Tyler Lewington

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Tyler Lewington

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|5}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 202

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| league = ICEHL

| team = EC Red Bull Salzburg

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| former_teams = Washington Capitals
Nashville Predators
Boston Bruins

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| draft = 204th overall

| draft_year = 2013

| draft_team = Washington Capitals

| career_start = 2015

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Tyler Lewington (born December 5, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/88699/tyler-lewington|title=Tyler Lewington at eliteprospects.com|website=www.eliteprospects.com}} He was drafted 204th overall, in the seventh round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals.

Playing career

Lewington played four seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) prior to joining the Capitals' organization. Leading up to the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Lewington was ranked 66th overall for North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.{{cite web |title=CSS Final 2013 North American Skater Rankings |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=88636 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 31, 2018}} While playing with the Tigers, he was drafted 204th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web |title=TYLER LEWINGTON SELECTED IN NHL ENTRY DRAFT |url=http://tigershockey.com/tyler-lewington-selected-in-nhl-entry-draft/ |website=tigershockey.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=June 30, 2013}} Lewington was named captain of the Tigers for the 2014–15 season{{cite web |title=TYLER LEWINGTON INKS ENTRY LEVEL CONTRACT |url=http://tigershockey.com/tyler-lewington-inks-entry-level-contract/ |website=tigershockey.com |accessdate=December 31, 2018 |date=March 4, 2015}} and was awarded the team's leadership award.{{cite web |title=TIGERS OFFICIALLY WRAP SEASON UP WITH AWARDS BANQUET |url=http://tigershockey.com/tigers-officially-wrap-season-up-with-awards-banquet/ |website=tigershockey.com |accessdate=December 31, 2018 |date=April 22, 2015}}

On March 4, 2015, Lewington signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Washington.{{cite web |title=Capitals Sign Tyler Lewington |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-sign-tyler-lewington/c-756641 |accessdate=December 22, 2018 |website=www.nhl.com |date=March 4, 2015}} Although Lewington had the opportunity to join the Capitals American Hockey League affiliate, the Hershey Bears after the Tigers were eliminated from the WHL playoffs, Lewington needed surgery to repair a shoulder injury.{{cite web|last1=Leone|first1=Tim|title=With surgically repaired shoulder mending, Tyler Lewington is a spectator at Washington Capitals development camp

|url=https://www.pennlive.com/hersheybears/index.ssf/2015/07/with_surgically_repaired_shoul.html|website=pennlive.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=July 8, 2015}} Although Lewington was healed by the time the Capitals 2015 training camp came around, he was assigned to the Hershey Bears to begin the season.{{cite news |last1=Prewitt |first1=Alex |title=Capitals cut five rookies from training camp, send them to Hershey |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2015/09/28/capitals-cut-five-rookies-from-training-camp-send-them-to-hershey/ |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 28, 2015}} Lewington made the Bears opening night roster but before he had a chance to play a game, he was reassigned to their ECHL team on October 15.{{cite web |title=LEWINGTON CALLED UP TO AHL |url=http://tigershockey.com/lewington-called-up-to-ahl/ |website=tigershockey.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=December 2, 2015}} Lewington spent the season splitting his time playing with the Hershey Bears and the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. The following two seasons Lewington was a steady presence in the AHL, playing in 201 games before making his NHL debut.

Lewington played in 71 games for the Bears during the 2017–18 season. While he played in 71 games, Lewington was suspended twice in March,{{cite web |title=AHL ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION |url=https://theahl.com/ahl-announces-suspension-18mar18 |website=theahl.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=March 18, 2018}}{{cite web |title=AHL ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION |url=https://theahl.com/ahl-announces-suspension-18mar31 |website=theahl.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=March 31, 2018}} and once in April.{{cite web |title=AHL ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION |url=https://theahl.com/ahl-announces-suspension-18apr10 |website=theahl.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=April 10, 2018}} Lewington was re-signed by the Capitals on May 18, 2018 to a two-year, two-way contract.{{cite web |title=Capitals Re-sign Tyler Lewington |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-re-sign-tyler-lewington/c-298679236 |accessdate=December 22, 2018 |website=www.nhl.com |date=May 18, 2018}}

