Terris Kyle

Career start

At age 16, he began playing in the British Columbia Provincial League. Having scored 72 points in the 2005-06 season in 57 games for the Burnaby Express team, Bruce Ellison Memorial Trophy was awarded as the best young player of the year. The next season, Kyle finished second in the list of scorers, gaining 121 points and was named the most valuable player. Having added 26 points in 14 matches in the playoff games, Terris led his team to victory at the Royal Bank Cap , having issued a hat-trick in the final.

With the title of Best Canadian Junior of the Year in 2007, Kyle was quoted as a potential first NHL Draft number. In the end, he lost to Patrick Kane and James van Rimsdike and was drafted by the third Phoenix Coyotes club.

Phoenix Coyotes

After spending another season in the lower leagues, Terris signed a rookie contract with Phoenix on March 31, 2008, and took part in the club’s last three games that season. The debut took place on April 3 in the game against the Dallas Stars , and in the third game against the Anaheim Ducks , Kyle writes to his account the first point in the NHL, giving an effective pass.

The next season, the Canadian began at the base of the “Phoenix”, scoring his first goal on October 12 at the gate of Zhiger . Then his team defeated the Dax 4-2.

Contract Negotiations

Having become limited to a free agent, July 1, 2011, Terris and Phoenix were unable to sign a new agreement. Kyle was not present at the training camp team. In September 2011, ESPN reported that the player requested $ 3-4 million in salary. As a result, on November 22, a two-year contract for $ 2.8 million was signed.

Ottawa Senators

As a result, December 17, 2011 Terris was traded to the Ottawa Senators for David Runblad and the choice in the second round of the 2012 draft . In the first game for the Senators, December 20, Kyle recorded one assists and the team confidently defeated the Buffalo Sabers . On April 18, 2012, Turris scored in the second minute of overtime against the New York Rangers and brought the team victory in the match, in which it was 2-3 behind. After the Canadian established his best performance in the NHL, gaining 29 points in 49 games, Ottawa extended a contract with him for 5 years with a salary of 17.5 million dollars.

In 2005, he won silver medals with the Canadian national team at the Hockey Challenge tournament. The following year, as part of the junior team, he won the Ivan Glinka Memorial .

At the end of the 2006-07 season he played at the World Championship among junior teams , but the Canadian team did not reach the medals.

A few months later, Terris was called to the Super Series , a standoff between the youth teams of Russia and Canada. Canadians defeated the opponent, winning 7 matches out of 8 and not losing one. He scored 8 points and was named MVP of the last game in Vancouver.

In 2008, Kyle led the Canadian national team to victory at the World Championship among youth teams , becoming the team's top scorer with 8 points in 7 games.

International

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