Jamie Tardif

Jamie Marc Tardif (born January 23, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Tardif most recently served as the assistant coach for the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League (AHL). Tardif played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins appearing in two games.

Playing career Tardif was drafted 112th overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft by the Calgary Flames. He played Junior with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League from 2001 to 2006. Unsigned from the Flames, Tardif re-entered the 2005 NHL entry draft and was passed over.

In the 2006–07 season, Tardif made his professional debut signing with the Toledo Storm of the ECHL. Through the duration of the season Tardif signed professional try-out contracts with the Manitoba Moose and Iowa Stars before finishing out the season with the Grand Rapids Griffins.

On July 26, 2007, Tardif signed with the Griffins for the 2007–08 season. On April 15, 2008, after scoring 17 goals and 34 points, Jamie then signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Griffins NHL affiliate, the Detroit Red Wings.

Jamie re-signed with the Red Wings on August 8, 2010 to a two-way one-year contract.

On July 5, 2011, Tardif signed a two-year contract with the Boston Bruins. In the second year of his contract in the 2012–13 season, Tardif was recalled from the Bruins' AHL affiliate in Providence and made his NHL debut in his hometown Toronto, in a 1-0 victory over the Maple Leafs on February 2, 2013. Tardif was promoted after an injury to Brad Marchand.

On August 5, 2013, Tardif signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres. After participating in the Sabres training camp he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, where he posted 18 goals and 37 points in 51 games in the 2013–14 season.

Tardif left the Sabres organization in the off-season and on July 10, 2014, signed his first contract abroad on a one-year deal with German club, Adler Mannheim of the DEL.

Tardif enjoyed three seasons with Adler Mannheim before leaving as a free agent to return to North America. Approaching the tail end of his playing career, Tardif signed an ECHL contract to be a player/assistant coach with the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL on August 31, 2017. In the 2017–18 season, Tardif contributed with 32 points in 53 games. He played injured in the last ever regular season game of the Mallards, who had earlier announced they would cease operations, and announced his retirement after 12 professional years on April 7, 2018.

Coaching Career On July 28, 2018, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds announced that they had hired Tardif as the new assistant coach. Tardif served in the role for four seasons .

On August 29, 2022, the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League (AHL) announced that they had name Tardif as one of the assistant coaches for the team.

On May 3, 2026, The Wolfpack announced that they had fired Tardif alongside fellow assistant coach Paul Mara and head coach Grant Potulny .

Career statistics Regular season and Playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Welland Cougars GHL 47 28 34 62 73 — — — — — 2001–02 Peterborough Petes OHL 64 22 22 44 30 6 0 1 1 2 2002–03 Peterborough Petes OHL 68 31 29 60 32 7 3 4 7 0 2003–04 Peterborough Petes OHL 64 25 28 53 56 — — — — — 2004–05 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 37 28 65 84 14 8 3 11 14 2005–06 Peterborough Petes OHL 62 40 29 69 108 19 6 6 12 18 2006–07 Toledo Storm ECHL 34 10 20 30 37 — — — — — 2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Iowa Stars AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 27 9 6 15 18 2 0 0 0 0 2007–08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 80 17 17 34 90 — — — — — 2008–09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 55 9 9 18 43 10 2 0 2 8 2009–10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 77 16 17 33 90 — — — — — 2010–11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 77 27 27 54 81 — — — — — 2011–12 Providence Bruins AHL 57 15 15 30 28 — — — — — 2012–13 Providence Bruins AHL 62 30 15 45 48 12 7 4 11 10 2012–13 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Rochester Americans AHL 51 18 19 37 28 3 0 1 1 4 2014–15 Adler Mannheim DEL 43 15 11 26 46 8 1 1 2 2 2015–16 Adler Mannheim DEL 37 8 16 24 64 — — — — — 2016–17 Adler Mannheim DEL 24 3 5 8 26 3 0 0 0 0 2017–18 Quad City Mallards ECHL 53 13 19 32 18 — — — — — AHL totals 489 141 125 266 426 27 9 5 14 22 NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Canada U18 5 2 0 2 12 2003 Canada WJC18 7 1 4 5 12 Junior totals 12 3 4 7 24