Tanner Glass

Tanner Glass (born November 29, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger.

Known as a physical player, he played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Calgary Flames.

In 2001–02, he began a two-year career of Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).

Playing his rookie season with the Penticton Panthers, he recorded 11 goals and 39 points over 57 games.

The following season, he was traded to the Nanaimo Clippers after 32 games with Penticton.

He finished his second junior season with 23 goals and 62 points over 50 games, split between Penticton and Nanaimo.

Glass played junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for two seasons with the Penticton Panthers and Nanaimo Clippers, earning All-Star Team honours in 2003.

Going on to the college ranks with the Dartmouth Big Green for four seasons, he helped his club to two third-place finishes in the ECAC Hockey Conference and served as team captain in his senior year.

Selected 265th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, he turned professional in 2007 with the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans.

In addition to appearing in the 2003 BCHL All-Star Game, Glass received end-of-season BCHL All-Star Team honours.

In the off-season, he was selected 265th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers.

Following his draft, he joined the college hockey ranks with the Dartmouth Big Green of the ECAC Hockey Conference.

He missed 8 games in his freshman year due to mononucleosis, finishing with 11 points over 26 games.

He helped the Big Green to the third-place game of the ECAC playoffs, where they lost to the Colgate Raiders.

The following season, he improved to 15 points in 33 games.

Prior to his junior year, he was named an alternate captain for the Big Green, going on to score a college career-high 12 goals and 28 points over 33 games.

Glass made his second appearance in the ECAC's third-place game, winning 3–2 against Colgate.

Captaining the team as a senior in 2006–07, Glass matched his career-high 28 points and helped Dartmouth to the third-place game once more.

He finished his college career losing to the St. Lawrence Saints.

Playing the final four games of the 2006–07 AHL season, he finished with one assist in his initial stint with the Americans.

Still unsigned by the Panthers at the end of his college career, Glass received an amateur tryout contract from Florida's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, on March 21, 2007.

He notched his first professional point, an assist, against the Syracuse Crunch four days later.

After signing his first NHL contract with the Panthers in August 2007, Glass split the 2007–08 season between Rochester and Florida.

He began the campaign in the AHL, scoring his first professional goal against goaltender Jaroslav Halak in a game against the Hamilton Bulldogs on October 12, 2007.

The following month, he received his first NHL call-up and earned just over a minute of ice time in his NHL debut against the Carolina Hurricanes, a 4–3 loss on November 12, 2007.

After being sent back down within eight days, Glass earned two more call-ups over the course of the season.

On January 22, 2008, he scored his first NHL goal against Ray Emery in a 5–3 win against the Ottawa Senators.

Playing 41 games in his rookie NHL season, he notched a goal and an assist, while also recording 11 points in 43 AHL games.

Beginning the 2008–09 season in the AHL for the second consecutive year, Glass was appointed as an alternate captain for the Americans.

For the next two seasons, he split time between the NHL and AHL before signing with the Canucks in July 2009 as an unrestricted free agent.

After appearing in 44 AHL games (4 goals and 13 points) and 3 NHL games (no points), he sustained a season-ending injury on February 7, 2009.

Glass did not receive a qualifying offer from the Panthers for the following season.

Glass became an unrestricted free agent in the off-season.

On the first day of free agency, he was signed by the Vancouver Canucks to a one-year, two-way deal worth the league-minimum $500,000 at the NHL level.

He solidified his role as a fourth-line forward on the team and helped them to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins.

In July 2011, he left the Canucks for the Jets via free agency.

The following year, he signed with the Penguins as a free agent, and subsequently played with the Rangers after his contract with the Penguins expired.

During the 2012 NHL Lockout, he played for HC ’05 Banská Bystrica in the Slovak Extraliga and he also had a spell with Boxers de Bordeaux of the French Ligue Magnus.

Glass has been the Rangers' Assistant Director of Player Development since he officially announced his retirement as an active player in June 2019.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Glass played midget with the Yorkton Mallers of the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League (SMHL).