Tyler Seguin

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Tyler Seguin
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Born (1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 (age 21)
Brampton, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Centre/Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team Boston Bruins
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 2nd overall, 2010
Boston Bruins
Playing career 2010–present

Tyler Paul Seguin (born January 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and right wing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was recently playing for EHC Biel of the Swiss National League due to the 2012 NHL lockout. Seguin was selected second overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Bruins. He finished the regular season with 29 goals, the most on the team. He finished the 2011–2012 season with a plus-minus of +34, the second highest in the NHL, next to his Bruins teammate, Patrice Bergeron with a plus-minus of +36.

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Playing career [edit]

Junior [edit]

Tyler Seguin played the first seven years of his minor hockey career with the Whitby Wildcats of the OMHA before relocating to Brampton, Ontario at age 13. While in Brampton, he played 3 years for the Toronto Young Nationals, coached by Rick Vaive before moving on to the OHL. His favorite player as a kid was Steve Yzerman, to whom his playing style has been compared.[1][2]

Seguin was selected 9th overall in the 2008 OHL Priority Selection Draft by the Plymouth Whalers. He considered playing for a NCAA school like his father, but chose to forgo his American college eligibility by joining the Whalers in 2008–09.[3] He struggled to begin his OHL career, scoring one goal in his first 17 games before a coaching change in Plymouth helped Seguin find his place in the league.[4]

Looking for an improved start to his 2009–10 OHL season, Seguin spent his summer working on his game.[4] His dedication paid off, as he opened the season with 36 points in 18 games, until sidelined by a hip pointer.[1] His early season success led NHL Central Scouting to name him the top prospect for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.[5] He then slipped to second, behind Taylor Hall, who was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers. Seguin was drafted 2nd overall by the Boston Bruins using a pick acquired from Toronto in a trade for Phil Kessel.[6] He captained Team Orr at the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game.[7] The Boston Bruins signed Seguin to an entry-level contract on August 3, 2010.[8]

Seguin won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, by finishing the 09-10 season with the highest amount of points in the OHL. He scored 106 points on 48 goals and 58 assists, alongside Taylor Hall (106 points on 40 goals and 66 assists).[9] With a strong finish to the year, Seguin finished as the top ranked North American skater in the draft class of 2010.[10][11]

Boston Bruins [edit]

Seguin signed an entry level contract with the Bruins on August 3, 2010, and made his NHL debut on October 9, 2010 in a 5-2 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. Seguin notched his first NHL goal on October 10, 2010, midway through the third period, getting the puck on a feed from Michael Ryder and scoring on a breakaway backhand goal against Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, in a 3-0 shutout of the Coyotes.[12]

Seguin participated in the 2011 All Star festivities during the Rookie Skills Competition. Late in the season, Seguin was quoted as having a desire to model his NHL playing style on that of teammate Patrice Bergeron.[13]

After being a healthy scratch for the first two rounds of the 2011 NHL Playoffs, Seguin was put into the lineup to start round 3, after Patrice Bergeron sustained a mild concussion. Seguin scored a goal and added an assist in his first game, and followed that up with 2 goals and 2 assists in the second. He became the first teenager to score 4 points in a NHL playoff game since Trevor Linden in 1989. On June 15, 2011, the Boston Bruins captured the Stanley Cup, winning the series 4-3, and 4-0 in Game 7.

On November 5, 2011, Seguin scored his 1st career hat trick against the very team that traded the draft pick to the Boston Bruins, the Toronto Maple Leafs. On November 14, 2011, Seguin was named NHL's "First Star of the Week" for his 4 goals and 2 assists that helped the Bruins to 3 wins. On December 8, 2011, Tyler played in his 100th Career NHL game against the Florida Panthers. On April 22, 2012, Seguin scored in OT of Game 6 of the Bruins' Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Washington Capitals that sent the series to a Game 7. However, despite another goal from Seguin in Game 7, the Bruins would go on to lose the game in OT, and were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He finished the 2011–2012 season as the Bruins' leading scorer.

