Luc Tardif Jr.
{{short description|French ice hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Luc Tardif, Jr.
| image = Luc Tardif 1723.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rouen, France
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 223
| position = Forward
| shoots = Left
| played_for = Dragons de Rouen
Scorpions de Mulhouse
Ours de Villard-de-Lans
Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz
Brûleurs de Loups
| league_coach = FFHG Division 1
| team_coach = Spartiates de Marseille
| coached_for =
| ntl_team = FRA
| career_start = 2001
| career_end = 2016
}}
Luc Tardif Jr. (born 30 November 1984) is a French ice hockey coach, and former professional player. He is the head coach and general manager for Spartiates de Marseille of the French FFHG Division 1. Tardif is the son of International Ice Hockey Federation president Luc Tardif. A product of the French ice hockey system, Tardif is also a citizen of Canada, his father's country of birth.{{cite web | url =http://www.hockeyhebdo.com/article-les-bleus-qui-ont-survecu-a-la-liste-elargie,5540.html | title =Les Bleus qui ont survécu à la liste élargie | last =Rantet | first =Guillaume | date =8 May 2014 | website =hockeyhebdo.com | publisher = Média Sports Loisirs | access-date =5 October 2021}}
Playing career
Tardif has played in the top level league of France, the Ligue Magnus, for Mulhouse in 2003–2004, Villard-de-Lans in 2004–2007, Morzine-Avoriaz in 2007–2009, and Rouen in 2009–2011, winning the Coupe Magnus twice (2010 and 2011). He was picked up by the ECHL's Florida Everblades for the 2011–12 season, where he sustained a season-ending injury on 22 December 2011.{{cite news|last=Wommack|first=Woody|title=Blades Page Notebook: Tardif out for the season|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/dec/31/blades-page-notebook-tardif-out-season/|accessdate=3 June 2012|newspaper=Naples Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729052230/http://www.naplesnews.com/sports/everblades/blades-page-notebook-tardif-out-season|archive-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead}} The team released him to Grenoble, with whom he signed a two-year contract, on 27 April 2012.{{cite web|title=Transferts : Première arrivée|url=http://www.bruleursdeloups.com/transferts/premiere-arrivee|publisher=Brûleurs de Loups|accessdate=3 June 2012|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615185850/http://www.bruleursdeloups.com/transferts/premiere-arrivee|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=dead}}
International play
Tardif participated in the IIHF World Championships in 2007, 2008, 2009,{{cite web|title=Team Roster, France|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/200/IHM2000FRA_33_4_0.pdf|work=IIHF|access-date=16 April 2012}} 2010 and 2014 as a member of the French national team.{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 181|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}}
Personal life
Tardif is the son of Luc Tardif, a former professional ice hockey player, former president of the French Ice Hockey Federation and the current president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.{{cite news |title=French hockey official Luc Tardif elected IIHF president |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/32273839/french-hockey-official-luc-tardif-elected-iihf-president |access-date=1 October 2021 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=25 September 2021}} He is one of three children of the senior Tardif,{{cite web | url =https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/39dccb1b-ea72-4a13-b201-707f88d39fdf__7C___0.html | title =Le jour où les chinois... | last =King | first =Ronald | date =2 January 2015 | website =lapresse.ca | publisher =La Presse | access-date =5 October 2021}} and is the brother-in-law of Jonathan Zwikel.{{cite web | url =http://www.hockeyhebdo.com/article-interview--jonathan-zwikel,2990.html | title =Interview : Jonathan Zwikel | last =Haest | first =Christophe | date =15 April 2011 | website =hockeyhebdo.com | publisher = Média Sports Loisirs | access-date =5 October 2021}}
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