![]() McGregor in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Forest, Ontario, Canada | March 11, 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 153 lb (69 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Ice sledge hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tyler McGregor (born March 11, 1994) is a Canadian sledge hockey player, and captain of Canada’s national para hockey team. [1]
McGregor was born in Forest, Ontario on March 11, 1994, to parents Dean and Trudy. [2] Growing up in Forest, Ontario, he started playing ice hockey when he was three years old and advanced to able-bodied AAA hockey, breaking his leg in a game in 2009 which ultimately led to a diagnosis of spindle cell sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. [1] [3] As a result, in January 2010 McGregor underwent eight months of chemotherapy and the amputation of his left leg above the knee. [2]
Upon concluding treatment, McGregor was encouraged to try out sledge hockey by his former coaches. [4] He started playing with a standing amputee team but soon switched to sledge hockey. [2] [1] McGregor began playing sledge hockey in 2011 and made the Canadian men's national para ice hockey team in 2012. [5] In his international debut at the age of 18, he recorded a goal and two assists to help Team Canada win a silver medal at the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. [6] The following year, McGregor became the youngest member of Team Canada to win a gold medal at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships. [7]
As a result of his success, McGregor was the second-youngest player named to Team Canada’s sledge hockey team for the 2014 Winter Paralympics, [5] where he won a bronze medal. [8] Following this, he collected 11 goals and 10 assists in six games during the 2015 International Ice Sledge Hockey Tournament to win a gold medal. [9] [10]
As a member of Team Canada at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, McGregor recorded 12 goals to tie as the tournament leader and win a gold medal. [11] Following the tournament, McGregor served as an alternate captain [12] to bring Canada to a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. [13] In 2019 he was named captain of the national para hockey team, winning silver at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics, [1] and silver at the 2029, 2021 and 2023 world championships.