Tyler Kennedy
Tyler Kennedy ( born July 15, 1986 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since June 2013 with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League contract.
Career
The 1.80 m wide center began his career with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 as 99th in the fourth round of the Penguins ( drafted ) was.
The right-handed shooter spent two more seasons with the Greyhounds and then played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the American Hockey League. His first NHL use graduated from Kennedy on 27 October 2007 against the Montreal Canadiens, his first goal in the top North American professional league, he scored in a game against the New York Islanders six days later. In the same season, the center forward was named the Team of the Eastern Conference in the NHL Young Stars Game, Kennedy, however, had the participation cancel finally due to glandular fever. With the Pittsburgh Penguins of Canadians reached then the final of the Stanley Cup, the North American Hockey Championship, but this was lost with 2:4 games against the Detroit Red Wings. A year later, the Penguins got their revenge, however, and won the decisive seventh game in Detroit 2-1
End of June 2013 he was transferred in exchange for a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013 to the San Jose Sharks.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 NHL Young Stars Game ( injury-related cancellation )
- 2009 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
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 )