Tyler Wright
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
- 1993 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
- 1993 President's Cup win with the Swift Current Broncos
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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1992 | Canada | June World Cup | 6th place | 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
1993 | Canada | June World Cup | 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 )
Web links
- Tyler Wright at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tyler Wright at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Tyler Wright at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wright, Tyler |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and scout |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Canora , Saskatchewan , Canada |