Steven Anthony Tambellini (born May 14, 1958) is a Canadian former

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player and former

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for the

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(July 2008 – April 2013). He is currently a scout for the

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Playing career

Steve Tambellini played his

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for the

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of the WHL from the 1975–76 season until the 1977–78 season, where he scored 155 goals and notched 181 assists in 193 games. He would earn the WCHL Rookie of the Year for his effort in the 1975–76 season. In the

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, Tambellini was chosen 15th overall by the

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. He would spend two years with New York, winning a

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with them in the

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season. He was dealt at the trade deadline the next season along with

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to the

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in exchange for Mike McEwen. He stayed with Colorado for two seasons, including their first season as the

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as the franchise was relocated in 1982. While playing for the New Jersey Devils, Tambellini scored the new team's first ever hat trick on December 3, 1982 in a 5-4 victory over Hartford. After the 1982–83 season, Steve was traded to the Calgary Flames. He would remain there for two seasons before signing on as a

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with the

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, where he would round out his NHL career. He would go on to play a minor amount of time in both the Swiss Hockey League and the Austrian Hockey League.

International Play

During his career, Steve Tambellini represented Canada on three separate occasions: In 1978 he played for Team Canada in the World Junior Hockey Championship, winning a bronze medal after scoring two goals and two assists. He played in the

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as well as the

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, Canada, where he scored a goal and three assists.

After retirement

After his retirement from hockey, he was hired by the Canucks as the Director of Public and Media Relations and remained with the franchise until July 2008. In 1997, he would be promoted to Senior Vice-president of Hockey Operations. In 1998 his position would change again, this time to the Vice-president of Player Personnel. In this position he would oversee player development and professional player scouting, until eventually being named Assistant General Manager to

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and to

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after Nonis was fired by the Canucks on April 14, 2008. In 2002, he was the Director of Player Personnel for the

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winning Canadian Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team at the

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. He would be rewarded again, being named the Director of Player Personnel for both the

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as well as the

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. In 2004, he was inducted into the

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. On July 31, 2008 he was named General Manager of the

after the Oilers promoted

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to President of Hockey Operations. On April 13, 2013 he was fired by the Edmonton Oilers, and was replaced by

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. The Anaheim Ducks hired Tambellini as a part-time scout on November 21, 2013.

Personal life

His father,

Addie Tambellini Adolph Tambellini (February 4, 1936 – February 23, 2004) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Career Born in Trail, British Columbia, Tambellini played junior hockey with the Lethbridge Native Sons before playing professionally for the Cal ...

, helped the

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win the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships, the last Canadian amateur team to do so. His oldest son,

Jeff Tambellini Jeff Tambellini (born April 13, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger and current Director of Player Development for the Seattle Kraken of the NHL. Originally selected 27th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2003 NHL Ent ...

, was drafted 27th overall by the

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in the

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. Jeff is now following in his grandfather’s foot steps becoming the Head Coach and General Manager of the

of the BCHL in 2018. His youngest son Adam Tambellini, was drafted by the

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65th overall in the

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and currently plays for Rogle BK of the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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