Ty Conklin
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"Ty Curtis Conklin" is an United States/American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona/Phoenix, Arizona, Conklin grew up in Anchorage, Alaska/Anchorage, Alaska, and was an early recruit of the now-famed Minnesota hockey University-preparatory school/prep school Shattuck-St. Mary's. He later played under Don Granato for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL), before attending the University of New Hampshire and playing for the New Hampshire Wildcats/Wildcats under long-tenured coach (sport)/coach Dick Umile.

A self-described "late-bloomer", and "shorter kid" at age 18, while spending his draft-eligible years (to age 20) remaining off the radar of Scout (sport)/professional scouts – first as a post-graduate at Shattuck, and then in his first year in Green Bay – Conklin went unclaimed by any team in the NHL's NHL Entry Draft/Entry Draft.

Subsequently, he went on to earn numerous goaltending awards and accolades in both the USHL and NCAA, however, Conklin claims he never thought of becoming a professional until his junior year (his second playing) at University of New Hampshire/UNH.

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I don't make the decisions. I would have made a different one.

Bad goals. Both of them.

We didn't give up, we didn't quit, and we were rewarded for it.

I felt good. I felt I could have handled the puck a little better. All in all, I felt pretty good.