Joseph Jean Gilles Tremblay (December 17, 1938[1] – November 26, 2014) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens from 1960 to 1969.
Career
Tremblay played 509 NHL games, scored 168 goals and added 162 assists before injuries led to his retirement at the age of 31.[2] He was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams with Montreal, in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969.
After his hockey player career, from 1971 to 1997, he worked as a French-language broadcaster for ice hockey; he won the 2002 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his work. Tremblay died of heart failure on November 26, 2014.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1956–57 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | OHA-Jr. | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EOHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | QHL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1957–58 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | OHA-Jr. | 27 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EOHL | 36 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 1958–59 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EOHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1959–60 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 67 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1960–61 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1962–63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1963–64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 61 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 26 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1966–67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 62 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 71 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1968–69 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 44 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 509 | 168 | 162 | 330 | 161 | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | ||||
References
- ^ Following to some sources, December 18, 1938
- ^ "Four-time Stanley Cup winner Gilles Tremblay dies at age 75". Regina Leader-Post. 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-11-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Official NHL website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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