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ATB Financial Meet & Greet

LETHBRIDGE, AB – ATB Financial is very proud to bring Steve Tambellini back to the town that started his professional hockey career. Join Steve and NHL Alumni Jason Strudwick for some appetizers and drinks on Saturday March 14th, from  2:00 pm  to 4:00 Pm.  We are expecting some ATB staff and customers to be joining us during that time, but welcome any media that would like an opportunity to say hi /interview or chat with  Steve and or Jason and talk about Steve’s time in Lethbridge and his NHL Hockey career, as well as his time in management with some notable NHL teams.

*Steve is joining ATB Financial for a private client reception prior to the Hurricanes game on Saturday March 14th.

 

Steve Tambellini : Steve Tambellini played his junior hockey for the Lethbridge Broncos of the WHL from the 1975–76 season until the 1977–78 season, where he scored 155 goals and notched 181 assists in 193 games. He would earn the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the top rookie in the league for his effort in the 1975–76 season.

In the 1978 NHL Entry Draft, Tambellini was chosen 15th overall by the New York Islanders. He would spend two years with New York, winning a Stanley Cup with them in the 1980 season. He was dealt at the trade deadline the next season along with Chico Resch to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Mike McEwen. He stayed with Colorado for two seasons, including their first season as the New Jersey Devils as the franchise was relocated in 1982. While playing for the New Jersey Devils, Tambellini scored the new team’s first ever hat trick on December 3rd, 1982 in a 5-4 victory over Hartford. After the 1982–83 season, Steve was traded to the Calgary Flames. He would remain there for two seasons before signing on as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks, where he would round out his NHL career.

Jason Strudwick: NHL Alumni, Radio talk show host, Edmonton 1260: Strudwick was drafted in the 3rd round, 63rd overall by the New York Islanders in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He played his first NHL game with the Islanders against the Hartford Whalers on March 30, 1996.[2]

On March 23, 1998, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Gino Odjick.[1] On July 15, 2002, after compiling 367 Penalty Minutes with the Canucks, he signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks.[1]

After playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC of OB I bajnokság during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he returned to the NHL playing for the New York Rangers, the team with which he signed as a free agent before the lockout on July 20, 2004, for the 2005-06 season.[3]

Strudwick started the 2006–07 season with HC Lugano in Switzerland before signing a contract on March 19, 2007 with the Rangers.[3] Because he signed with the team after the trade deadline, he was not eligible to participate in the playoffs.[4] In July 2007, he signed a one-year contract with the Rangers and played with them through the 2007–08 NHL season.[3]

On July 10, 2008, Strudwick signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers for the 2008–09 NHL season.[5] Strudwick would re-sign with the Oilers during the summer of 2009.[3] On July 2, 2010, he again re-signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers for another one-year contract.[3] On November 21, 2011, Strudwick signed with the Swedish club Södertälje Sportsklubb of HockeyAllsvenskan.[6] On May 24, 2012, Strudwick announced his retirement from Ice Hockey.[7]

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