Tony Tanti

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CanadaCanada  Tony Tanti Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 7, 1963
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1981 , 1st round, 12th position
Chicago Black Hawks
Career stations
1980-1982 Oshawa Generals
1982 Chicago Black Hawks
1982-1990 Vancouver Canucks
1990-1991 Pittsburgh Penguins
1991-1992 Buffalo Sabers
1992-1998 BSC Prussia

Anthony "Tony" Tanti (born September 7, 1963 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 727 games for the Chicago Black Hawks , Vancouver Canucks , Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabers in the course of his active career between 1980 and 1998 in the National Hockey League and 271 games for BSC Preussen in the Bundesliga and German Ice Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Tanti celebrated his greatest successes in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver and bronze medals at the world championships in 1985 and 1986 .

Career

Tanti spent his junior years between 1980 and 1983 with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League . The striker caused a stir in his rookie season when he set a new league goal record with 81 goals and clearly surpassed Wayne Gretzky's previous record with 70 goals. With 150 scorer points , he also finished fourth in the scorer ranking and was the player with the highest points in his position, the right wing. For this he received the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy . He was also elected to the League's First All-Star Team and received the Emms Family Award as the best newcomer to the league. His outstanding first junior year finally led to the fact that he was selected in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in twelfth overall position by the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League . In the following season, the attacker demonstrated his qualities and continued in terms of performance on the previous year. He received again the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy and this time an appointment to the Second All-Star Team of the league. He also made his debut during the 1981/82 season for the Black Hawks in the NHL and was used there twice.

After Tanti had started the game year 1982/83 in the OHL with the Generals, he was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Curt Fraser in the course of the season by the Black Hawks - who had used him again in the NHL . This brought the striker in January 1983 - immediately after the transfer - in their NHL squad. The winger had previously finished his junior career with 364 points in 166 missions. During the rest of the season, Tanti collected 17 points for Vancouver in 43 missions. By the following season he had finally established himself with the Canucks and scored 45 goals over the course of the season. Even after that, Tanti remained a fixture in the Canucks line-up and was a reliable goalscorer for the following four years, mostly reaching the 40 mark. The team was only moderately successful, while Tantis was part of the franchise . From the 1988/89 season onwards, the attacker's goal scoring deteriorated significantly, so that the team separated from him in January 1990 after seven years together. Together with Rod Buskas and Barry Pederson , it was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Dave Capuano , Andrew McBain and Dan Quinn .

With the Penguins, Tanti found a new sporting home for just over a year, since he was handed over to the Buffalo Sabers in March 1991 . In return, the Penguins who won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season received Ken Priestlay . In Buffalo - as in Pittsburgh - the 28-year-old could not match his successful years in Vancouver, so that his contract was not extended in the summer of 1992.

The Canadian then decided to give his career in Europe new impetus and signed a contract with BSC Preussen from the ice hockey Bundesliga . For the German capital club, he first spent two years in the Bundesliga and then four more years in the newly founded German Ice Hockey League . He achieved at least 30 scorer points in each of the six seasons in Germany. But he could not win a title with the Berliners. After the 1997/98 season , Tanti ended his active career at the age of 34.

International

For his home country, Tanti was in the junior division of the Canadian U20 selection at the 1983 Junior World Cup in Soviet Leningrad . He finished third with the team at the end of the tournament and secured the bronze medal.

The attacker made his debut in the Canadian senior team at the 1985 World Cup in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague . There he reached the silver rank with the team behind the hosts. With seven scorer points in ten missions, Tanti was instrumental in winning the medal. He was just as accurate in the following two World Championship tournaments in 1986 in Moscow and 1987 in Vienna , when he scored eight points each. In 1986 he won another bronze medal, while the following year it was only enough for fourth place in the final ranking.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 Oshawa Generals OHL 67 81 69 150 197 11 7th 8th 15th 41
1981/82 Oshawa Generals OHL 57 62 64 126 138 12 14th 12 26th 15th
1981/82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1982/83 Oshawa Generals OHL 30th 34 28 62 35 - - - - -
1982/83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1982/83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 39 8th 8th 16 16 4th 0 1 1 0
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 79 45 41 86 50 4th 1 2 3 0
1984/85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 68 39 20th 59 45 - - - - -
1985/86 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 39 20th 59 45 3 0 1 1 11
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 41 38 79 84 - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 40 37 77 90 - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 24 25th 49 69 7th 0 5 5 4th
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 41 14th 18th 32 50 - - - - -
1989/90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 37 14th 18th 32 22nd - - - - -
1990/91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 46 6th 12 18th 44 - - - - -
1990/91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 10 1 7th 8th 6th 5 2 0 2 8th
1991/92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 70 15th 16 31 100 7th 0 3 3 4th
1992/93 BSC Prussia Bundesliga 34 14th 17th 31 73 - - - - -
1993/94 BSC Prussia Bundesliga 43 19th 24 43 50 - - - - -
1994/95 BSC Prussia DEL 42 25th 33 58 114 9 2 2 4th 8th
1995/96 Prussian Devils DEL 43 32 28 60 56 11 9 5 14th 16
1996/97 Berlin Capitals DEL 43 14th 25th 39 42 4th 0 2 2 6th
1997/98 Berlin Capitals DEL 41 6th 24 30th 84 - - - - -
OHL total 154 177 161 338 370 12 14th 12 26th 15th
NHL overall 697 287 273 560 661 30th 3 12 15th 27
Bundesliga / DEL overall 243 106 145 251 393 28 11 10 21st 50

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1983 Canada June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 4th 4th 6th
1985 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 5 2 7th 12
1986 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 5 3 8th 22nd
1987 Canada WM 4th Place 10 6th 2 8th 6th
Juniors overall 7th 0 4th 4th 6th
Men overall 28 16 7th 23 40

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Tanti, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tanti, Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario