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Is he doing good thhis year, think there will be a trade for him? |
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Idont know he was almost as good as it was henot?? |
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Do u think hewill go first overall |
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Windsor head coach Bob Boughner said of Hall. "He's very driven. It's been a growing process. Last year, he had a tough playoffs but he's adjusted his game. Hall, just 17, leads the OHL playoffs in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists. He had only a so-so second half to the season, a fall-off that was a direct result of being cut from the world junior hockey team. "I was very disappointed, it was something I would love to do but wasn't meant to be," said Hall. "I came back here and kind of had a sub-par second half. Facing adversity is something I'm going to have to get better at. "I've had a really good playoffs because I've let everything go." The fatigued Battalion had no legs, and were outshot 18-1 in the third. "It was an embarrassing performance by our hockey team," said Brampton coach Stan Butler. "We just quit. We were just terrible." Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:58 GMT User Comment |
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Windsor Spitfires winger Taylor Hall. "We're not here to look at him, but you can't take your eyes off him," said one Eastern Conference scout. Hall, a 6-foot, 178-pound left winger from Kingston, had a goal and three assists for the Windsor Spitfires in a 10-1 rout of the Brampton Battalion last night. Game 2 is tomorrow night at Brampton's Powerade Centre. "He's a guy who'll go at the top of next year's draft," said Tim Taylor, a scout for USA Hockey. "He's an outstanding skater, and I think has terrific offensive instincts." Hall was the most dynamic player on an ice surface loaded with teenagers for whom stardom may yet await, like teammate Ryan Ellis, a slick puck-moving defenceman who starred for Canada at the world junior tournament. On the other side was Brampton's Cody Hodgson, named the top player in the OHL this season, and Matt Duchene, expected to be a top-3 pick in this summer's draft. But they keep looking at Hall, that No.4 on Windsor. Hall was in on every important goal before it became a rout. "It's what I'm expected to do, it's what I'm on the team to do," said Hall. "The coach gives me lots of opportunity, and I have to perform." He played smart hockey, setting up Andrei Loktionov second goal of the game with a feed from the corner for what stood as the game-winner. He played opportunistic hockey, jumping on a loose puck off an Ellis slap shot with Brampton goalie Thomas McCollum looking helplessly around for the puck for the third goal of the game. "His speed backs other teams off, he's dangerous on the ice and everybody has to watch him. "He's had that pressure to lead our team in the playoffs, and for a kid that age, he's done that," Windsor head coach Bob Boughner said of Hall. "He's very driven. It's been a growing process. Last year, he had a tough playoffs but he's adjusted his game. Hall, just 17, leads the OHL playoffs in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists. He had only a so-so second half to the |
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WINDSOR–The stands were packed with scouts and NHL front-office types, here to have a look at the prospects they've drafted and the ones eligible this June. They came away from the first game of the OHL final very impressed with a guy not available until next June: Windsor Spitfires winger Taylor Hall. "We're not here to look at him, but you can't take your eyes off him," said one Eastern Conference scout. Hall, a 6-foot, 178-pound left winger from Kingston, had a goal and three assists for the Windsor Spitfires in a 10-1 rout of the Brampton Battalion last night. Game 2 is tomorrow night at Brampton's Powerade Centre. "He's a guy who'll go at the top of next year's draft," said Tim Taylor, a scout for USA Hockey. "He's an outstanding skater, and I think has terrific offensive instincts." Hall was the most dynamic player on an ice surface loaded with teenagers for whom stardom may yet await, like teammate Ryan Ellis, a slick puck-moving defenceman who starred for Canada at the world junior tournament. On the other side was Brampton's Cody Hodgson, named the top player in the OHL this season, and Matt Duchene, expected to be a top-3 pick in this summer's draft. But they keep looking at Hall, that No.4 on Windsor. Hall was in on every important goal before it became a rout. "It's what I'm expected to do, it's what I'm on the team to do," said Hall. "The coach gives me lots of opportunity, and I have to perform." He played smart hockey, setting up Andrei Loktionov second goal of the game with a feed from the corner for what stood as the game-winner. He played opportunistic hockey, jumping on a loose puck off an Ellis slap shot with Brampton goalie Thomas McCollum looking helplessly around for the puck for the third goal