12th year right wing Jamie Tardif(49) returned to North America, heading almost full circle in his pro career signing a one-year deal with Quad City Mallards to serve as assistant captain/coach and even scored a handy 13 goals and 19 assists.
He was an ECHL rookie in 2006/2007 with Toledo Storm.
The decently-sized forward came back after three years skating for Adler Mannheim, where he helped them win the 2015 DEL Championship.
He’s decided last season was enough and retires with 2 NHL games for Boston Bruins under his belt, 489 AHL and 324 OHL games for Peterborough Petes pocketing 155 goals and 136 assists.
It seems likely the 33-year old will continue along with another team in a coaching role.
Jamie Tardif (9)
6th year right wing Jamie Tardif(9) got the 2nd campaign of his tw0-way deal with Boston Bruins off to a productive start in AHL preseason.
He scored the first two goals, including the game-winner for Providence en route to a 4-1 win.
The 27-year old has appeared in 376 AHL regular season games posting 93 goals and 91 assists.
Originally a Calgary Flames‘ 4th round pick in the 2003 draft (#112 overall), he never signed with the team despite showing some impressive scoring skills in juniors.
The 6’ 207 lbs. forward started his pro career modestly, signing an ECHL deal with Toledo Storm but managed to skate for 3 different AHL teams in his rookie year on call-up.
From there, one of his suitors, Grand Rapid Griffins saw enough promise to sign him up for his full sophomore season.
Doing well in his first full run in the AHL, Detroit Red Wings offered him a 2-year entry level deal and he stuck with the Griffins for what amounted to 4 + years.
Although he has yet to appear in an NHL game, he possesses the ability to light the lamp and plays a gritty game, so there’s a small window he still has the ability to crawl through.
We’ll see if changing to number 9 from his long-standing 25 will give his game a psychological boost.
The pic is right after he flipped the puck up and in for his goal.