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Taylor Hall
Born (1991-11-14) November 14, 1991 (age 32)
Calgary, AB, CAN[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Edmonton Oilers
Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
National team  Canada
NHL draft , 2010
Playing career TBA–present

Taylor Strba Hall (born November 14, 1991) is a Canadian major junior ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He is a prospect of the Edmonton Oilers, selected first overall at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Hall has had a highly successful junior career, helping the Spitfires to consecutive Memorial Cup Championships in 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was named Most Valuable Player of the Memorial Cup Tournament both years.

Early life

Hall was born in Calgary, Alberta, the only son of Steve Hall and Kim Strba. His father was a former Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Rough Riders in the mid 1980s, after which he was a member of the Canadian national bobsleigh team.[2] His mother introduced him to organized hockey at the age of five while his father maintained a backyard rink every winter which Hall and his friends practiced on relentlessly.[3] His family moved to Kingston, Ontario in 2005.[3]

Playing career

Minor

Hall started playing minor hockey in Calgary, Alberta.[4] When he was 13, his family moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he continued to play.[5] Hall captured a Bantam AAA Calgary city championship with the Northwest Canucks during the 2004–05 season.[4] In 2005-06 and 2006-07 Hall played Bantam and Minor Midget hockey for the Greater Kingston Predators of the ODMHA league. Hall was named to the ODMHA Midget AAA All-Star team.[4] After the season, Hall was the second overall choice in the 2007 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection by the Windsor Spitfires.[4][6] Ryan O'Reilly was selected first overall ahead of Hall by the Erie Otters.[6]

Junior

Hall made his OHL debut in 2007–08, scoring a team-high 45 goals and adding 39 assists for 84 points,[7] which was third in team scoring.[4] In March, he was named OHL player of the week twice (March 3 and March 10).[4] He was named OHL and CHL Rookie of the Year after the season.[4]

During the 2008–09 OHL season, Hall was selected to represent the OHL in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge.[4] He scored 38 goals and added 52 assists to finish with 90 points.[7] Windsor had a successful season on the ice, capturing the OHL Championship as well as the Memorial Cup. During the OHL playoffs, Hall scored 16 goals and added 20 assists[7] while being awarded the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as Playoff MVP.[4][8] He scored the game winning overtime goal in the fifth and deciding game of the OHL Finals against the Brampton Battalion to clinch the title.[9] At the 2009 Memorial Cup, Hall recorded 8 points in 6 games, as the Spitfires defeated the Kelowna Rockets4–1 in the final.[10] After the tournament, Hall was awarded the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Tournament MVP and was named to the Tournament All-Star Team.[4][10]

Though the odds of him playing in Russia were remote, Hall was drafted 89th overall by the Kontinental Hockey League's Ak Bars Kazan on June 1, 2009. He was one of three Canadian junior players (all from the OHL) taken in the 2009 KHL Draft, which begins selecting players a year younger than the NHL does.[11] Hall has been an early favourite to be the top pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft since he entered the junior ranks. He was praised early in his junior career on Hockey Night in Canada by commentator Don Cherry during his "Coach's Corner" segment.[12] He was also featured in a July 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated, profiling young athletes poised to star in their sports.[13]

Hall finished the 2009–10 OHL season tied for first place in the OHL with Tyler Seguin with 106 points (40 goals and 66 assists) to win the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy alongside Seguin.[14][15] Hall was instrumental in the Spitfires' 2010 J. Ross Robertson Cup championship, recording a playoff-leading 35 points in 19 post-season games. His teammate Adam Henrique won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award, scoring 20 goals.

Hall was ranked as the top North American prospect by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau (CSB) in its 2009-10 midterm rankings.[16] In the CSB's final rankings, he was overtaken by Tyler Seguin as the top ranked North American prospect.[17] He has cited New York Islanders forward and 2009 NHL Entry Draft first overall pick, John Tavares, as a role model, both on and off the ice.[18]

In May 2010, Hall helped lead the Windsor Spitfires to their second straight Memorial Cup. With the victory, Hall was awarded his second straight Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as tournament MVP, the first player in its history to repeat as a winner, the Ed Chynoweth Trophy as Memorial Cup scoring leader, and a spot on the tournament All-Star team for the second straight year.

