Tyler Seguin

Tyler Seguin
Seguin in 2013
Born	(1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 Brampton, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Dallas Stars Boston Bruins EHC Biel
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 centre who plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Seguin was selected second overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins and went on to win the 2011 Stanley Cup in his rookie season. He finished the 2011–2012 season in Boston with a plus-minus of +34, the second highest in the NHL. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout he played for EHC Biel of the Swiss National League A (NLA) and finished the season with 25 goals, the most on the team. In 2013, Seguin played in his second Stanley Cup Finals in three seasons. On July 4, 2013, Seguin was traded by the Bruins to the Dallas Stars.

Early life

Tyler Seguin grew up in Brampton, Ontario, with his two younger sisters Candace and Cassidy. 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 attended St. Michael's College School prior to being drafted by the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

His favorite player as a kid was Steve Yzerman, to whom his playing style has been compared.^[1]

Playing career

Minor hockey

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.^[2][3]

Junior hockey

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Looking for an improved start to his 2009–10 OHL season, Seguin spent his summer working on his game.^[5] His dedication paid off, as he opened the season with 36 points in 18 games, until sidelined by a hip pointer.^[2] His early season success led NHL Central Scouting to name him the top prospect for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.^[6] He then slipped to second, behind Taylor Hall, who was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers.

He captained Team Orr at the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game.^[7]

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).^[8] With a strong finish to the year, Seguin finished as the top ranked North American skater in the draft class of 2010.^[9][10]

National Hockey League

Boston Bruins (2010–13)

Seguin was drafted second overall by the Boston Bruins using a pick acquired from Toronto in a trade for Phil Kessel.^[11] Seguin signed an entry level contract with the Bruins on August 3, 2010. He 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.

Due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout, the NHL played a shortened season in 2013. Seguin finished the regular season with 32 points (16 goals, 16 assists). The Bruins went on to the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in a six game series. Seguin scored 1 goal and 7 assists in the playoffs.

Dallas Stars (2013–present)

On July 4, 2013, the Boston Bruins traded Seguin, along with Rich Peverley, and Ryan Button in exchange for Loui Eriksson, along with Reilly Smith, Matt Fraser, and Joe Morrow.^[14] Due to #19 being retired by the Stars in honor of the late Bill Masterton, Seguin changed his number to #91 with the Stars. Seguin would explode as an offensive force in the league as a member of the Dallas Stars, developing excellent chemistry with team captain Jamie Benn. He recorded 4 goals and 1 assist in a 7-3 win over the Calgary Flames on November 14, 2013. On March 16, 2014, he scored his 30th goal of the season for the first time in his career against goaltender Al Montoya of the Winnipeg Jets. Seguin would end the season fourth in total points in the entire NHL, recording a new career high 37 goals and 84 points in 80 games.

International play

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.^[5] He attended Hockey Canada's selection camp for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in December 2009, but did not make the team.^[15] Previously, he won gold with Team Ontario in the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Port Alberni, British Columbia,^[16] and finished second in tournament scoring with 11 points in six games.^[17] 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. He played for Team Canada at the 2012 Spengler Cup, where he won a Gold Medal.

Personal life

He is sponsored by Dunkin Donuts,^[18] Under Armour,^[19] AT&T,^[20] Bauer Hockey,^[21] and BioSteel Sports Supplements Inc.^[22] Seguin bought Mike Modano's Dallas home in 2014.^[23] He is also friends with rapper Mike Stud and is talked about in some of his music. They also party together as Tyler threw a party in Cape Cod the day he was traded.^[24] As the result of one of his best friends suffering a severe spinal cord injury in December 2012, he created Seguin's Stars upon arriving in Dallas. At every Stars home game during the season, Seguin donated a luxury suite, along with food and beverage, for individuals with spinal cord injuries. At the conclusion of every game, Seguin met his guests outside of the Stars locker room for autographs and pictures.^[25]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				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		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Boston Bruins	NHL		48	16	16	32	16		22	1	7	8	4
2013–14	Dallas Stars	NHL		80	37	47	84	18		6	1	2	3	0
2014–15	Dallas Stars	NHL		71	37	40	77	20		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				354	130	152	282	102		48	7	14	21	6

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009	Canada Ontario	U17	01 !		6	3	8	11	8
Junior totals					6	3	8	11	8

Notable achievements

• 2009–10 Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy for highest scorer in the Ontario Hockey League, alongside Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires.^[8][26]
• 2009–10 Red Tilson Trophy the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League.
• 2009–10 CHL Top Draft Prospect Award as the top eligible prospect for the NHL Entry Draft from the Canadian Hockey League.
• 2011 Stanley Cup Champion
• 2012 NHL All-Star Game
• 2012 Boston Bruins 7th Player Award
• 2012 Spengler Cup Winner
• 2014 Dallas Stars King Clancy Memorial Trophy Nominee
• 2015 NHL All-Star Game

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyler Seguin.

• Tyler Seguin's player profile at NHL.com
• Tyler Seguin's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Tyler Seguin on Twitter

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