Patrice Pamphile Tardif (born October 30, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. He played 65 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings during the 1994âÂÂ95 and 1995âÂÂ96 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2008, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Tardif was born in Thetford Mines, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Thetford Mines.
Making his debut with the St. Louis Blues, Tardif was traded along with Roman Vopat, Craig Johnson, and draft picks to the Los Angeles Kings in 1996 for Wayne Gretzky.
Tardif's grandfather was former Union Nationale politician, Patrice Tardif.