International play

Taylor Hall
Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF World U20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2008 Slovakia
IIHF World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Russia
Representing  Ontario
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Gold medal – first place 2008 Canada

Hall represented Canada at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in Kazan, Russia. He was fifth in tournament scoring, with nine points in seven games, helping Canada to a gold medal. He returned to Canada's under-18 team to earn a second gold medal at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia.[19]

Hall made Canada's national junior team for the 2010 World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan. He was the lone draft-eligible player selected to the final roster.[20] Hall scored a hat-trick against Slovakia, in a game Canada ended up winning 8-2. After the championships had finished Hall finished 3rd overall in scoring. He ended up with 6 goals and 6 assists (12 points) in 6 games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Windsor Spitfires OHL 63 45 39 84 22 5 2 3 5 2
2008–09 Windsor Spitfires OHL 63 38 52 90 60 20 16 20 36 12
2009–10 Windsor Spitfires OHL 57 40 66 106 56 19 17 18 35 32
OHL totals 183 123 157 280 138 44 35 41 76 46
International
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM Team result
2008 Canada WJC-U18 7 4 5 9 4 Gold medal
2010 Canada WJC 6 6 6 12 0 Silver medal
Junior totals 13 10 11 21 4

Awards and honours

Award Year
Junior
OHL All-Rookie Team 2007–08 [21]
Emms Family Award 2007–08 [22]
CHL Rookie of the Year Award 2007–08 [23]
OHL First-Team All-Star 2008–09
2009–10 		[24]
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award 2008–09 [25]
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy 2009–10 [26]
Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy 2009
2010 		[23]
Memorial Cup All-Star team 2009
2010 		[27]
Ed Chynoweth Trophy 2010 [27]

References

  1. ^ Barnes, Dan (2010-06-11). "Oilers woo Taylor Hall on visit to Edmonton". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  2. ^ Turner, Randy (2009-12-28). "Taylor soon to be Hall of fame". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  3. ^ a b Cruickshank, Scott (2010-06-20). "The Calgary backyard that helped shape hockey's next superstar". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Player Profile - Taylor Hall". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  5. ^ "Knights plan to take best player". Canadian Online Explorer. 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  6. ^ a b "OHL Priority Selection 2007 Round 1". Ontario Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  7. ^ a b c "Ontario Hockey League - Taylor Hall (LW)". Ontario Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  8. ^ "Taylor Hall - Playoff MVP". Ontario Hockey League. 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  9. ^ "Taylor Hall scores in overtime as Windsor beats Brampton". National Hockey League. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  10. ^ a b "Taylor Hall Wins Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as MVP of Mastercard Memorial Cup". Ontario Hockey League. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  11. ^ "Tavares passed over in KHL draft, Hall taken by Ak Bars". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  12. ^ "Take it from Cherry, we'll be hearing more about Taylor Hall". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Retrieved 2008-08-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Lemire, Joe (July 14, 2008), "Where Will They Be?", Sports Illustrated.
  14. ^ "OHL Top Scorers". Ontario Hockey League. 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  15. ^ "Hall and Seguin share Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as OHL scoring champs". The Canadian Press. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  16. ^ "North American Skaters Midterm Rankings". January 11, 2010.
  17. ^ "Seguin overtakes Hall in final Central Scouting rankings". The Sports Network. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  18. ^ Chris Pope. "Introducing Taylor Hall". The Good Point. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  19. ^ TSN.ca. "Hall among hockey's young guns to watch for". Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  20. ^ "Canada Roster - 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  21. ^ Bell, Aaron (ed.). 2009–10 OHL Media Guide. Ontario Hockey League. p. 147.
  22. ^ Bell, Aaron (ed.). 2009–10 OHL Media Guide. Ontario Hockey League. p. 134.
  23. ^ a b Bell, Aaron (ed.). 2009–10 OHL Media Guide. Ontario Hockey League. p. 139.
  24. ^ "OHL Announces 2009-10 All-Star Teams". Ontario Hockey League. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  25. ^ Bell, Aaron (ed.). 2009–10 OHL Media Guide. Ontario Hockey League. p. 165.
  26. ^ "Hall and Seguin share Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as OHL scoring champs". National Hockey League. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  27. ^ a b "MasterCard Memorial Cup Individual Award Winners Announced". Canadian Hockey League. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Winner of the Emms Family Award
2007–08 		Succeeded by
Preceded by CHL Rookie of the Year
2007–08 		Succeeded by
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