of the game. "His speed backs other teams off, he's dangerous on the ice and everybody has to watch him. "He's had that pressure to lead our team in the playoffs, and for a kid that age, he's done that," Windsor head coach Bob Boughner said of Hall. "He's very driven. It's been a growing process. Last year, he had a tough playoffs but he's adjusted his game. Hall, just 17, leads the OHL playoffs in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists. He had only a so-so second half to the season, a fall-off that was a direct result of being cut from the world junior hockey team. "I was very disappointed, it was something I would love to do but wasn't meant to be," said Hall. "I came back here and kind of had a sub-par second half. Facing adversity is something I'm going to have to get better at. "I've had a really good playoffs because I've let everything go." The fatigued Battalion had no legs, and were outshot 18-1 in the third. "It was an embarrassing performance by our hockey team," said Brampton coach Stan Butler. "We just quit. We were just terrible." |
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borden wishes she was his gf..... but doenst she wish every o guy was her bf?? shes worse than vanessa |
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report abuse delete Taylor Hall Taylor Hall is one of twelve residence halls on Eastern Illinois University's campus. At full capacity Taylor Hall houses 625 coed students. The building has two, five story towers ... |
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hen John Tavares heard his name called by the New York Islanders in June, Taylor Hall was on the clock. He is the new No. 1 ranked prospect who will go through a season of hype, scrutiny and projections, all the while trying to focus on playing hockey and defending a Memorial Cup championship. In fact, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 OHL Draft who scored 45 goals in his rookie season and 38 last year, in addition to 16 in 20 playoff games, has had a taste of the scrutiny already. "There was one thing on TSN where they said some scouts would have taken me No. 1 this year and some had me down at No. 8," Hall laughed this summer while visiting his birthplace of Calgary to visit friends and family. Hall tried to observe Tavares last season, knowing it would soon be him in the spotlight. "Whenever we're together at all-star games or the ADT Challenge or anything like that I always talk to him and I feel like we have a connection because I know what he's going through and he knows what I'm going to go through," Hall said. While Hall's season with the Windsor Spitfires couldn't have ended any better - -a Mem Cup title and being named MVP of tournament -- he did go through his struggles in the 38-goal, 52-assist season. "Before the World Juniors I was having the kind of season that I would have liked to have had," Hall recalled. "I was up there in scoring and the team wasn't losing very much at all. But then I got cut and from there on everything seemed to kind of go downhill for about 20 games and I just didn't have a lot of confidence. "I can look back and say that I didn't have a very good second half of the year, but I ended the season well and I'm proud of that." Getting cut from the World Junior team at 17 years old is nothing new, but it was Hall's first experience with rejection in the hockey realm. "To be honest, I don't think I was expecting to make the team and that was probably my problem and that's why I didn't make it," Hall said. With a title to defend, a World Junior team to make and a No.1 prospect status to uphold, the 6-foot-1 185-pound winger doesn't expect to have a problem focusing or handling the pressure. "I'm expecting some pressure, obviously, but I've said this many times before, I think pressure is something I thrive under,' he said. "I had a really good playoffs and a strong Memorial Cup so I really think I play well in that. I want to be the player in the spotlight and I want to be the player everyone is talking about." Even when he wasn't playing up to his own standards offensively last season, he finds ways to chip in -- he makes sure of it. "I was still playing well in the defensive zone and I was still contributing on the penalty kill, I just wasn't fulfilling my offensive capabilities," he said. "I think the way I stay focused is just trying to contribute to a really good winning team. As long as I concentrate on just contributing and being a good teammate and being a good leader and a good penalty killer and stuff like that, I'll have the season I want to have." Hall will continue to focus on that aspect, as well as adding pounds to his maturing frame. "This summer I've been working on getting a bit bigger and a bit stronger so hopefully I can push some guys around next year," he grinned. "I want to be a really good defensive player; not only be around for my offensive abilities, but be relied on defensively and just be a player the coach can rely on in the last minute of the game. "You can score as many goals as you want, but if you're a liability in the defensive zone you're no