{"id":1744,"date":"2013-04-30T15:37:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2013-05-07T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T19:15:35","slug":"tigers-tyler-shaw-is-bound-for-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-tyler-shaw-is-bound-for-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers’ Tyler Shaw is bound for Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ontario Junior Hockey League game between Aurora Tigers and Whitby Fury. Tyler Shaw,#4 of the Aurora Tigers skates with the puck during third period game action..(Photo by Shawn Muir \/ OJHL Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, The Auroran is doing a series of Q and As with some of the Aurora Tigers Junior A players who are moving on to the next step in their hockey and academic careers. This week is stalwart defenceman Tyler Shaw, who is off to Sacred Heart University in Connecticut to play division one college hockey.<\/em><\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> Sudbury, ON <\/p>\n

Age\/birthday:<\/strong> January 24, 1992 (21)<\/p>\n

Seasons with Tigers:<\/strong> 1. Tyler missed a large portion of the season with a high ankle sprain, but was still an important part of the Tigers defence corps.<\/p>\n

Shoots:<\/strong> Left<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Defense<\/p>\n

Past hockey career:<\/strong> Played first two years of junior with the Markham Waxers before joining Tigers. <\/p>\n

Season Stats with Tigers:<\/strong> GP 38 \u2013 G 2 \u2013 A 17 \u2013 PTS 19 \u2013 PIM 22<\/p>\n

Best memory playing with Tigers?<\/strong> \u201cGoing to Vermont at the start of the season was definitely a good one. Coming in at the start of the season as a new player to the team, it was definitely something nice to see \u2013 taking the players to a resort in Vermont to spend a few days to bond as a team. Getting the opportunity as a new guy to meet and bond with the guys, that was a great way to start off the season. Also to come back from 15 points behind and win the division title!\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s on tap for next season?<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve recently accepted a scholarship and committed to Sacred Heart University in Connecticut to play division one hockey and possibly study sports management.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why this school? <\/strong>\u201cI just thought it was a good fit between academics and athletics. From what I\u2019ve been told and what I\u2019ve seen it\u2019s known as a pretty high end academic institution and on the hockey side of things, the team seems to have struggled the last few years, but they\u2019ve made some changes and brought in a lot of new players, including Tiger David Iacono. The opportunity to step in right away was something that I looked at and I\u2019m excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hobbies?<\/strong> \u201cGoing to the gym for sure. It\u2019s something you have to constantly do, especially in the offseason to keep in shape. We\u2019ve got a pool in the backyard so I like to hang out in the backyard with family and friends and have an opportunity to just relax and have some fun. Also going up to our camp for fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any other sports?<\/strong> \u201cGrowing up I tried quite a few sports: soccer, elementary school I played volleyball, basketball, tennis, track and I also tried lacrosse and baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite movie?<\/strong> The Hangover.<\/p>\n

Favourite sports movie?<\/strong> Miracle.<\/p>\n

On your iPod?<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ll be honest, I don\u2019t listen to a lot of music. Whatever the guys have on in the room is fine with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite hockey team and why?<\/strong> \u201cThe Ottawa Senators. Why? That\u2019s a good question. I started liking them a long time ago, back when they had Havlat and Hossa. I remember going to a game when I was real young with my dad and Wade Redden flipped the puck over the glass to us. I remember that moment still and after that he became my favourite defenceman for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who will win the Stanley Cup this year?<\/strong> \u201cI think I\u2019d have to go with Chicago in the west and in the east it\u2019s hard to go against Pittsburgh. I\u2019m going to say Pittsburgh, especially if Crosby comes back, they would definitely beat Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite NHL player: \u201cI\u2019ll go with Shea Weber from the Nashville Predators. I can relate to him and the game he plays. A great leader on the team and he plays a great two-way game and is looked to, to shut down other team\u2019s top lines and I feel like that\u2019s the role I\u2019ve been given in my Jr. career. And also Erik Karlsson on the Senators, it\u2019s pretty incredible to see what he can do every night when he\u2019s on the ice and how offensively talented he is, especially at such a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which super hero would you want to be, why?<\/strong> \u201cI guess I would say Spiderman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is your hero\/idol\/role model?<\/strong> \u201cMy grandma. She kind of got me into hockey. She used to come over and babysit me when I was little and one day she brought over some mini sticks and we started hitting the ball around in the basement together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best thing about playing for the Tigers:<\/strong> \u201cJust the group of guys we had as a whole. We were a tight-knit group and we really bought into what we had to do and that was apparent with winning the division and unfortunately we couldn\u2019t continue that success into the playoffs, but as a whole we all got along and we had no issues in the dressing room. I think when guys are getting along it makes it more fun to play and makes it enjoyable showing up to the rink every day, so that was a big part of it. In the three years of Jr. I played; this was probably the strongest dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n

