Ty Conklin
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Conklin in net for the Detroit Red Wings
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| Born |
March 30, 1976 Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg; 13 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Edmonton Oilers Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues |
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| National team |
 United States
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| Playing career | 2001–2012 | ||
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2004 Prague | United States |
Ty Curtis Conklin (born March 30, 1976) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Conklin grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and was an early recruit of the now-famed Minnesota hockey prep school Shattuck-St. Mary's. He later played under Don Granato for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL), before attending the University of New Hampshire and playing for the Wildcats under long-tenured coach Dick Umile.
A self-described "late-bloomer", and "shorter kid" at age 18, while spending his draft-eligible years (to age 20) remaining off the radar of professional scouts – first as a post-graduate at Shattuck, and then in his first year in Green Bay – Conklin went unclaimed by any team in the NHL's Entry Draft.
Subsequently, he went on to earn numerous goaltending awards and accolades in both the USHL and NCAA, however, Conklin claims he never thought of becoming a professional until his junior year (his second playing) at UNH.
With the completion of his career at the University of New Hampshire in the spring of 2001, Conklin signed a professional contract as an undrafted free agent with the Edmonton Oilers. He spent the bulk of his first two seasons with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the then-shared American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate for the Oilers and Montreal Canadiens, and led the Bulldogs to within one win of a Calder Cup championship in 2003. He set an AHL record for most saves in a game with 83 (in a quadruple overtime, 134:56 minute 2–1 win over the Houston Aeros in Game 2 of the 2003 Calder Cup Final) in what was then the longest game in AHL history. In the 2003–04 season, he played as back-up to Tommy Salo, effectively becoming the starter when Salo was lost to injury, and then as the joint starter with Jussi Markkanen following Salo's trade to the Colorado Avalanche. During the NHL lockout he played for Wolfsburg in the DEL, the German elite league.
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