Tyler Wong is fresh off a tremendous performance at the Challenge Cup in Richmond/Vancouver. In that tournament, he solidified himself as a bonified top end prospect. He was one of the leaders in scoring scoring, crashed and banged all tournament long with his stocky frame and really kept pace with all the top players in the tournament. We have taken notice of Tyler and have since moved him in to the first round of the WHL draft rankings in our latest issue of the newsletter.
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Tyler is another not so big player who is dominate at this age group so let the darts fly
only 11 kids in the first 4 rounds this year under 5'9" drafted out of 88
If your a good/great player you make those around you better. The problem with the Jr. Flames is figuring who are the good/great players and who are being made better by those around them. I believe Tyler played for the Bow Valley Timberwolves last year. I assume he did not AAA for a reason. I like the skill of a lot of the Jr. Flames players but would like to see many of the Jr. Flames play on an average team just to see a more accurate representation of their skill set in a more realistic game environment. The same can be said about the Jr. Blades Saskatoon players. None of those skilled players could lead their GSHL teams to a City or Provincial title.
I was in Burnaby for Weastern,s and on the Saskatchwan Frostbite Team had two 96's.One plays for Saskcan a excellant two way player Adam Santoro and a JR Flame excellant offensive player Braden Oleksyn .So two did lead there Team .Look out these two are going to be good this fall.
Tyler actually played for the Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL) AAA and led the South Division in scoring for first year players.
The Frostbite had only two first year players if I remember correctly, one goalie. The Outlaws were a team of first year players many Jr. Blades who dominated. They were first place all season. They
lost out to Frostbite in playoffs because they had
one of the top goalies and he was always in net.
Santoro is a 95
Santoro and Oleksyn 96..two players and one
goalie
the frostbite never played the Outlaws in Playoffs the Stalions did away with the outlaws Quite easily, furthermore if your not sure what the facts are maybe ask before we ASSUME
I believe the point being made above is that summer hockey is an anomaly. In the real world, you will never find a collection of hockey players such as the Jr. Blades and Jr. Flames on one team at the same time. You most certainly won't see it at the WHL level but maybe at the Midegt AAA level. The question remains, how do these skilled kids play/look on a regular team when Dad or Dad's best friend isn't coaching them. When they are not getting double-shifted etc. How will they deal with the adversity. Because quite frankly they haven't faced it in the sheltered environment of summer hockey. Will they fit in? Will they have the same success? Just a thought.
Outlaws beat Frostbite all season - Frostbite beat
Outlaws in Regina by one goal and maybe once
during the regular season - FACT - The Frostbite
has only 2 first years and many second years that
played GSHL first year. Outlaws had only five or six second year players - 3 played tier 2 in their first year.
I agree Oleksyn and Santoro are very good players
but the team had lots of help with good second
year players and also goal tending. Their first year goal tender saw no ice during playoffs.
Very good point re coaching your own son. I believe
the Jr. Blades have non parent coaching, not sure
what happens to these kids during regular season.
Please don't assume the Outlaws did have a parent Head Coach Mr. Olynek.
Yes that is correct. Junior Blades have non parent
coaches.
looks like we are not reading the posts properly
The 96's Jr. Blades are a smart group. There Dad's have been pulling the strings on this team for years . (Big ego's) Now we can get back to the original posting.
Hmm...for a profile on an Alberta player there sure is a lot of GSHL talk here. But since i watched my nephew play in Saskatoon this year, i'll add my two cents:
1)Criticizing the jr Blades players for not leading their winter teams to titles is not only unfair, but inaccurate(Hnidy and Shynkaruk played for the Bandits who did win the city championship). The fact is that the city teams were very evenly matched, and with a few bounces, any one of them could have taken the Frostbite's place. But only one team can win.
2)Yes, Oleksyn and Santoro had help in the form of a big, veteran team. But make no mistake, this was Oleksyn's team. I saw him absolutely dominate Lumsden at provincials and cement himself as THE player in Saskatoon (there's a reason he's skipping a year to play for Beardy's midget team). And Santoro should be a top-5 forward in the league nest year.
3)For the Outlaws supporter, yes, they were probably playing the best hockey in town...until Christmas, that is. After the Saskatoon tourney they faded, maybe because of youth and inexperience, but regardless, not the same team.
4)Kolten Olynek doesn't need his dad to shine. He can flat out play and after Oleksyn, was the most dangerous forward(including second year players) in the league last year.
5)As good as they were last year, expect an even stronger complement of Saskatoon teams in 10/11. Just so much 96 talent, even with Oleksyn gone. Should be fun to watch.
cheers,
dickie dunn
No kIdding, Tyler Wong is getting an earful.
All good posts, time to move on.
Here is what we all need to think about. Lets say Tyler Wong at 5ft 6 gets drafted 88th over all.Do you think that means he is currently not one of the best 96 players around. The Whl draft is a crap shoot 30 per cent of players picked play. Just because a player is selected in the first round does not mean he is better NOW than a player selected after.
You are all concerned with these top end guys please name me 15 better 96s than Tyler Wong today.
I will also tell you to attend a Jr Flames/Jr Blades Practice and you would see how good some of these players are.Lets not cut down Kids who have worked very hard to achieve what the have to this point.Gordie Howe once said
"If they are booing me Im Happy when they stop booing ill worry"
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