Tyler Brickler Explained

Tyler Brickler
Team:Free agent
Former Teams:High1
Dundee Stars
Position:Forward
Birth Date:1991 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Chicago, IL, United States
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:183
Shoots:Left
Career Start:2015

Tyler Brickler (born January 27, 1991) is a Korean American professional ice hockey player who last played for the Dundee Stars in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Brickler previously played for High1 in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL).[1]

Playing career

Brickler was born in Chicago, Illinois to an American father and a South Korean mother.[2] [3] Brickler played minor ice hockey for the Chicago Mission, before being selected by the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP) Final 40 Camp Roster.[4] After attending the camp, Brickler signed as a free agent to play for the Lincoln Stars in the USHL and was selected by current Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper to play for the USA U17 National Team in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Five Nations Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, where the team won silver.[5] Brickler then continued to play for the Green Mountain Glades (EJHL), the Sioux City Musketeers (USHL), and the Westside Warriors (BCHL), before playing NCAA Division I Ice Hockey for the UMass Lowell River Hawks in the Hockey East Conference.[6] He then transferred to the State University of New York - SUNY Geneseo where he played NCAA Division III Ice Hockey for the remainder of his college career in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).[7] Brickler was the top scorer for his team the last two seasons and led SUNY Geneseo to their first ever Frozen Four appearance in 2014, by scoring a natural hat trick in a 3–2 comeback victory over Norwich University.[8] [9]

After graduating SUNY Geneseo, Brickler was invited by the Korea Ice Hockey Association to attend the South Korea Men's National Ice Hockey Team Evaluation Camp in March 2015.[10] Being ineligible to play in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships, Brickler then signed as a free agent to professional hockey team High1.[11]

In June 2017, Brickler moved to the UK to sign for the Dundee Stars of the EIHL.[12] [13] He left the team in October 2017.[14]

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2006–07Chicago Mission U16T1EHL U163118143226
2007–08Lincoln StarsUSHL282028
2008–09Green Mountain GladesEJHL2112263828
2009–10Sioux City MusketeersUSHL50330
2009–10Westside WarriorsBCHL326142033101344
2010–11Westside WarriorsBCHL602426504113371016
2011–12UMass-LowellNCAA110006
2012–13SUNY GeneseoNCAA III249122114
2013–14SUNY GeneseoNCAA III2918143233
2014–15SUNY GeneseoNCAA III2613203332
2015–16High1AL4012223424
2016–17High1AL469172622
2017–18Dundee StarsEIHL62242

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ハイワン / High1 | TEAM | ASIA LEAGUE ICE HOCKEY.
  2. Web site: Jee-ho. Yoo. (Yonhap Interview) Half-Korean hockey player chasing Olympic dream in mother's native land. yonhapnews.co.kr. April 5, 2018. March 30, 2015.
  3. News: Karen Crouse. Seth Berkman. South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams. April 5, 2018. New York Times. February 23, 2017.
  4. Web site: ushr.com. NTDP Tryout Roster. April 5, 2018. March 13, 2017.
  5. Web site: U.S. UNDER-17 SELECT TEAM ALL-TIME ROSTER. teamusa.usahockey.com. April 5, 2018.
  6. Web site: Tyler Brickler. hockeydb.com. April 5, 2018.
  7. Web site: Tyler Brickler. eliteprospects.com. April 5, 2018.
  8. Web site: Biggs. Ray. Brickler's hat trick lifts Geneseo to Lewiston. d3hockey.com. April 5, 2018. March 16, 2014.
  9. News: Fournier. Nathan. Brickler a Knight in shining armor. April 5, 2018. Sun Journal. March 20, 2014.
  10. News: Geneseo's Tyler Brickler to play with South Korea national team. April 5, 2018. USA Today. March 2, 2015.
  11. Web site: 빅리그 거절하고 한국행… 아이스하키 타일러 브리클러 원문보기. news.donga.com. April 5, 2018. Korean. August 4, 2015.
  12. DundeeStars . 880002470172405760 . June 28, 2017 . SIGNING! Welcome to Dundee, Tyler Brickler! #StarsNation.
  13. http://dundeestars.com/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=1652{{dead link|date=March 2018}}
  14. Web site: Tyler Leaves the Club. dundeestars.com. April 5, 2018. October 17, 2017.