height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place draft_year career_end position draft_team height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
5 '' ; chicago black hawks & nbsp ; vancouver canucks & '' nbsp ; pittsburgh penguins & nbsp ; buffalo sabres '' ` '' ` del '' '' ' & nbsp ; bsc nhl preussen '' '' ' & nbsp left 185 toronto , on , can 1981 1998 left wing chicago black hawks 9 7 september 1963 tony tanti
 12th overall can 1981
tony tanti

anthony tanti -lrb- born september 7 , 1963 -rrb- is a retired canadian professional ice hockey player .
he was a left winger and played the majority of his career in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- with the vancouver canucks .
originally selected 12th overall by the chicago black hawks in the 1981 nhl entry draft , he was traded to the canucks in january 1983 .
tanti achieved the 40-goal mark on three occasions during his seven-year tenure with vancouver .
after being traded away in january 1990 , he spent one-and-a-half year stints with the pittsburgh penguins and buffalo sabres , respectively .
after 12 years in the nhl , tanti went overseas to play for bsc preussen of the german bundesliga .
he retired following the 1997 -- 98 season .
tanti was known as a skilled , goal-scoring forward and has been described as the first `` true sniper '' in canucks history .
tanti was born in toronto , ontario , but grew up in mississauga , ontario .
