Springfield Thunderbirds forward TJ Tynan scored the 700th point of his American Hockey League career in Friday night’s 7-6 overtime loss to the Providence Bruins.
Tynan is the 28th player in AHL history to reach 700 points.
One of the most valuable AHL players of the last decade, Tynan returned this season to Springfield, where he began his pro career in 2014. He had 115 goals and 585 assists for 700 points in 769 AHL games with the Springfield Falcons, Lake Erie/Cleveland Monsters, Chicado EWorignes, Chicago EWolles and Colortariag. Thunderbirds.
Tynan is tied for seventh in league history in assists Willie Marshall (852), Fred Glover (814), Mike Nikoluk (686), Tim Tuckey (621), Keith Aucoin (613) and: Cal O’Reilly (606). He is also one of two players (Arthur Stratton) led the league in assists in a single season four times during his career.
The Orlando Park, Ill., native won the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL’s Most Valuable Player for 2020-21 and 2021-22, the fifth player ever to receive the honor in back-to-back seasons. He was selected as a postseason AHL All-Star in 2020-21 (Pacific Division), 2021-22 (First Team) and 2022-23 (Second Team) and he participated in the AHL All-Star Classic four times.
Tynan has nine goals and 42 assists for 51 points in 85 career AHL postseason games, winning the 2016 Calder Cup with Lake Erie and reaching the 2019 Finals with Chicago.
Originally a third-round pick by Columbus in the 2011 NHL Draft, Tynan played 31 games in the NHL with the Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings.
