)
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Atlanta Thrashers
Adler Mannheim
Vancouver Canucks
HC Lugano
Straubing Tigers
Graz 99ers
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 145th overall, 1995
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1996–2011

Yannick Tremblay (born November 15, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Thrashers and Vancouver Canucks.

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Playing career

As a youth, Tremblay played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Pointe-aux-Trembles. [1]

Tremblay was drafted 145th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. [2] After a three-game stint with the St. John's Maple Leafs, Toronto's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate club, in 1995–96, he spent the next two seasons splitting time between both Maple Leaf clubs. In 1998–99, he played for the parent club full-time; however, he only played in 35 games.

In 1999, Tremblay was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft [3] and spent five seasons with the team. His best season statistically in the NHL came in 2002–03, when he scored 8 goals and 22 assists for 30 points in 75 games. By the end of his stint in Atlanta, he solely held the franchise record for most points by a defenceman with 107 until Tobias Enström matched him on 14 January 2010. [4] The 2004–05 NHL season was locked out and Tremblay played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for Adler Mannheim, eventually staying for a second season. On 28 July 2006, the Vancouver Canucks signed Tremblay, [5] but he only managed to play 12 games with the Canucks as he spent most of the 2006–07 season with the Manitoba Moose, the Canucks' AHL affiliate. Tremblay also currently has the worst plus/minus rating of any player in the Atlanta Thrashers' franchise history with a rating of –103. [6]

Tremblay then signed with HC Lugano of the Swiss National League A (NLA) on 18 July 2007, [5] playing only the 2007–08 season before taking a one-year sabbatical. [2] He returned to the DEL after signing with the Straubing Tigers in July 2009. [2] After one season with DEL, he signed with Graz 99ers.

International play

Tremblay played for Canada at the 2000 IIHF World Championship. [7] The team placed fourth after falling 2–1 to Finland in the third-place match.

Tremblay also represented Canada at the 2007 [8] and 2009 Spengler Cups, [9] winning gold in both tournaments. [10] [11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1991–92Montréal–Bourassa CanadienQMAAA352351080442
1992–93Montréal–Bourassa Canadien CEGEP 212571030002
1992–93 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 20000—————
1993–94 St. Thomas University AUS 2523510—————
1994–95 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL70103242221768146
1995–96 Beauport HarfangsQMJHL6112334542203161918
1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 30110—————
1996–97 St. John's Maple LeafsAHL6772532341129110
1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 50000—————
1997–98 St. John's Maple LeafsAHL17369440115
1997–98 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL382466—————
1998–99 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL3527916—————
1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers NHL7510213122—————
2000–01 Atlanta ThrashersNHL46481230—————
2001–02 Atlanta ThrashersNHL669152447—————
2002–03 Atlanta ThrashersNHL758223032—————
2003–04 Atlanta ThrashersNHL38281013—————
2004–05 Adler Mannheim DEL 1414516142686
2005–06 Adler MannheimDEL4611172844—————
2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL441220324012371011
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks NHL1212312—————
2007–08 HC Lugano NLA 46821293440556
2009–10 Straubing Tigers DEL412161824—————
2010–11 Graz 99ers AUT 54922314440006
AHL totals13222547678275172216
NHL totals3903887125178—————
DEL totals10114375184142686

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2000 Canada WC 4th91120
Senior totals91120

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Straubing Tigers acquire Yannick Tremblay". footballweb.de. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "1999 NHL Draft - NHL expansion draft selections". CNN Sports Illustrated . The Associated Press. June 25, 1999. Archived from the original on May 26, 2001. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Roy scores goal in overtime, gives Sabres 2-1 victory over Atlanta". NHL.com . The Canadian Press. January 14, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010. ...Tobias Enstrom also picked up an assist on Kovalchuk's goal, the 107th point of his Atlanta career. That tied Enstrom with Yannick Tremblay as the highest-scoring defenceman in Thrashers' history.
  5. 1 2 "Yannick Tremblay NHL & WHA Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Winnipeg Jets - Statistics". Winnipeg Jets. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Team Canada – Team Roster". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Curtis Joseph headlines roster of Canadian team for Spengler Cup". NHL.com . The Canadian Press. December 17, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Former No. 1 pick Alexandre Daigle to play for Canada at Spengler Cup". NHL.com . The Canadian Press. December 7, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
  10. ↑ "MacTavish named Canada's Spengler Cup coach". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . September 10, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Canada wins Spengler Cup by defeating Russian team Ufa 2-1 in final". NHL.com . The Canadian Press. December 31, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
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