The Tambellini name is well known in the hockey world. Steve has built a solid reputation throughout the years - first as a hockey player, then as an NHL general manager and now as a scout. Hes had years of experience and knows how to handle any situation with ease. But when it comes to asserting himself into his son Adams hockey career with the Western Hockey Leagues Calgary Hitmen, the Tambellini patriarch has been silent. "Adam being an older guy and coming from a hockey family, I havent had any interaction with the family other than saying hello," said Hitmen head coach Mike Williamson. "Steve and his family know our organization (and) feel comfortable with Adam coming here. "Hes very quiet. Lets us do our business. Hes more of a fan than a dad, more so than people think." Adam is the youngest child to bear the Tambellini name. Drafted 65th overall by the New York Rangers last year, he went the collegiate route and started his rookie season with the University of North Dakota last September. But 16 games into the campaign, Adam had a change of heart. He turned to his most trusted advisors - his father and brother Jeff - for some guidance. As a family, they made the decision that Adams future was best served in the Canadian Hockey League, with its heavier schedule and more opportunity to play. The Portland Winterhawks owned Adams rights, but Adam made it known his preference was to go to Calgary. The Hitmen jumped at the chance to acquire him, trading their 2014 first-round bantam pick to get him. And it was a decision that Williamson says has already paid off. "The reason he came is because he wanted to play more hockey," he said. "To develop his consistency and play a tougher schedule and get used to that day-to-day grind. Hes come in and fit in really well. Hes given us some depth in the middle on the ice, hes given us a scoring threat, he puts the puck in the net or can set somebody else up." And Adams actions have spoke volumes. On the day he was traded to Calgary, he drove to Winnipeg and then flew to Saskatoon for his first game with the Hitmen - and finished the night with four points. Whats more impressive is that in 19 games so far, he already has 27 points. "I want to get stronger and develop my game as much as possible," said Tambellini. "Playing this pro-style level, its going to lead onto the AHL and one day hopefully the NHL. Again I will be playing against men in those leagues, so getting stronger is the number one thing." At 63 and 185 pounds, Adams been told by the Rangers that he has to get stronger. Hes a known playmaker - a skilled centre who can play a two-way game and also carries a great shot. But Williamson says he has to grow into his frame and like most other junior players, he has to become more consistent. Adams also spent some time in the offseason working out with his older brother Jeff. The elder Tambellini, who played six seasons in National Hockey League before heading to MoDo of the Swedish Elite League, runs Factory Hockey, a business that helps develop hockey players from the minors up to the NHL. And while father Steve remains close to Adam, its Jeff that has been his biggest role model. "We are different players," said Adam. "He always tells me theres says theres no right or wrong way to get to the NHL. Obviously with him he didnt have the longest career but six long seasons is quite the accomplishment and I look up to him more than anyone." As for his father, Adam wants to make his own name in hockey without the help of his father. He doesnt name drop or use it to get ahead. But he does always take to heart his fathers best piece of advice, which is simply to be a pro every day on the ice and off the ice. 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The 27-year-old has missed the past three games and will surely sit out at least the next two – the Leafs playing a back-to-back set with Calgary and Detroit beginning on Tuesday. The team can’t exactly say when he might be able to return because, given the unpredictable nature of concussions, they just dont know. But even the weekend now seems optimistic with another back-to-back on the docket and Komarov still yet to take part in even one practice since the injury. “We don’t know,” said Leafs assistant Peter Horachek following practice Monday, one that Komarov remained out from. “It’s hard to tell what the situation [is] with him right now.” Komarov, who remains around the team, had been working out, riding the bike, playing ping-pong with teammates and filling “his face” with breakfast as Carlyle gleefully noted last week. But he remains away from the group on the ice. Carlyle continues to cite team and league concussion protocol – mostly without specifics – referring often to an unspecified time-frame where the concussed player is to remain symptom-free before he can rejoin teammates on the ice. Based on the two cases in Toronto this season that time-frame would seem to be in and around four days. His symptoms then subsiding, Komarov was held off the ice until last Thursday, four days after he was initially clipped by Alex Ovechkin’s right shoulder on a Saturday night at thhe ACC.dddddddddddd Daniel Winnik was held out for the same period when he was nailed by Avalanche defender Jan Hejda early last month. Unlike Komarov, however, Winnik suffered no concussion (nor subsequent symptoms) on the play. “I think everyone’s more cognizant of it,” Winnik said of the danger with concussions. “You see Sidney [Crosby], ‘Hey I don’t have a concussion’ and then he plays three days later then gets hit again, now he has a concussion. We were more preventative against the possibility of getting one from a hit [afterward].” When Winnik returned to the ice on that fifth day after the initial injury, which saw him knocked unconscious on the Pepsi Center ice, he was fine and played 18 minutes a night later against Boston. “I think we knew I was fine before that, but they just wanted to make sure that when my heart rate really rose to game-like situations that it would be fine,” Winnik said. Komarov didn’t feel right after his only skate (ahead of a Thursday tilt with New Jersey) and he’s been kept out since. “We certainly would like to have him back, but we’ll just let it play out,” Horachek said. Inked for four years and nearly $12 million in the summer, Komarov continues to lead the team in hits (just one shy of 100 in 23 games) and remains tied for third in even-strength points. His feisty presence alongside Winnik on the Leafs first-unit penalty kill has been missed, though the group managed to hold the Canucks off the board in six opportunities Saturday (Winnik totaling more than eight minutes). Such an effort (alongside that of Jonathan Bernier, who made 44 saves) helped the club to its second win in the past three without Komarov and fifth of seven overall. It appears they’ll have to make do for at least a little while longer; how long exactly remains unclear. ' ' '