Tyler Johnson (ice hockey)

Tyler Johnson ( born July 29, 1990 in Spokane, Washington ) is an American professional ice hockey player on the position of the center, which is since 2011 in the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League contract.

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Career

Western Hockey League

Johnson began his career in the city of Coeur d' Alene in the third-tier U.S. Junior League Northern Pacific Hockey League. After he was selected in the WHL Bantam Draft of the eleventh round in 2005 by the Spokane Chiefs, he Change servicekit until two seasons later in the Western Hockey League. There he was in his debut season 2007/ 08 with 35 points most successful rookie of the Chiefs. In the play-offs it was used in all 21 games, scoring five goals and three assists. He led the team finally with a 4-0 victory in the final series for Ed Chynoweth Cup and was awarded the 17- year-old rookie as most valuable player of the WHL playoffs. In the Memorial Cup in 2008, the team was also able to push through and won the title by defeating the host Kitchener Rangers.

In the following two seasons, he was also able to increase its yield point in the regular season and was third best scorer in each of the Chiefs. For the 2010/11 season Johnson was named assistant captain of the team. In the course of the season, he was the first player of the Chiefs since 1994, breaking the mark of 100 points. He finished the season with 53 goals eventually as top scorer in the entire WHL with 115 points and stood at the second place scorer list. Subsequently, he was voted the best player and the First All -Star team in the Western Conference, he also was awarded the Brad Hornung Trophy as the fairest player in the league.

Professional debut in the American Hockey League

After he was not taken in the NHL Entry Draft by the teams of the National Hockey League, he was invited in the course of his junior career in the NHL training camps of the Minnesota Wild and the Phoenix Coyotes, where he received but in each case no contract. In March 2011, Johnson finally signed as a free agent a Einsteigsvertrag over three years with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The center was then first to the farm team of the Lightning, the Norfolk Admirals, sent to the American Hockey League. In his pro debut against the Charlotte Checkers, he also scored his first goal in the AHL. In March 2012 he was in seven games in a row scored several points scorer and was subsequently elected with 22 points from eleven games for the AHL player of the month. At the end of the season Johnson was behind his teammate Cory Conacher of the second-best rookie scorer of the league and was elected to the All- Rookie team AHL. After the Admiral had already completed the regular season as the best team, they sat through in the playoffs and won the Calder Cup. Johnson scoring 14 points in as many games.

The following season, 2012/13, Johnson was able to increase its yield point in the AHL again and was received as top scorer in the league with 37 goals the Willie Marshall Award. With a total of 65 points from 62 games, he was the best scorer of his team, the Syracuse Crunch. He also recorded the best plus / minus balance of all strikers in the league. At the end of the season he was finally awarded the most valuable player in the AHL with the Les Cunningham Award and elected to the All-Star team. With Syracuse, he moved again in the final series for the Calder Cup, defeated there, however, the Grand Rapids Griffins. In March 2013, he finally made ​​his NHL debut for the Tampa Bay Lightning and scored in his second game against the Carolina Hurricanes two points.

Internationally

Tyler Johnson represented the selection of the United States at the U20 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010. After the team had missed a medal in 2009, they won in 2010 by a final victory over Canada the gold medal.

Awards and achievements

  • 2008 Ed Chynoweth Cup - profit with the Spokane Chiefs
  • 2008 WHL Playoff MVP
  • 2008 Memorial Cup with the Spokane Chiefs win
  • 2011 WHL West First All-Star Team
  • 2011 Brad Hornung Trophy
  • 2011 Top scorer in the WHL
  • 2012 AHL All- Rookie Team
  • 2012 Calder Cup win with the Norfolk Admirals
  • 2013 AHL All- Star Classic
  • 2013 Les Cunningham Award
  • 2013 Willie Marshall Award
  • 2013 AHL First All -Star Team

Internationally

  • 2010 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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