Tyler Wotherspoon

Biography

Tyler Wotherspoon made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2022 where he recorded two assists in the tournament. Wotherspoon’s first international experience came as a member of the Canada Pacific team at the 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. He played for the U-20 team at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship, scoring once and adding an assist as Canada placed fourth.

Wotherspoon was selected in the second round, 57^th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL Draft. He played junior hockey with the Portland Winterhawks, with whom he won a WHL Championship and earned a second team all-star selection in 2013. That season he also played for the WHL All-Stars in the Canada/Russia Super Series.

He spent the four seasons (2013-14 to 2016-17) with Calgary, split between the NHL and AHL. He appeared in 30 NHL games with the Flames over that time before spending the entire 2017-18 season in the AHL with Stockton. He joined St. Louis’ AHL affiliate in San Antonio in 2018-19 before joining Philadelphia’s Lehigh Valley for 2019-20 and 2020-21. Wotherspoon signed a one-year deal with the AHL’s Utica Comets for 2021-22.