Tyler Paul Seguin (born January 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing right wing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Bruins. He finished the regular season with 29 goals, the most on the team. He finished the season with a plus minus of 34, the second highest in the NHL, next to his Bruins teammate, Patrice Bergeron with a plus minus of 36.
Seguin signed an entry level contract with the Bruins on August 3, 2010, and 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.
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.
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 Decemeber 8, 2011, Tyler played in his 100th Career NHL game against the Florida Panthers. On April 22nd, 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. Source: wikipedia.org
Seguin signed an entry level contract with the Bruins on August 3, 2010, and 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.
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.
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 Decemeber 8, 2011, Tyler played in his 100th Career NHL game against the Florida Panthers. On April 22nd, 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. Source: wikipedia.org
