Tyler Johnson (ice hockey): Difference between revisions

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In the [[2012–13 AHL season|2012–13 season]], Johnson would play the majority his time with Lightning's new AHL affiliate, the [[Syracuse Crunch]]. He would go on to lead the AHL in goals scored and named the [[Les Cunningham Award|regular season MVP]]. At the end of the season he was awarded the [[President's Awards|President's Award]] for outstanding accomplishments on the ice. Johnson and the [[Syracuse Crunch]] went on to go to the finals and would eventually lose to the [[Grand Rapids Griffins]]<ref name="2013 President's Award">{{cite web |url=http://www.syracusecrunch.com/news/2013/7/11/MHOCKEY_0711132129.aspx |title=Crunch forward Tyler Johnson named President's Award Winner |publisher=Syracuse Crunch |date=July 11, 2013}}</ref> On March 14, 2013, he was called up by the Lightning and made his NHL debut against the [[New York Islanders]]. He would score his first NHL goal in his second game on March 16 against the [[Carolina Hurricanes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2012020411 |title=Lightning 4, Hurricanes 1 – 03/16/13 |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=March 16, 2013}}</ref>

In his rookie NHL season with the Lightning in [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]], Johnson established himself on Tampa Bay's top offensive line and finished the season with 24 goals and 26 assists for 50 points in 82 games. He was selected as a NHL [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] nominee for the league's top rookie. The trophy, however, eventually went to [[Nathan MacKinnon]] of the [[Colorado Avalanche]],<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723668| title = Avalanche's MacKinnon wins Calder Trophy | publisher = [[National Hockey League]] | date = 2014-06-24 | access-date = 2014-06-27}}</ref> though Johnson was named to the [[NHL All-Rookie Team]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723753| title = NHL announces 2013–14 All-Rookie Team | publisher = [[National Hockey League]] | date = 2014-06-24 | access-date = 2014-06-27}}</ref>