What will you miss about it?<\/strong> \u201cFrom an organization stand point, it was just a high-end and first class organization with the way we were treated as players by everyone, from coaches to ownership to volunteers as well. Also the amount of community service and activities we got involved in throughout the year to give back to the community and help out some local charities like the food bank \u2013 that was important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is the funniest guy on the team? Any prank stories?<\/strong> \u201cMaybe not the funniest guy going, but a guy that liked to stir the pot was Angiolella.\u201d<\/p>\n

What type of hockey player are you, what are you known for?<\/strong> \u201cI think you could say I\u2019d be known as a two-way defenceman, with defensive zone being my strong suit for sure. I feel like I can be counted on as a leader and be out there to play important minutes and shut down other teams\u2019 top lines. But I can also bring a little offense as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best accomplishment on and off the ice:<\/strong> \u201cCommitting to school over the last week and finally the opportunity to commit to school and get a Division 1 scholarship. It\u2019s been a goal of mine that after my three years [in Junior] I would find myself playing at the Division 1 level. I can\u2019t thank JR (Tigers coach James Richmond) enough for all the help.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you had a slogan or motto, what would it be:<\/strong> \u201cStrength does not come from winning, your struggles develop your strength, when you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.\u2019 My mom sent that in a card to me during the season. It was definitely something I referenced back to in the season when I was injured. Some days definitely got frustrating and being able to read that and just persevere and pull through, it helped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you superstitious?<\/strong> \u201cYeah, I\u2019m definitely superstitious. I have a few things I do on game days that I like to keep the same. I always dress the left side of my body first, I eat the same pregame meal every game day, it\u2019s always spaghetti and chicken or salmon and rice. We would always go for breakfast game day mornings \u2013 myself, Kyle Liu and Adam DiBrina \u2013 and that would be followed up by a stop at Starbucks and home for a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stance on fighting in hockey:<\/strong> \u201cI think there is definitely a place for it in the game still, to a certain extent those staged fights could definitely be eliminated or have an extra penalty attached to it, but I think if a guy gets hit and he doesn\u2019t like it, I don\u2019t see a problem with it. If both guys want to drop the gloves after an incident has happened, I think you do it, get it over with and move on from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should all NHL players be made to wear visors? \u201cI would definitely wear one for sure. At the NHL level, if you look at Marc Staal\u2019s incident where he took a shot off the face and injured his eye and him and his brothers have all come back now wearing them, so I definitely think visors should be made mandatory eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you were GM of Team Canada, who would be your top forward, defenceman and goalie?<\/strong> \u201cMy top forward would be Sidney Crosby, Shea Weber on defence and Carey Price in net.\u201d<\/p>\n

Message from Tyler:<\/strong> \u201cI just want to thank the Tigers organization for bringing me in and giving me every opportunity and helping me get to where I am today and I wish them all the best going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach\u2019s comment [James Richmond]:<\/strong> \u201cWe will have a big pair of skates to fill with the loss of Tyler on our back end. He played in all situations, even strength, penalty kill and power play and excelled in all three. Tyler played half a season due to injuries but still led the defence in scoring. He blocked more shots than any other player I\u2019ve seen in this league in seven years. All in all, Tyler Shaw was a leader on and off the ice and I couldn\u2019t be happier to see him moving on to play Division 1 hockey next year. We wish him the very best.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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