Mario Tremblay

This article is about the hockey player and coach. An unrelated Mario Tremblay is a disc jockey under the professional name MC Mario.

Mario Tremblay (born September 2, 1956 in Alma, Québec) is a former professional ice hockey player and a former National Hockey League head coach.

Tremblay played with the Montreal Canadiens for his entire NHL playing career (1974 to 1986) and coached them from 1995 to 1997 before being fired. He was the man behind the bench who kept Patrick Roy in net during the Dec. 2, 1995 Detroit Red Wings game (where the Wings scored 9 goals on an angered Roy), which lead to Roy leaving Montreal in anger and being traded to the Colorado Avalanche.

In 852 regular season games in the NHL, he scored 258 goals and added 326 assists for 584 points, with 1043 penalty minutes. Tremblay currently serves as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild, a position he has held since their inaugural season.

Sources

http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74012.html

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