J. C. Tremblay
Jean- Claude " J. C. " Tremblay ( born January 22, 1939 in Bagotville, Quebec, † December 7, 1994 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender), who from 1960 to 1979 for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League and the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association played.
Career
As a teenager, he played as a left winger, but when he came to the Hull- Ottawa Canadiens farm team of the Montreal Canadiens and lacked there on defense, he was playing around and from then on the blue line. With this team he won the Memorial Cup in 1958.
In the 1959/60 season he played his first eleven games for the Canadiens in the NHL. In the upcoming season, he shuttled between the NHL and farm team, but then managed in the 1961/62 season final breakthrough. His first Stanley Cup he won in season 1964 /65. He contributed nine assists in the playoffs and was the best assist provider of the playoffs. Gar eleven points he steered into the next season with the title defense and was defeated in the election to the Conn Smythe Trophy Detroit goalie Roger Crozier barely. Similarly ended for him the 1967 season / 68th He won with the Canadiens third Stanley Cup and had to be in the awarding of trophies this time Bobby Orr defeated as the best defender in the NHL in the fight for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. It was followed by the fourth Cup win in 1969.
Early 70s were planned in Montreal a rejuvenation of the team and also Tremblay was scrutinized. He deposited his desire to stay with the Canadiens on the ice with 63 points in the regular season and 17 points in 20 playoff games, his fifth Stanley Cup in 1971 brought him. He was elected the first team in NHL First All -Star. At this time he was also the representative of the Canadiens at the players' union NHLPA.
At the end of the 1971/72 season, he negotiated with the Canadiens about his contract extension when he, as a good deal of the Quebec Nordiques got to be played in the World Hockey Association newly founded that he could not refuse. He remained in the seven years, which should be the WHA with the Nordiques and was the dominant defender in the history of this league. In the first year, he prepared 77 goals and was top scorer along with André Lacroix best assist provider in the league. He played in the 1974 Summit Series for Canada, after he was still painted in front of the Summit Series in 1972 because of his move to the WHA from the squad, and won with Québec in the 1976/77 season the Avco World Trophy.
When the WHA was disbanded in 1979, he finished his career. His jersey number 3 was protected by the Quebec Nordiques and since then no longer awarded. In addition to John McKenzie of the Hartford Whalers and Frank Finnigan of the Ottawa Senators and he is the third player whose number has been blocked by an NHL team, though he had for this team never played in the NHL.
In 1979, he donated a kidney to his daughter. His remaining kidney was infected with cancer, which he died on 7 December 1994.
Statistics
Sporting successes
- Memorial Cup: 1958
- Stanley Cup: 1965, 1966, 1968, 1968 and 1971
- Avco World Trophy: 1977
Personal Awards
- NHL First All -Star Team: 1971
- NHL Second All-Star Team: 1968
- WHA First All -Star Team: 1973, 1975 and 1976
- WHA Second All-Star Team: 1974
- Dennis A. Murphy Trophy: 1973 and 1975
- NHL All-Star Game: 1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1972
- WHA All-Star Game: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978
Records
- 424 points as a defender in the WHA
- 358 templates as a defender in the WHA
- 77 templates in one season in the WHA (WHA 1975/76 )