Despite being just 34 years old,
Jamie Tardif is already nearly two years removed from his last professional hockey game, which isn't to say he didn't get opportunities or that he wasn't successful: the rugged right winger played himself into a point-per-game role in five seasons with the OHL's
Peterborough Petes circa 2001-06, becoming a
Calgary Flames draft pick - fourth round, 112th overall in 2003 - and signing with three NHL teams (
Detroit Red Wings,
Boston Bruins and
Buffalo Sabres) while never getting traded in the following seven years.
Sure, he mostly played AHL for nost of that time, save for a couple of games with the Bruins, but he made his mark with six 30-point seasons (with a high of 54 in 77 games with the
Grand Rapids Griffins in 2010-11), all while usually attaining the 80-PIM mark.
He them moved to Germany, spending three seasons with the
Mannheim Eagles from 2014-15 until 2016-17, then accepting a player/assistant-coach position with the ECHL's
Quad City Mallards in 2017-18.
He's made the
definitive move to coaching since, having been an assistant-coach with the OHL's
Sault-Ste-Marie Greyhounds since the summer of 2018.
Here he is wearing the Bruins' white (away) uniform on the "all-dressed" insert version of card #201 from
Panini's
2013-14 Select set:
It features a black "event-worn" jersey swatch and on-sticker blue-sharpied autograph. At the time of his call-up in the 2012-13 season, he was second in the AHL with 20 goals. He finished the season with a round 30, for 45 points, in 62 games.
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