Tyler Wright

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CanadaCanada  Tyler Wright Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 6, 1973
place of birth Canora , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 1st lap, 12th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1989-1993 Swift Current Broncos
1993-1996 Edmonton Oilers
1996-2000 Pittsburgh Penguins
2000-2005 Columbus Blue Jackets
2004-2005 EHC Biel
2005-2006 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2006-2007 EHC Basel

Tyler Wright (born April 6, 1973 in Canora , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current scout , who played 643 games for the Edmonton Oilers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Columbus Blue Jackets and Mighty during his active career between 1989 and 2007 Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Wright began his career with the Swift Current Legionnaires in the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League (SMHL). On the 1989/90 season, the 1.81 m tall striker moved to the Western Hockey League for the Swift Current Broncos . Wright was drafted in the first round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft as the twelfth player by the Edmonton Oilers .

Wright played in the following years but mainly for the Farm Team of the Oilers, the Cape Breton Oilers in the American Hockey League . In 1996 he was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he played a full NHL season for the first time in the 1997/98 season. In 2000, Wright was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Expansion Draft . He remained there except for the lockout - 2004/05 season , which he spent partly in Swiss NLB when EHC Biel spent until the 2005/06 season . During that season he was transferred to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim along with other players in a deal , in return the Blue Jackets received Sergei Fyodorov . After he did not receive a new contract for the 2006/07 season , he played this mainly with Team Canada and four games with EHC Basel .

After retiring from the 2006/07 season, Wright returned as a coach to his former team, Columbus Blue Jackets, before taking on a scouting post there . Since the summer of 2013 he has worked as Dir. Of Amateur Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings .

International

Wright took part in the 1992 and 1993 World Junior Championships for Canada . In 1993 he was assistant captain and won the gold medal with his country. In 2002 he was a member of the Canadian team at the World Cup in Sweden .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Swift Current Broncos WHL 67 14th 18th 32 119 4th 0 0 0 12
1990/91 Swift Current Broncos WHL 66 41 51 92 157 3 0 0 0 6th
1991/92 Swift Current Broncos WHL 63 36 46 82 185 8th 2 5 7th 16
1992/93 Swift Current Broncos WHL 37 24 41 65 76 17th 9 17th 26th 49
1993 Swift Current Broncos Memorial Cup 4th 1 3 4th 6th
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7th 1 1 2 19th - - - - -
1993/94 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1993/94 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 65 14th 27 41 160 5 2 0 2 11
1994/95 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6th 1 0 1 14th - - - - -
1994/95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 70 16 15th 31 184 - - - - -
1995/96 Edmonton Oilers NHL 23 1 0 1 33 - - - - -
1995/96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 31 6th 12 18th 158 - - - - -
1996/97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 45 2 2 4th 70 - - - - -
1996/97 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 10 4th 3 7th 34 14th 4th 2 6th 44
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 3 4th 7th 112 6th 0 1 1 4th
1998/99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 61 0 0 0 90 13 0 0 0 19th
1999/00 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 50 12 10 22nd 45 11 3 1 4th 17th
1999/00 Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins AHL 25th 5 15th 20th 86 - - - - -
2000/01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 70 16 16 32 140 - - - - -
2001/02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 77 13 11 24 100 - - - - -
2002/03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 70 19th 11 30th 113 - - - - -
2003/04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 68 9 9 18th 63 - - - - -
2004/05 EHC Biel NLB 7th 3 4th 7th 4th 12 8th 8th 16 44
2005/06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 18th 0 4th 4th 20th - - - - -
2005/06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 25th 2 2 4th 31 - - - - -
2006/07 EHC Basel NLA 4th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
WHL overall 233 115 156 271 647 32 11 22nd 33 83
AHL total 191 41 68 109 588 5 2 0 2 11
NHL overall 613 79 70 149 854 30th 3 2 5 40

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1992 Canada June World Cup 6th place 7th 1 0 1 16
1993 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 3 3 6th 6th
2002 Canada WM 6th place 7th 0 2 2 33
Juniors overall 14th 4th 3 7th 22nd
Men overall 7th 0 2 2 33

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Wright, Tyler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and scout
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Canora , Saskatchewan , Canada