The Altamont Enterprise - Thursday, August lft 2007
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Northern zone. He went to Massena for the Northern.zone tryout and was one of five skaters
arid one goalie who qualified! to
try out in Syracuse with, the
other top players in their zones*
"It was one.day arid we played
two games," Hynes said, "And
we did some off-ice workouts like
pull ups and quickness and agility^drUls," -;.:^'
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go to Rochester," Hynes's mother
Robin said. "There were 156
kids. Oiie in 538 kids thai participate in youth hockey get to go
to the camp.
"He is the only player from
this area to go to nationals,"
Robin Hynes added.
Oniy three players frbin the
Northern zone in New York
made, it to t h e USA H o c k e y ;
camp.
Hynes said t h a t it was great to
m e e t p l a y e r s from different
p a r t s ...of the country. Next year,
the 1998 Nagano Olympics; It
was the best finish for ah American male in the single luge.
Hynes does hot limit his athleticism to hockey. In th0 sprjhg
and summer, he plays baseball.
He was on the modified team at
Gujlderlarid and alsp played on
the Babe Ruth 13's All-star; teani
that advanced to the firiais of the
E a s t e r n New York S t a t e tpurr
nament.
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', Hynes also played soccer, when
h e was younger, b u t gave u p
t h a t sport for hockey.
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Tyler Hynes proudly wears
the polo shirt he got as a
player in. the USA Hockey
Select 14 Player
Development Camp in July. Hynes
plays for the
Westchester
Express travel team and will
try out for the Guilderland
High School team in November, though he's only in
eighth grade.
Three s t a t e s — New York,
Massachusetts, and Michigan —
have enough hockey players to
be their own district within USA
Hockey — and Hynes was selected to represent the s t a t e a t
the national camp.
" T h e Massachusetts zone'had
its own bus," Hynes said.
"Just 1 percent pf the hockey
players in the age group got to
Hynes hopes to niake the Select
15. camp in St. Cloud, Minn.
He'll have to try out all over
again. . . . . .
Born to skate
Hynes started playing hockey
when he was 3.
"I was a.fat little kid," he said.
"I needed exercise so I threw on
skates."
'
"We did a lot in the summer,"
Robin Hynes said. "My p a r e n t s
are into winter sports. The first
time he was on skates, it was
like h e was born on them."
Skating is in Hynes's genes.
Robin Hynes's mother and father
were worid-class skaters.
"In. the 1940s, they both were
on t h e national team in. speedskating," Robin Hynes said.
' N o r m a a n d Mike- Heidt of
L o n g I s l a n d . were Olympicquality athletes but did not get
to compete at the highest level.
"The 1944 Olympics were
called off," Robin Hynes said;
" T h a t would have been their
claim to fame."
A member of the Heidt family
did'get to compete iii the winter
Olympics. •.-..'
Adam Heidt finished fourth in
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"I had to quit soccer because
hockey is all-year round," Hynes
said. "Baseball fit in t h e two
months of break I have from
hockey." .
There is also another reason
for playing baseball as well as
hockey.
"My dad loves baseball," Hynes said. "He has always helped
coach my teams. We won dist r i c t s a n d finished second a t
states."
Expert h e l p
When Tyler's parents realized
he.was a good skater, they, took
him to see Dave Randall in Troy.
"He does a good job with kid's
skating," Robin Hynes said. "He
is the hockey-skating guru of the
Northeast.. He is in our backyard
in .Troy. We'would go oyer there
a couple of times a week."
Dave and Seth Randall r u n
North American.Hockey Systems
in Troy.
When h e was 6, Hynes played
in t h e . house league ^ - r e c r e a tional league — at t h e old Bethlehem. Ice Group Arena j u s t outside of Delmar.
He played travel hockey for
t h e C a p i t a l . Y o u t h Hockey
League for a few years.
"Last year, we did not have a
team," Hynes said. "The t e a m
broke up."
So. Hynes decided to join the
Westchester Express travel
? team. .
"I went down for a try out and
I made it," Hynes said.
Hynes Will play for Westchester, based in Brewster, this
fall and will try out for the high
school t e a m at Guilderland in
November even though he will
be an. eighth-grader.
T h e W e s t c h e s t e r t e a m will
provide travel opportunities for
Hynes. The Express play in twO
big t o u r n a m e n t s — the Silver
Stick Tournament and the NikeBauer Tournament — and also
play in Chicago.
