Steve Tambellini

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Steve Tambellini
Date of birth May 14, 1958
place of birth Trail , British Columbia , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st round, 15th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1975-1988 Lethbridge Broncos
1978-1979 Fort Worth Texans
1979-1981 New York Islanders
1981-1982 Colorado Rockies
1982-1983 New Jersey Devils
1983-1985 Calgary Flames
1985-1988 Vancouver Canucks
1988-1989 Zurich SC
1989-1990 EC VSV

Steven Anthony Tambellini (born May 14, 1958 in Trail , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official. Between 2008 and 2013 he was General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League .

Career

Steve Tambellini began his career as a hockey player with the Lethbridge Broncos , for which he was active from 1975 to 1978 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . He was then selected in the first round of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft as the 15th player by the New York Islanders . After he had spent almost the entire 1978/79 season with the Fort Worth Texans from the Central Hockey League , the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders towards the end of the season . With the Islanders he won the prestigious Stanley Cup for the first and only time in the following season . New York won the Stanley Cup again in 1981, but Tambellini was given to the Colorado Rockies together with Glenn Resch in exchange for Mike McEwen and Jari Kaarela shortly before the end of the trade deadline .

After the Colorado Rockies had been relocated following the 1981/82 season , Tambellini also stayed in their successor team, the New Jersey Devils , for whom he scored a total of 43 scorer points in 73 games in the 1982/83 season . On June 20, 1983, the Canadian was transferred to the Calgary Flames along with Joel Quenneville in exchange for Mel Bridgman and Phil Russell . He left this after two years and joined their league rivals Vancouver Canucks , for whom he was on the ice in the NHL until 1988. The Olympic participant ended his active career in Europe in 1988, where he spent one season each until 1990 with Zürcher SC in the Swiss National League B and the EC VSV in the Austrian Ice Hockey League . With the ZSC he got here as second division champions in the National League A in.

After retiring as a hockey player, Tambellini held positions in the NHL as Director of Public and Media Relations , Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations and Vice President of Player Personnel for his ex-club Vancouver Canucks . On April 14, 2008, following the release of Dave Nonis, he was temporarily appointed Assistant General Manager of the Canucks. From July 31, 2008, he worked as General Manager for the Edmonton Oilers . In April 2013 he was fired by the Oilers and replaced in this capacity by Craig MacTavish .

At the international level, the former NHL player served as Director of Player Personnel for the Canadian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . In the same function he was in charge of the national teams of Canada at the U20 Junior World Championship 2003 and the U18 Junior World Championship 2003 .

In 2004, Tambellini was inducted into the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

For Canada Tambellini took part in the Junior World Championships 1978 , as well as the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 in Calgary .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 10 553 160 150 310 105
Playoffs 1 2 0 1 1 0

family

His father Addie Tambellini became world champion with the Canadian national ice hockey team in 1961 . His son Jeff Tambellini is also a professional ice hockey player and was active in the NHL.

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personal data
SURNAME Tambellini, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tambellini, Steve Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Trail , British Columbia , Canada