Addie Tambellini

Who is Addie Tambellini?

Adolph Tambellini is a retired Canadian amateur ice hockey player. He played junior hockey with the Lethbridge Native Sons, Calgary Stampeders, Trail Smoke Eaters and Seattle Totems. Internationally, Tambellini was a member of the gold-medal-winning Smoke Eaters team that won the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships – the last amateur team from Canada to do so. His son, Steve Tambellini, played in the National Hockey League and later became an executive for the Vancouver Canucks and general manager for the Edmonton Oilers. His grandson, Jeff Tambellini, also became a player in the NHL. Adolph Tambellini's youngest grandson Adam Tambellini was drafted in the 2013 NHL draft in Newark New Jersey.