Patrice Tardif


Patrice Pamphile Tardif is a former professional ice hockey centre who played for the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings.

Biography

Tardif was born in Thetford Mines, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Thetford Mines.
Making his debut with the St. Louis Blues, he was traded along with Roman Vopat, Craig Johnson, and draft picks to the Los Angeles Kings in 1996 for Wayne Gretzky. He is now a star forward for the of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
Tardif's grandfather was former Union Nationale minister Patrice Tardif.

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