Tyler Myers and Luke Schenn have come a long way since they played teenage hockey together in Kelowna
There have been close to 8,000 players who have suited up for a National Hockey League game. According to NHL.com, only 396 have played in 1,000 games or more in their career.
“Tyler was playing with the Notre Dame Hounds when we called him up and he actually lived with me and my billets. I was the first guy that he lived with in Kelowna, so right then and there I knew he was going to be a heck of a player. He was this 6’ 8”, 16-year-old coming in and I remember watching him skate around. I thought this guy is going to be really good,” recalled Schenn, who actually took Myers under his wing to start.
It was during a night out this past summer that the pair did the math and realized that they’d be hitting the 1,000-game milestone within days of each other – Schenn on Oct. 17 against Edmonton, Myers against Philadelphia on Oct. 19. “Tyler was a big gangly guy that you knew was going to be special when he first came here. He kind of had crazy legs but he grew into his body. He could always skate, which is a great trait for a big guy. He would make mistakes but he could still get back to cover them. And that wingspan…between having him and Luke…those two guys made it uncomfortable for anyone that played against them,” recalled Hamilton.“I knew his dad Jeff; he was a fireman in Saskatoon. That meant a lot.
“The thing I’m most proud of is being able to find a way to get through some challenging times in my career where some people wrote me off. I was just able to find a way to keep pushing through and find a way to improve and not take no for an answer. I kept believing in it,” explained Schenn.
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