International [edit]

Tyler Seguin
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Medal record
Competitor for Canada Canada
Ice hockey
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold 2009 Slovakia
Competitor for  Ontario
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Gold 2009 British Columbia

Seguin competed for Canada at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic, where he led the team in scoring with ten points in four games as Canada won the gold medal.[4] He attended Hockey Canada's selection camp for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in December 2009, but did not make the team.[14] Previously, he won gold with Team Ontario in the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Port Alberni, British Columbia,[15] and finished second in tournament scoring with 11 points in six games.[16] Seguin attended Canada’s World Junior selection camp in Regina for the World Junior Championships (U20), but failed to make the team.

Seguin played for EHC Biel for the duration of the 2012–13 NHL lockout. In 29 NLA games Seguin scored 25 goals and had 15 assists beside Patrick Kane, the other lockout player in Biel. Before returning back to Boston after the end of the lockout he played for Team Canada at the Spengler Cup.

Awards [edit]

Personal life [edit]

He grew up in Brampton, Ontario. Tyler has two younger sisters, Cassidy and Candace. His parents are Jackie and Paul Seguin. He grew up in a hockey household, both of his parents and both sisters play hockey. His father played for the University of Vermont.

He is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts, Under Armour, AT&T, Bauer Hockey, and BioSteel Sports Supplements Inc. Tyler attended St. Michael's College School prior to being drafted by Plymouth.[18]


Career statistics [edit]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Plymouth Whalers OHL 61 21 46 67 28 11 5 11 16 8
2009–10 Plymouth Whalers OHL 63 48 58 106 54 9 5 5 10 8
2010–11 Boston Bruins NHL 74 11 11 22 18 13 3 4 7 2
2011–12 Boston Bruins NHL 81 29 38 67 30 7 2 1 3 0
2012–13 EHC Biel NLA 29 25 15 40 24 – – – – –
NHL totals 155 40 49 89 48 20 5 5 10 2
OHL totals 124 69 104 173 82 20 10 16 26 16

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Duff, Bob (2010-01-19). "Seguin determined to be No. 1 pick". Windsor Star. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  2. ^ http://www.twylah.com/espn/tweets/70662835910352896
  3. ^ Graham, Doug (2009-10-14). "Seguin walks own path in OHL". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  4. ^ a b c {{cite web |last=Kimelman |first=Adam |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=502393 |title=Coaching change -year-old forward broke out offensively, scoring 58 points in his final 41 games and helped Plymouth reach the second round of the OHL playoffs.
  5. ^ "NHL draft going Hollywood". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  6. ^ "North American Skaters Midterm Rankings". National Hockey League. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  7. ^ "CHL 2010 Top Prospects Game roster". Canadian Hockey League. 2010-01-12. 
  8. ^ http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535432&cmpid=rss-News%20in%20English&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Boston+Bruins+News
  9. ^ a b "Hall and Seguin share Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as OHL scoring champs". The Canadian Press. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
  10. ^ "NHL Central Scouting Bureau". April 8, 2010. 
  11. ^ "TSN.com". April 8, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Boston Bruins at Phoenix Coyotes Game Recap - 10/10/2010". NHL.com. 
  13. ^ Joe Haggerty (March 22, 2011). "Seguin starts to 'get it' as season winds down". NECN.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Seguin among Canadian junior team's cuts". National Post. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  15. ^ "Ontario beats Pacific to win gold medal at U-17 tournament". The Sports Network. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  16. ^ "2009 World Under-17 Challenge �?Statistics". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 
  17. ^ "OHL Top Scorers". Ontario Hockey League. 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  18. ^ Simmons, Steve (2011-05-19). "Tyler Seguin: How he found his groove". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 

External links [edit]

Preceded by
Jordan Caron		 Boston Bruins first round draft pick
2010		 Succeeded by
Dougie Hamilton
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