| Yannick Tremblay | |||
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| Born | (1975-11-15)November 15, 1975 (age 49) Pointe-aux-Trembles,Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers Adler Mannheim Vancouver Canucks HC Lugano Straubing Tigers Graz 99ers | ||
| National team |  Canada | ||
| NHL draft | 145th overall,1995 Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2011 | ||
Yannick Tremblay (born November 15, 1975) is a Canadian former professionalice hockeydefenceman who played in theNational Hockey League (NHL) for theToronto Maple Leafs,Atlanta Thrashers andVancouver Canucks.
As a youth, Tremblay played in the 1988Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with aminor ice hockey team fromPointe-aux-Trembles.[1]
Tremblay was drafted 145th overall by theToronto Maple Leafs in the1995 NHL Entry Draft.[2] After a three-game stint with theSt. John's Maple Leafs, Toronto'sAmerican Hockey League (AHL) affiliate club, in1995–96, he spent the next two seasons splitting time between both Maple Leaf clubs. In1998–99, he played for the parent club full-time; however, he only played in 35 games.
In 1999, Tremblay was selected by theAtlanta Thrashers in the1999 NHL Expansion Draft[3] and spent five seasons with the team. His best season statistically in the NHL came in2002–03, when he scored 8 goals and 22 assists for 30 points in 75 games. By the end of his stint in Atlanta, he solely held the franchise record for most points by a defenceman with 107 untilTobias Enström matched him on 14 January 2010.[4] The2004–05 NHL season waslocked out and Tremblay played in Germany'sDeutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) forAdler Mannheim, eventually staying for a second season. On 28 July 2006, theVancouver Canucks signed Tremblay,[5] but he only managed to play 12 games with the Canucks as he spent most of the2006–07 season with theManitoba Moose, the Canucks' AHL affiliate. Tremblay also currently has the worst plus/minus rating of any player in the Atlanta Thrashers' franchise history with a rating of –103.[6]
Tremblay then signed withHC Lugano of the SwissNational League A (NLA) on 18 July 2007,[5] playing only the2007–08 season before taking a one-yearsabbatical.[2] He returned to the DEL after signing with theStraubing Tigers in July 2009.[2] After one season with DEL, he signed withGraz 99ers.
Tremblay played forCanada at the2000 IIHF World Championship.[7] The team placed fourth after falling 2–1 toFinland in the third-place match.
Tremblay also represented Canada at the2007[8] and2009 Spengler Cups,[9] winning gold in both tournaments.[10][11]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Montréal–Bourassa Canadien | QMAAA | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Montréal–Bourassa Canadien | CEGEP | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens | QMJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | St. Thomas University | AUS | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 70 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 61 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 42 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 18 | ||
| 1995–96 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 67 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1997–98 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 46 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 75 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 44 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 2006–07 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Lugano | NLA | 46 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | 41 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Graz 99ers | AUT | 54 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| AHL totals | 132 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 78 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 16 | ||||
| NHL totals | 390 | 38 | 87 | 125 | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| DEL totals | 101 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Canada | WC | 4th | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||