Former Canadien Gilles Tremblay dies at 75
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Gilles Tremblay, who played nine NHL seasons for the Montreal Canadiens and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a broadcaster, died early Wednesday at the age of 75.
Tremblay, a native of Montmorency, Quebec, was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams with the Canadiens. He had 168 goals and 330 points in 509 regular-season games and was considered a strong two-way player.
His obituary on the Canadiens website states that in Tremblay's first NHL game, Nov. 12, 1960 at the Montreal Forum, he skated on a line with legends Bernie Geoffrion and Jean Beliveau. The Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings and Tremblay's job duties that night included keeping an all-time great, Gordie Howe, in check.
My sincere condolences to the Tremblay family. Gilles was a pioneer and an ambassador for the Canadiens and the game of hockey.
— Geoff Molson (@GMolsonCHC) November 26, 2014
Tremblay's career was shortened because of injuries and asthma which led to difficulty breathing, but he worked as a color analyst for French television broadcasts of Canadiens games on La Soirée du hockey. He received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2002.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman issued the following statement Wednesday:
"The National Hockey League mourns the passing of Gilles Tremblay, whose career as a player and broadcaster bridged four glorious decades of Montreal Canadiens hockey.
"A solid two-way wing, Gilles contributed to four Stanley Cup championships in a five-season span from 1965-69. During his 27 years on La Soiree du Hockey, many of them as part of a formidable announcing team with Rene Lecavalier, Gilles' insights brought a national audience the stories of hundreds of games and eight more Canadiens titles. We send heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of someone who brought great dignity and professionalism to his duties on and off the ice."
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.
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
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