Marc Tardif
Marc Tardif ( born June 12, 1949 in Granby, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played from 1970 to 1983 for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He also played in the World Hockey Association for the Los Angeles Sharks, Michigan Stags and Quebec Nordiques, with whom he later joined the NHL.
Career
Tardif began his junior career with the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the QMJHL. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1969, he was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round at position two. The 1969-70 season, he played mainly at the farm team of the Canadiens, 1970-71 before he helped the Canadiens in the NHL Stanley Cup triumph. In 1972 he had his breakthrough with 31 goals.
In 1973 he moved to the Los Angeles Sharks in the WHA. There he was right in the first season the best scorer, although the team played his worst season. The team moved to Detroit and played the next season as Michigan Stags. A little later Tardif was transferred to Quebec Nordiques.
In Québec, he was one of the great stars of the league. In 1975, he finished the season with 50 goals and met in playoffs ten more times, but his team lost the final against the Houston Aeros. The next season towered Tardif all other players in the league. He scored the most goals and prepared the most goals before. The playoffs were very short for him, because he is after an attack of an opponent drew upon serious head injuries in a game. This led to one of the few court cases in which a hockey player was charged with assault. Tardif was awarded the Bill Hunter Trophy as the best scorer and the Gordie Howe Trophy as MVP of the league.
The 1976-77 season, he played as captain of the Nordiques, and led them with 109 points in the playoffs. This time you won the championship in the AVCO World Trophy Final. 1977-78 he scored 154 points and was re-elected most valuable player in the league.
In the summer of 1979 the team moved to the dissolution of the WHA to the NHL. Tardif led the Nordiques as a captain in the first two seasons. In 1983 he announced his retirement from hockey.
Tardif was the best scorer and second-best scorer in the history of the WHA. He scored a total of 666 points (316 goals, 350 assists) in the WHA. In the NHL, he came up with 401 points (194 goals, 207 assists).
The Quebec Nordiques locked him in honor of his number 8, which has been awarded no more players until moving to Colorado 1995.
He currently lives with his family in Welland, Ontario. His son Jamie was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 in the third round by the Calgary Flames.
Statistics
Awards and achievements
- Stanley Cup: 1971
- Avco World Trophy: 1977
- Bill Hunter Trophy: 1976 and 1978
- Gordie Howe Trophy: 1976 and 1978
- WHA All-Star Game MVP: 1978 ( jointly with Mark Howe )
- WHA First All -Star Team: 1976, 1977 and 1978
- WHA Second All-Star Team: 1975
- NHL All-Star Game: 1982