Lewington attended the Capitals training camp prior to the 2018–19 season. On September 26 he was placed on waivers with the intention of reassigned him to Hershey.{{cite web |last1=Regan |first1=J.J. |title=Interesting roster battles for the Caps revealed in latest round of cuts |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/capitals/interesting-roster-battles-caps-revealed-latest-round-cuts |website=nbcsports.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=September 26, 2018}} After playing in 26 games, Lewington was recalled to the NHL on December 15.{{cite web |title=Capitals Recall Lewington |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-recall-lewington/c-302959396 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=December 15, 2018}} On December 22, 2018, he made his NHL debut against the Ottawa Senators.{{cite web |author1=Taryn Bray |title=Lewington's Family Makes the Trip for NHL Debut |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/lewingtons-family-makes-the-trip-for-nhl-debut/c-303201858 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=December 22, 2018}} A week later in another game against the Senators, Lewington completed a Gordie Howe hat trick, recording his first NHL goal, assist, and fight in the process.{{cite web |title=Washington Capitals hold on to beat slumping Ottawa Senators |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/washington-capitals-hold-beat-slumping-ottawa-senators/ |website=sportsnet.ca |accessdate=December 30, 2018 |date=December 29, 2018}} In the same game, fellow rookie defenseman Madison Bowey also scored his first NHL goal, making the two players the first defensemen in Capitals history to score their first NHL goals in the same game. The following day Lewington was returned to Hershey.{{cite web |title=Capitals Re-assign Lewington |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-re-assign-lewington/c-303396042 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=December 31, 2018 |date=December 31, 2018}}

After five seasons within the Capitals organization, Lewington left the club as a free agent and agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators on October 13, 2020.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/predators-sign-tyler-lewington-to-one-year-two-way-contract/c-319446300 | title = Predators sign Tyler Lewington to a one-year deal | publisher = Nashville Predators | date = October 13, 2020 | accessdate = October 13, 2020}} In the pandemic delayed {{nhly|2020}} season, Lewington made two appearances with the Predators registering 1 assist, remaining primarily on the roster as a part of the club's taxi squad.

As a free agent from the Predators, Lewington joined his third NHL organization in signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Boston Bruins on July 28, 2021.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/boston-bruins-announce-free-agent-signings-and-transactions/c-325850554 | title = Bruins announce free agent signings and transactions | publisher = Boston Bruins | date = July 28, 2021 | accessdate = July 28, 2021}} Lewington was called up to the Bruins on an emergency basis on January 12, 2022, and made his Bruins debut the following day against the Philadelphia Flyers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/bruins-tyler-lewington-emergency-recall-wednesday/|title=Bruins' Tyler Lewington: Emergency recall Wednesday}} During that game, Lewington became the 1,012th player to appear in a game in the {{nhly|2021}} season, which broke the record for most players playing in a single season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleachernation.com/blackhawks/2022/01/14/bulldozing-to-a-victory-reichels-debut-nhl-all-stars-and-other-blackhawks-bullets/|title=Bulldozing to a Victory, Reichel's Debut, NHL All-Stars, and Other Blackhawks Bullets|date=14 January 2022}}

As a pending free agent from the Bruins in the off-season, Lewington opted to halt his North American career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club, EC Red Bull Salzburg of the ICE Hockey League, on June 7, 2022.{{cite web| url = https://ecrbs.redbulls.com/kanadischer-verteidiger-verstaerkt-die-red-bulls | title = Canadian defenseman joins the Red Bulls | publisher = EC Red Bull Salzburg | date = June 7, 2022 | accessdate = June 7, 2022 | language = German}}

Personal life

Lewington was born to Linda and Marshall and grew up in Edmonton with his sister Amanda.

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season !! Team !! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
2011–12	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL \| 44	0	3	3	46 \| 8	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL \| 69	2	24	26	131 \| 8	1	0	1	14
2013–14	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL \| 68	7	31	38	121 \| 18	0	3	3	26
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL \| 69	9	36	45	113 \| 9	1	1	2	10
2015–16	Hershey Bears	AHL \| 32	3	3	6	89 \| 21	4	1	5	19
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2015–16	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL \| 14	1	5	6	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Hershey Bears	AHL \| 72	4	13	17	142 \| 12	1	3	4	17
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2017–18	Hershey Bears	AHL \| 71	2	9	11	149 \| —	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Hershey Bears	AHL \| 65	3	12	15	121 \| 8	0	0	0	20
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19	Washington Capitals	NHL \| 2	1	1	2	7 \| —	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Washington Capitals	NHL \| 6	0	0	0	17 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2019–20	Hershey Bears	AHL \| 43	4	9	13	76 \| —	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Chicago Wolves	AHL \| 3	0	0	0	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2020–21	Nashville Predators	NHL \| 2	0	1	1	9 \| —	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Providence Bruins	AHL \| 55	2	7	9	66 \| 2	0	0	0	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2021–22	Boston Bruins	NHL \| 2	0	0	0	7 \| —	—	—	—	—
2022–23	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL \| 42	5	8	13	47 \| 15	1	1	2	19
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2023–24	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL \| 43	3	10	13	67 \| 18	0	4	4	18
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\|NHL totals ! 12 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 40 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —