Tyson Sexsmith

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Tyson Sexsmith
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Sexsmith with the Giants in 2007.
Born (1989-03-19) March 19, 1989 (age 35)
Priddis, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Worcester Sharks
Kalamazoo Wings
Stockton Thunder
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
HCB South Tyrol
NHL Draft 91st overall, 2007
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2009–2013

Tyson Sexsmith (born March 19, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Sexsmith was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 3rd round (91st overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. During his major junior career with the Vancouver Giants, Sexsmith has won a President's Cup as Western Hockey League (WHL) champions in 2005–06 and a Memorial Cup in 2007. He is tied for the WHL's all-time shutout record holder with 26 in his four-year career, tied with Carter Hart.

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Playing career

Sexsmith made his major junior debut in the WHL during the 2004–05 season, playing a total of three games with the Medicine Hat Tigers and Vancouver Giants. After playing in the backup position with the Giants the next season, Sexsmith emerged as the starting goalie in 2006–07 after a goaltending controversy early in the season with Dustin Slade. Slade, who had led the team to a Memorial Cup appearance in 2006, began splitting time with Sexsmith, who, with his comparable play, began challenging Slade's starting position. Consequentially, Slade left the team to seek a professional career, [1] leaving Sexsmith as the undisputed starter.

Sexsmith would go on to complete the season as the league's leader in goals-against-average and would backstop the Giants to their first Memorial Cup. After his Memorial Cup win, Sexsmith was drafted 91st overall (3rd round) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He was the first WHL goalie to be taken in the draft that year.

Returning to the Giants upon being drafted, Sexsmith earned an invite to Team Canada's national junior selection camp for the 2008 World Junior Championships. Although he was not selected, Sexsmith went on to lead the WHL in goals-against-average (1.89) for a second straight season, as well as in shutouts, with 9. He was named to the WHL's Second All-Star Team, [2] however the Giants were eliminated in the second round by the eventual 2008 Memorial Cup champions, the Spokane Chiefs.

Near the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Sexsmith recorded his 22nd WHL shutout on November 7, 2008, in a 5-0 win against the Prince George Cougars, passing Bryan Bridges and Leland Irving as the all-time WHL leader in shutouts. [3] The next week, he was named CHL Goaltender of the Week on November 11. [4] Sexsmith finished his third WHL season with a 2.26 GAA and 6 shutouts to give him 26 overall in his WHL career. During the playoffs, Sexsmith earned his second CHL Goaltender of the Week recognition on April 21, 2009, after shutting the Spokane Chiefs out in the seventh game of the second round, then splitting the first two games of the semi-finals against the Kelowna Rockets. [5]

After finishing Juniors, Sexsmith would play three seasons in the San Jose Sharks organization before bouncing between the KHL, the HCB South Tyrol of the Italian Series A hockey league and the Abbotsford Heat. [6] He has not played in a professional game since the end of the 2012-2013 season.

Personal life

Sexsmith was born in Priddis, Alberta, to Tim and Rawn Sexsmith [7] on March 19, 1989.

Awards

Records

Career statistics

Regular season

  
Season TeamLeagueGPWLOTLSOLMINGASvs SO GAA SV%
2004–05 Olds Grizzlys AJHL 62
2004–05 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 1000040100.001.00
2004–05 Vancouver Giants WHL210008042703.00.871
2005–06 Vancouver GiantsWHL1163015472117812.30.894
2006–07 Vancouver GiantsWHL51311226304791975101.79.915
2007–08 Vancouver GiantsWHL624311263678116119191.89.911
2008–09 Vancouver GiantsWHL52399223109117102962.26.898
2009–10 Worcester Sharks AHL 1346007164728913.94.860
2009–10 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 2200012056802.50.932
2010–11 Stockton Thunder ECHL171031210294741712.74.899
2010–11 Worcester SharksAHL623013671816602.94.902
2011–12 Worcester SharksAHL3413120719837784502.33.916
2012–13 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 4110014685503.28.873
WHL totals17912035614104653493401262.00.907

Playoffs

  
Year TeamLeagueGPWLOTLMINGASvs SO GAA SV%
2007 Vancouver Giants WHL 22143413394042641.79.914
2008 Vancouver GiantsWHL117406582026801.82.930
2011 Stockton Thunder ECHL 4120222119702.98.898
WHL totals33217419976069441.86.920

All stats taken from Tyson Sexsmith player profile at NHL.com and WHL profile

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References

  1. ↑ Mackin, Bob (2008). "4 Giants face off against Russia's best". CANOE. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 2008-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ Walker, Ian (2008). "Vancouver Giant nominated for WHL rookie of the year". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Ted (2008-11-08). "Sexsmith blanks Cougars". Prince George Citizen. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Giants' Tyson Sexsmith Named ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week". Western Hockey League. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[ dead link ]
  5. 1 2 "Giants' Tyson Sexsmith Named ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week". Western Hockey League. 2009-04-21. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Home | the Province Home Page | the Province".
  7. ↑ "Giants goalie Sexsmith unflappable, determined". The Province . 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-05-10.[ dead link ]
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