| Played For: | Toronto Marlies WBS Penguins Nottingham Panthers |
| Position: | Right Wing |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Binghamton, New York, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Draft: | 22nd overall |
| Draft Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Draft Year: | 2011 |
| Career Start: | 2013 |
| Career End: | 2019 |
Tyler Austin Biggs (born April 30, 1993) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Biggs was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1]
He played for the Toronto Jr. Canadiens during the 2008–09 season while enrolled at Loveland High School, then transferred to Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the following fall, to join the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.[2] Biggs played one season with the Miami RedHawks of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA)[3] before joining the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League for the 2012–13 OHL season.
On July 1, 2015, Biggs was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Phil Kessel, Tim Erixon, and a 2016 2nd round pick for Scott Harrington, Nick Spaling, Kasperi Kapanen, and Pittsburgh's 3rd round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft along with a conditional pick exchange between the teams depending on Pittsburgh's 2016 NHL regular season performance. Toronto also retained 15% of Kessel's salary in this trade.[4]
After two seasons with the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL, Biggs left North America as a free agent in signing a one-year contract with UK based club, the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) on July 14, 2018.[5] Biggs featured in 24 games with the Panthers, recording 4 goals and 9 points, before opting to return to the ECHL with former club, the Kalamazoo Wings, for the remainder of the 2018–19 season, on December 8, 2018.[6]
The son of former NHL centre Don Biggs, Tyler Biggs was born in Binghamton, New York, and grew up in Loveland, Ohio.[7]
As of 2022, he is an EMT in Seattle, Washington.[8]
Biggs represented the United States internationally, playing for Team USA in the 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, scoring five goals and adding an assist in six games, helping the U.S. to a gold medal finish. That same season, he competed for Team USA in the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, finishing the tournament with no points in seven games. A year later, he played in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships and scored two goals and one assist in six games during the tournament,[9] including the overtime goal in the semifinal round against Canada.[10]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Jr. Canadiens AAA | GTHL U16 | 72 | 40 | 46 | 86 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Jr. Canadiens | OJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | U.S. NTDP Juniors | USHL | 24 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | U.S. NTDP U17 | USDP | 40 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | U.S. NTDP U18 | USDP | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | U.S. NTDP Juniors | USHL | 20 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | U.S. NTDP U18 | USDP | 55 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 161 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Miami RedHawks | CCHA | 37 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 60 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 2012–13 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 57 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Orlando Solar Bears | ECHL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 58 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2017–18 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 55 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 24 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Kalamazoo Wings | ECHL | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 119 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | United States | U17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | United States | WJC18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2011 | United States | WJC18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 49 | ||
| 2013 | United States | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Junior totals | 26 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 63 | ||||