Jeff Tambellini

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
F
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Port Moody, B.C.
S/C:
L
NHL:
LA

Junior (2004-05)... Served as an alternate captain ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... Received CCHA's Scholar Athlete award for Michigan ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... West All-America second team ... All-Midwest Regional team ... All-Inside College Hockey Online second team ... All-U.S. College Hockey Online third team ... CCHA Tournament MVP and All-Tournament team ... All-CCHA First Team ... CCHA Player of the Month for March ... Named Inside College Hockey Player of the Week (Nov. 8) ... Named USCHO Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8) ... Three-time CCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8, Jan. 10, Feb. 21) ... Nationally, finished tie-third in points (57), tie-seventh in goals (24) and tie-seventh in assists (33) ... Shared Hal Downes Trophy with T.J. Hensick as U-M's most valuable player ... Earned Doc Losh Trophy as Michigan's top scorer ... Led U-M in points (57), goals (24), assists (33), game-winning goals (5), plus/minus (+30), shots (207) and tie-first power-play points (21). Also was first on team with 19 multi-point efforts ... Set career highs in points (57), assists (33), power-play goals (9) and plus/minus (+30) ... Set career high points with 2-2-4 line on two occasions (vs. Notre Dame on Feb. 19, vs. Wisconsin on March 25) ... Scored second career hat trick, tying career-high goals, vs. Miami (Nov. 5) ... Notched third career three-assist game, tying career best, vs. Boston University (Oct. 9) ... Had season-best five-game point streak, 5-8-13, (Feb. 18-March 11). Also had three four-game point streaks (4-4-8, Jan. 7-15; 2-4-6, Dec. 4-29; 5-3-8, March 18-19). Tied career-best with two four-game goal streaks (5, Feb. 19-March 11; 5, March 18-26) ... Earned 100th career point with goal vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 14) ... Scored 50th career goal on first of two markers vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 7) ... Recorded 50th career assist at Ohio State (Jan. 22) ... Had three game-winning goals in four games during CCHA Tournament (vs. Notre Dame on March 11, vs. Alaska Fairbanks on March 18, vs. Ohio State on March 19). Added two other game winners (vs. Miami on Nov. 6, vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 7) for five on the season. ... Earned plus/minus rating of +3 or better four times, including season-best +4 vs. Miami on Nov. 6 ... Preseason All-CCHA Second Team ... Joe Lunghamer Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Sophomore (2003-04)... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... Earned CCHA All-Academic special mention ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Given U-M's Carl Isaacson Award as the team's top academic athlete ... Third on team in goals (15) ... U-M's leading playoff scorer with 3-3-6 line ... First career hat trick on Oct. 18 scoring all three of U-M's goals against Quinnipiac, also set season-high points (3-0-3). With Brandon Kaleniecki's four goals on Oct. 17, became part of first U-M duo to net back-to-back hat tricks since 1995 (Kevin Hilton, Warren Luhning vs. UIC - Feb. 10-11) ... Tallied career-high three assists twice (Jan. 10 vs. Western Michigan, March 14 vs. Bowling Green) ... Had four-game point and goal streak, 5-2-7, (Oct. 26-Nov. 8). The goal run tied a career best ... Had eight multi-point games ... Dekers' Blue Line Club Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Freshman (2002-03)... Named to the All-CCHA second team and was the only freshman to receive all-conference honors ... Named CCHA Rookie of the Year, becoming the eighth Wolverine to earn the honor ... One of three U-M freshmen named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team ... Recipient of the Perani Cup for Michigan, awarded to the player with the most game stars during the CCHA regular season ... Named CCHA Rookie of the Week a league-best four times. His four awards were one shy of tying the conference record of five, set by Western Michigan's Jeff Campbell in 2000-01 ... Listed fifth nationally in points per game by a rookie with a 1.05 average ... Tied with North Dakota's Zach Parise for third among the nation's top rookie goal scorers (26) ... Tied for fifth nationally with six game-winning goals ... Led all freshmen in the CCHA in goals (26) and points (45) ... Received the Doc Losh Trophy, given to the team's scoring leader, becoming the first freshman since Mike Comrie in 1998-99 to receive the honor ... Honored with the Dekers Club Award as the team's most colorful rookie ... Led the team in points (45) and goals (26). Tie-first with six power-play markers ... His 45 points were the most by a Michigan freshman since Mark Kosick totaled 46 points in 1997-98 ... Twelfth on U-M's all-time freshman points list ... Fourth on U-M's all-time freshman goals list ... Became the first freshman to lead the team in goals since Denny Felsner posted 30 markers in 1988-89 ... Was five markers shy of tying Bruno Baseotto's record for most goals by a U-M freshman (31, 1979-80) ... Tallied season-high three points twice (0-3-3, vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 10, 2-1-3 vs. Lake Superior State on Jan. 25) ... Posted season-high two goals on five occasions (vs. Merrimack on Oct. 18, vs. LSSU on Jan. 25, vs. FSU on Jan 31, vs. MSU on Feb. 14, at MSU on Feb. 15) ... Had career-high three assists against WMU (Jan. 10) ... Career-best six-game point streak, 6-1-7, (Oct. 11-26) ... Led the team with 12 multi-point games and five multi-goal efforts ... Compiled goal-scoring streaks of four games on three occasions (4, Dec. 28-Jan. 5; 6, Jan. 23-Feb. 1; 6, Feb. 14-22) ... Netted a goal 13 seconds into a 3-1 win over Michigan State (Feb. 14), marking the fastest goal to open a game by the Wolverines in 2002-03. His marker was the fastest game-opening goal since Mike Knuble scored 12 seconds into a 7-4 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 19, 1994 ... Scored first goal in career debut vs. Niagara (Oct. 11) ... Andrew K. Abel and Dr. Tama D. Abel Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Club/Junior Team... Skated with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League from 2000-02 ... Tallied 73 goals and 98 assists for 171 points in 83 games during the 2001-02 campaign ... Named RBC Financial Group Canadian Junior 'A' hockey Player of the Year ... Tied for the BCHL's scoring championship with 117 points and was second in the league with 46 goals in 54 regular-season games ... Led Canadian Junior 'A' Hockey League Playoff scorers with 54 points, including 27 goals in 29 games ... Earned MVP and leading scorer honors in the Royal Bank Cup ... Named BCHL's Most Valuable and Most Sportsmanlike Player ... Named Chiefs' MVP and Fan Favourite ... Netted a BCHL-record four goals in the first 4:05 of a playoff game ... Posted five four-goal games during the season and scored three or more goals on eight occasions ... Netted 21 goals and 30 assists for 51 points in 54 games for the Chiefs in 2000-01 while earning Most Dedicated Player honors.

National/International... Played for silver-medal winning Team Canada in the 2004 World Junior Championship in Finland ... Scored two goals and added three assists in the WJC ... Attended Hockey Canada's Junior National Team development camp in the summer of 2003 ... Won a gold medal at the 2002 Six Nations Tournament with Canada's Under-18 Team in the Czech Republic ... Won a silver medal with Team Pacific at the 2001 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Nova Scotia ... Including Jeff, three generations of Tambellinis have played for the Canadian National Program.

Personal... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management ... Graduated from Sardis Secondary School (2002) ... Was an Honor Roll and Scholastic Award recipient all four years ... Father, Steve, is the vice president of player personnel for the Vancouver Canucks and was a 10-year NHL veteran ... Drafted in the first round (No. 27 overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.