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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mario Tremblay
Selected in first round
No. 12 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born September 2, 1956
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Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Alma, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Alma, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1972-73 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
56 |
43 | 37 |
80 | 155 | | 1973-74 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
47 | 49 |
51 | 100 |
154 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 14, 1974 (Montreal at
Boston)
Number: 14 (Montreal)
Stanley Cup: 1976,
1977, 1978, 1979, 1986
Playing Status: Retired September 22, 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1974-1986 |
Montreal | 852 |
258 | 326 |
584 | 1,043 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A | TP |
PIM | | 1975-1985 |
Montreal | 101 |
20 | 29 |
49 | 187 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Montreal Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader): 1982-83
Montreal Playoffs Goals Leader: 1982 (4)
Montreal Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1980 (11)
Montreal Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader:
1980 (14)
Broadcasting Career: Worked as color commentator on French television
broadcasts of Montreal's 1986 playoff games while out with injury. ...
Worked as color commentator on Montreal's French radio and television
broadcasts from 1986-87 season through 1994-95 season. ... Also hosted general
sports talk shows on French-language radio station in Montreal from 1988 to 1995.
Scouting Career: Named Montreal pro scout prior to 1997-98 season and
remained in that position until July 24, 2000.
Coaching
Career: Named Montreal head coach on Oct. 21, 1995, and remained in that
position until April 30, 1997. ... Named Minnesota assistant coach on July 24,
2000 and remained in that position through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous: Was available in 1974 NHL Amateur Draft because of league's
decision to allow drafting of underage players that year. ... Became youngest
player to play for Montreal when he took the ice at age 18 years, two
months. ... Played on line
with Yvon Lambert and Doug Risebrough for Montreal from 1974-75 through
1978-79 seasons. ... Assisted on Yvon Lambert's overtime goal in Game 7 of
Montreal's 1979 Stanley Cup semifinal playoff series victory over Boston. ...
Suspended three games for being first player off bench during brawl in
Minnesota on March 12, 1984. ... Missed start of 1985-86 season after
separating shoulder in Montreal's Sept. 24, 1985, preseason game against its
AHL affiliate in Sherbrooke, Quebec. ... Broke collarbone and separated shoulder in
Montreal's game vs. Quebec on March 17, 1986. The injury kept him out of
Montreal's 1986 Stanley Cup run and ended his career. ... Did not attend
Montreal's 1986 training camp, but was initially reluctant to retire because
he was told he would not be eligible for a $250,000 pension at age 55 he
didn't play 40 games in 1986-87 season. ... Had never coached at any level
prior to taking Montreal head coaching job on Oct. 21, 1995.... Set NHL record
by winning his first six games as a head coach.
The Roy Incident:
Tremblay is often referred to as the person who drove superstar goaltender
Patrick Roy out of Montreal during the 1995-96 season. On Dec. 2, 1995, during
Montreal's 11-1 home loss to Detroit, Tremblay wouldn't allow Roy to come out of the game, and forced him to give up nine goals on 26 shots
before finally removing him at 11:57 of the second period. Roy,
who had been given more freedom under Montreal's previous coaches, became
enraged at Tremblay and refused to speak to him. With the game still in
progress, Roy told Montreal president Ronald Corey he would never play for the Canadiens again. He then told Tremblay that the coach had just cost Montreal
its starting goaltender. Roy later told the Montreal press that Tremblay had
"humiliated" him by leaving him in net after he gave up five first-period
goals on 17 shots and was taking abuse from Montreal fans. He said he would
not have asked to be traded if Tremblay hadn't forced him to go back on the
ice for the second period. He was especially angry that Tremblay had left him
in the game after the seventh goal. Four days later, Roy was traded to Colorado. Roy's
dislike of Tremblay truly preceded the Detroit game, as the two had been
involved in several arguments at practice. In addition, Tremblay had often
criticized Roy during his years as a sports-talk radio host. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
| Post-Draft Teams: Nova Scotia (AHL) |
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SNAPSHOT '74 | | Total Selected: |
246 | | Forwards: |
138 | | Defense: |
84 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
171 | | College Players: |
44 |
| Canadian: |
200 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
40 | | U.S.-Born: |
39 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
98 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
15 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
21 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
5 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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