(1979-11-21) November 21, 1979 (age 44) Sainte-Justine, Quebec, Canada
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight
195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position
Left wing
Shot
Left
Played for
Colorado Avalanche HC Lugano Calgary Flames Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning Arizona Coyotes
NHL draft
12th overall, 1998 Colorado Avalanche
Playing career
1999–2016
Alex Joseph Jean Tanguay (born November 21, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played for the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL) and briefly for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A in 2004. An offensive player, he is best known for his passing and playmaking ability. Tanguay currently serves as an assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings.
An alumnus of the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), Tanguay has his jersey retired. During his junior career, he was also a member of Canada's under-20 team at the 1998 World Junior Championships. Selected in the first round, 12th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, he began his NHL career with Colorado in 1999. Tanguay won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2001, scoring two goals in Game 7 against the New Jersey Devils.
Individually, he was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy following his rookie season and was chosen to the 2004 All-Star Game during his six-year tenure with Colorado. In July 2006, he was traded to the Flames and spent two years with the club before single-season stints with the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning.
In July 2010, he returned to Calgary, signing as an unrestricted free agent. After three seasons with Calgary, he returned to Colorado for the 2013–14 season. In February 2016, Tanguay was traded from the Avalanche to the Arizona Coyotes, retiring at the season's conclusion.
Alex Joseph Jean Tanguay (born November 21, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played for the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames...
seven, AlexTanguay of the Avalanche scored the period's only goal. Colorado then scored two consecutive goals in the second period: another by Tanguay, his...
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club also continued to have success in recruitment, drafting winger AlexTanguay, a future NHL all-star and Stanley Cup winner, 20th overall in the 1996...
2–0) Bob Hartley 4–3 New Jersey Devils (EC) (3, 2–1) Larry Robinson AlexTanguay (4:57, second) 2002 Detroit Red Wings (WC) (22, 10–12) Scotty Bowman...
Stanley Cup Finals with Forsberg and Roy playing key roles, as well as AlexTanguay, who had been drafted with a pick acquired in exchange for Ricci from...
with 57 seconds remaining in the third period to tie game three and AlexTanguay tallied his second goal of the game at 1:09 of the first overtime to...
players played in European leagues. David Aebischer returned home with AlexTanguay to play for Swiss club HC Lugano; Milan Hejduk and Peter Forsberg returned...
Kapanen and the 210th pick (Will O'Neill). The Colorado Avalanche traded AlexTanguay to the Calgary Flames for Jordan Leopold, the 59th pick (Codey Burki)...
14 September 2020. "GM Joe Sakic discusses Nikita Zadorov demotion & AlexTanguay injury". Denver Post. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2020. "Avalanche's...
on February 29, 2016, his rights were included in a trade alongside AlexTanguay and fellow prospect Kyle Wood to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for...
defenceman in NHL history. The 2006 off-season began with a trade for AlexTanguay, formerly of the Colorado Avalanche, and with Sutter relinquishing his...
the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 20, 2008 that sent AlexTanguay and a fifth-round pick in 2008 (138th overall) to Montreal in exchange...
waived his no-trade clause with the Flames and was traded, along with AlexTanguay, to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for David Jones and Shane O'Brien...
before the Avalanche forced overtime on a goal by Andrew Brunette, while AlexTanguay won the game just 69 seconds into overtime to put the Stars in a 3–0...
Green (1) – 01:37 Shane Doan (1) – pp – 04:19 Second period 14:18 – AlexTanguay (1) Teppo Numminen (1) – 08:18 Third period 12:11 – Shjon Podein (2)...
first shutout in an NHL outdoor game. His teammates Rene Bourque and AlexTanguay were the second and third stars respectively. Weather conditions were...
14 Colorado Avalanche 3–0 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center Recap AlexTanguay (1) – 03:33 First period No scoring Joe Sakic (2) – 13:58 Second period...
included such forwards as Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk and AlexTanguay. Despite high expectations for the duo's reunion, Kariya and Selänne...
Coyotes; Koivu netted one and assisted on two from newly acquired linemate AlexTanguay when the Habs beat Coyotes 4–1. Koivu reached another milestone with...
He centered the highly productive "AMP line" (i.e. Alex, Milan, Peter) with wingers AlexTanguay and Milan Hejduk as part of the Colorado Avalanche's...
acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 20, 2008 that sent AlexTanguay and a fifth-round pick in 2008 to Montreal in exchange for a first-round...
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