Luc Tardif Jr. (born 30 November 1984) is a French

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, and former professional player. He is the

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and general manager for

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of the French

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. Tardif is the son of

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president

Luc Tardif Luc Tardif (born 29 March 1953) is a Canadian-born French ice hockey executive, and former professional ice hockey player. A native of Trois-Rivières, he played junior ice hockey in Quebec, then was an all-star player for the Université du ...

. A product of the French ice hockey system, Tardif is also a citizen of

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, his father's country of birth.

Playing career

Tardif has played in the top level league of France, the

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, for

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in 2003–2004,

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in 2004–2007, Morzine-Avoriaz in 2007–2009, and

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

in 2009–2011, winning the Coupe Magnus twice (

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and

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). He was picked up by the

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for the 2011–12 season, where he sustained a season-ending injury on 22 December 2011. The team released him to Grenoble, with whom he signed a two-year contract, on 27 April 2012.

International play

Tardif participated in the

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s in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and

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as a member of the French national team.

Personal life

Tardif is the son of

, a former professional ice hockey player, former president of the

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and the current president of the

. He is one of three children of the senior Tardif, and is the brother-in-law of Jonathan Zwikel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tardif, Luc 1984 births Living people 21st-century French sportsmen Brûleurs de Loups players French ice hockey forwards Florida Everblades players HC Morzine-Avoriaz players Ours de Villard-de-Lans players Rouen HE 76 players Sportspeople from Rouen