"The best teams in the country
are in those tournaments," Hynes said. "Also the number-one
and number-two t e a m s in the
country are both in the.Norths
east. We play them a lot." .
• The Westchester team plays a
split season. It starts in the fall
and goes until November when
t h e players on the t e a m can try.
out for.their high school teams.
When the high school season is
finished in February, the Westchester t e a m gets back together
:
.and plays i n . t h e s t a t e tournament for travel teams,.
.
College is h i s goal
In t h e future', Hynes could
chose either to go. to a p r e p
schpol or play for a j u n i o r team
such as the Capital District Se-.
lects,
He even has, t h o u g h t s of
playing juniors in Canada, but
t h a t would deter him from oiie of
his main goals.
"If T. play juniors in Canada, I
can't play in. college," H y n e s
said.
C a n a d i a n j u n i o r t e a m s pay
players a small amount, but
Playing the puck: Tyler. Hynes of Guilderland passes the puck
while at the USA Hockey Select 14 Player Development Camp in
July. Hynes was just one of 150 fourteen-year-old players invited
to compete inthe.camp.
...
t h a t would violate NCAA rules.
"I w a n t to play Division I
hockey on a scholarship," Hynes
said. "That is my main goal."
T h e r e are only 60 Division I
hockey-playing colleges in the
country — including local 'colleges Union and the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
"We w a n t h i m to remain a
good student," Robin Hynes said.
"A lot of the best players don't
have the best grades."
Hynes has balanced books and
hockey even though 'he is dedicated to the sport.
"I have always liked.it," he
said. "I realized I loved it during,
my first year of travel. I played
pretty well."
"We knew "he was a good
player," Robin Hynes said. "Biit
we realized t h a t he could play
with the best of the best when he
m a d e the USA camp. He had a
g r e a t try-out and we thought,
'Wow, he could be something.'
Before the tryouts, for us, we
t h o u g h t h e h a d a 20-percent
chance'of making it to the camp.
But t h e n he started taking it to
guys, we thought he had a 70percent chance."
Hynes was j u s t happy to be
back on the ice. He had broken
his shoulder and came back for
t h e t r y o u t s for the national
camp.
Before the tryouts, he was just
doing cardio-vascular workouts.
"It really-helped out, actually,"
Hyrtes said of his injury. "I went
to the tryouts in pfimo shape."
T h e r i g h t - h a n d e d shooting
winger took a d v a n t a g e of his
opportunity to get back on the
ice, by having a couple of good
tryouts.:
Hynes loves the. creativity of
hockey and likes the play of Sidney Crosby of t h e N a t i o n a l
Hockey L e a g u e ' s P i t t s b u r g h
Penguins.; He also likes t h e
Nashville Predators, and Wash. ington Capital Alex. Ovechkin.
- "I like. to t a k e after Sidney.
Crosby," H y n e s . said of t h e
NHL's reigning most valuable
player. "He is not. the biggest
player but he can take a hit. He's
skillful but tough." ' ;
H y n e s plays hockey n i n e
months out of the year, and five
to six days a week.
"At the end of the season,"
. Hynes said, "I'm not happy it's
over, but it is a nice break."
He also gets excited about the
baseball season; as a pitcher and
third baseman, he has also been
successful.
But when the-weather turns
Cold, he is excited for the hockey
season to begin. Hynes is attracted, to the creativity t h a t a
hockey player, can have on the
ice.
He also has found something
that he is really good at and can
compete at the highest level,
"We're beginning to see what
he can accomplish," Robin Hynes
said.
"And I want to keep working
towards it," Tyler Hynes concluded.
Crew club registration
GUILDERLAND. — The
G u i l d e r l a n d Crew Club team
will be holding its fall registration meeting at the Guilderland
Public Library.
T h e r e g i s t r a t i o n will be on
Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 6:30.
to 8".p.m. The team is open to all
high school age boys and girls in
t h e Guilderland School District
who are interested in learning to
row.
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•
Fees for joining the club are$375 for the fajl session. Ail new
rowers are required to pass a
swim test and parents are
needed for committee work and
carpooling, to practices after
school.
.
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For more information or to receive a registration packet, contact fall season organizers, Mary
A b h r u z z e s e , at'. 861-69.77' or
[email protected] .and Don
Constantino, during the evening
a t . . 861-55.37
or ". a t
con-"
[email protected].'edU.
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