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The Seattle Thunderbirds signed defenseman Jarret Tyszka to a standard Western Hockey League contract, general manager Russ Farwell announced today.
“We are very happy to be adding Jerret to our team going into next season,” Farwell said. “He had a good season and has added both size and strength over the year. Jerret has the potential to be a top player in our league and with his skills and skating can contribute offensively and has the size to play solid defense. He will be a fun player to watch develop as a Thunderbird.”
Tsyzka, from Langley, British Columbia, was the T-Birds’ first-round selection, 16th overall, in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft.
He had three goals and seven assists for 10 points in 23 games for the Midget Team at the Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford, British Columbia, this season.
In his draft year, Tyszka played 68 games with the Langley Eagles in the PCBHL and had 27 goals and 47 assists for 74 points with 117 penalty minutes.
“I am very happy and excited to be joining the T-Birds. I can’t wait to get started,” Tyszka said. “I watched a few regular season games and I came down for playoff practices. It was so cool to come down for practices before the playoffs started. It was a very high level of play with good speed on the ice.”
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