Rookie from Richmond, overlooked in WHL Draft, grew 10 inches and 50 pounds in last couple of years.
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Thorpe, with his increased physical play on the forecheck, brings to mind the rugged Vancouver Giants Memorial Cup teams of yesteryear.Ask around the Vancouver Giants about winger Tyler Thorpe and there’s a three-word scouting report that repeatedly kicks off the conversation.Article contentStart your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
The thought was that Thorpe skated well enough that he could take advantage of his size and be a factor on the forecheck. He has brought that. He laid out two or three hits alone in Sunday’s 7-3 loss to the Tri-City Americans at the Langley Events Centre that conjured up images of the rugged Memorial Cup Giant teams of Milan Lucic, Garet Hunt, Spencer Machacek and J.D. Watt.Article content
It’s easy to future surf and try to guess where he might be as a player in a year’s time if he keeps working and improving. There very well may be something there.“Things are really starting to come along with him. He’s obviously more than just a physical player,” Dyck said. “The exciting part isn’t what he’s doing right now but where he could be after a good summer and he comes back two or three steps quicker and even stronger for next season.
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