Geese Prospect Tyson Hinds Wanting To Construct Upon Robust WJC

Tyson Hinds is calm, cool and picked up. The Anaheim Geese‘ 2021 third-round choose confirmed simply how poised he may be throughout Workforce Canada’s recreation in opposition to Slovakia within the 2023 World Juniors when he gloved down a rebound try from Adam Sykora after goaltender Thomas Milic made a terrific scorpion save. The rating on the time was 3-3, and that second proved pivotal as they ultimately gained in additional time to advance to the semifinal.

Canada, after all, was the gold medal winner after defeating Czechia 3-2 in additional time. Hinds performed a key position en path to the Gold Medal recreation, appearing because the extra defensively-minded companion to each Brandt Clarke and Kevin Korchinski. He additionally had fellow Geese prospects Olen Zellweger and Nathan Gaucher on the crew with him. Gaucher gained gold on the 2022 World Juniors as a part of final yr’s crew with Mason McTavish.

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“It was superior,” stated Hinds in a telephone name. “They’re each nice guys and good teammates they usually’re good hockey gamers. I already knew them earlier than Workforce Canada so it was only a nice expertise and it was fairly enjoyable with each of those guys.”

Motivation and Confidence From Anaheim’s Entrance Workplace

The trio spent this previous summer season and fall in Irvine, California, participating within the Geese’ improvement and rookie camps, in addition to, the annual rookie match. It was the second consecutive camp for Hinds, who concluded the rookie camp by signing his entry-level contract.

“I spoke to (common supervisor Pat Verbeek) after I signed and (at) my exit assembly, he was completely happy and he thought I had an awesome camp and an awesome rookie camp (and) match too. I wasn’t attempting to consider (the contract) on a regular basis, simply (attempting) to play my recreation, and ultimately, good issues occurred.”

It was throughout Hinds’ exit assembly that Geese brass informed him that his subsequent objective ought to be to make the World Juniors roster (from, ‘Hinds réalise enfin tout le potentiel qui l’habite’, Le Droit, 12/21/22). He entered camp because the seventh defenseman however impressed sufficient to stay and noticed his ice time improve with each passing recreation.

The Gatineau, Quebec native can be the primary participant from his metropolis to win gold at World Juniors since Daniel Briere in 1997.

“Yeah that’s enormous,” stated Hinds. I didn’t know this earlier than, somebody informed me halfway by means of the match. It’s good. I’ve that feeling that my hometown is correct beside me and giving me optimistic ideas.”

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After returning to the Quebec Main Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), the place Hinds at present plies his commerce with the Sherbrooke Phoenix, he and several other members of the gold-winning crew––together with Phoenix head coach and common supervisor Stéphane Julien, who was an assistant coach for Canada––had been honored on Jan. 17 on the Bell Centre earlier than the Montreal Canadiens recreation in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets.

For Hinds, it was a sentimental second as he grew up watching the Canadiens. “It’s loopy. I grew up watching the Montreal Canadiens with my household. It’s one thing so little of them but it surely’s so large for us. I’m simply so grateful for it. After I was youthful (my favourite participant) was P.Ok. Subban. Rising up, I used to be watching him and he was a participant who introduced plenty of vitality, so it was enjoyable to observe him.”

Hinds Discovering His Stride With Sherbrooke

With the Phoenix, Hinds is now on his third crew since starting his junior profession after being traded from Rimouski-Océanic in January 2022. He’s at present eighth in factors amongst QMJHL defensemen this season in 12 fewer video games than the top-scoring defenseman. Whereas protection is all the time the precedence, he doesn’t shrink back from chipping in offensively. He’s now additionally one of many membership’s alternate captains. “I push myself and attempt to push my teammates to maintain on getting higher daily and I’m very optimistic with the blokes. I feel (being a frontrunner) comes naturally to me.”

I feel it’s simply confidence,” stated Hinds on how he’s improved over the course of his juniors profession. “I carry on progressing annually (with) my skating means, my shot (and) my imaginative and prescient. I’m fairly calm with the puck. With annually I really feel I maintain getting higher and higher and I feel that’s the way in which I need to work and to lastly perhaps play within the NHL ultimately.”

Hinds was chosen 76th total within the 2021 Draft. 76, the identical jersey quantity that his favourite participant rising up as soon as wore. Whereas the 2 could also be polar opposites––one a swashbuckling comic with an eccentric character and the opposite a stoic, shy particular person––the objective was and continues to be the identical for each of them. Make it to the NHL and keep there.

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Derek Lee is a contributor for The Hockey Writers protecting the Anaheim Geese. Derek has spent almost twenty years immersed on this planet of sports activities and has been writing about sports activities for 5 years. He graduated with a bachelor’s diploma in Sports activities Communication in Might 2020 from UCCS in Colorado Springs, Colo., the place he additionally spent two and a half years on workers with their on-campus pupil newspaper–each as a sports activities reporter and editor. In his free time, he enjoys taking part in FIFA, curating his Spotify playlists and attending live shows & sporting occasions