use to the team." It's that type of maturity and attitude, not to mention his speed, release and other array of offensive skills, that has scouts drooling. He says it's not a goal to be the No. 1 overall pick, but he wouldn't mind it. "Probably not a goal, maybe an accomplishment," he said of the 2010 NHL Draft. "I think if I do everything I'm supposed to do... that will happen. It's not really a goal. If I don't go No. 1 overall it's not going to be the end of the world, but if I do, I'll be proud of myself. "No matter how my season goes and how the draft goes I want to put myself in position to play in the NHL next year. Obviously, I'll have to gain weight and get stronger but I think I have the confidence to do so." Hall has relied heavily on his parents, Steve and Kim, as well as the Spitfires duo of former NHLers Bob Boughner and Warren Rychel. "They went up through the ranks and they know what it's like," his said of his coach and general manager. "They played junior and they know how they wanted to be treated as a junior player. "Every day I'm learning something, whether it's Bob (Boughner) on the ice or Warren (Rychel) in the dressing room." While Hall tears up the OHL and has called Ontario home since he was 13, he heads out west every year to catch up. Sometimes he finds himself wondering how he'd be doing in the WHL. "You know, sometimes I do," he said when asked if he thinks about staying in Calgary. "I don't know how high I would have gone in the WHL Draft or anything like that, but I try not to think about it. The way it's worked out in Kingston has been really good so far and I can't ask for anything more." Training with his father, a former bobsledder, six days a week this summer has him prepared for the season. Legs, legs, legs has been the mantra. "I want to get stronger and keep my skating strong, the upper body stuff will come in time," he said. Hall can't wait to get the season going and proving the scouts right. 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WINDSOR–The stands were packed with scouts and NHL front-office types, here to have a look at the prospects they've drafted and the ones eligible this June. They came away from the first game of the OHL final very impressed with a guy not available until next June: Windsor Spitfires winger Taylor Hall. "We're not here to look at him, but you can't take your eyes off him," said one Eastern Conference scout. Hall, a 6-foot, 178-pound left winger from Kingston, had a goal and three assists for the Windsor Spitfires in a 10-1 rout of the Brampton Battalion last night. Game 2 is tomorrow night at Brampton's Powerade Centre. "He's a guy who'll go at the top of next year's draft," said Tim Taylor, a scout for USA Hockey. "He's an outstanding skater, and I think has terrific offensive instincts." Hall was the most dynamic player on an ice surface loaded with teenagers for whom stardom may yet await, like teammate Ryan Ellis, a slick puck-moving defenceman who starred for Canada at the world junior tournament. On the other side was Brampton's Cody Hodgson, named the top player in the OHL this season, and Matt Duchene, expected to be a top-3 pick in this summer's draft. But they keep looking at Hall, that No.4 on Windsor. Hall was in on every important goal before it became a rout. "It's what I'm expected to do, it's what I'm on the team to do," said Hall. "The coach gives me lots of opportunity, and I have to perform." He played smart hockey, setting up Andrei Loktionov second goal of the game with a feed from the corner for what stood as the game-winner. He played opportunistic hockey, jumping on a loose puck off an Ellis slap shot with Brampton goalie Thomas McCollum looking helplessly around for the puck for the third goal of the game. "His speed backs other teams off, he's dangerous on the ice and everybody has to watch him. "He's had that pressure to lead our team in the playoffs, and for a kid that age, he's done that," Windsor head coach Bob Boughner said of Hall. "He's very driven. It's been a growing process. Last year, he had a tough playoffs but he's adjusted his game. Hall, just 17, leads the OHL playoffs in scoring with 12 goals and 18 assists. He had only a so-so second half to the season, a fall-off that was a direct result of being cut from the world junior hockey team. "I was very disappointed, it was something I would love to do but wasn't meant to be," said Hall. "I came back here and kind of had a sub-par second half. Facing adversity is something I'm going to have to get better at. "I've had a really good playoffs because I've let everything go." The fatigued Battalion had no legs, and were outshot 18-1 in the third. "It was an embarrassing performance by our hockey team," said Brampton coach Stan Butler. "We just quit. We were just terrible." |
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Most Saturday nights, Taylor Hall is busily tangling with an older opponent. Such is the life of the junior hockey rookie. It also leaves him little chance to watch Hockey Night in Canada like most hockey fans his age. That's too bad, because Hall would certainly enjoy what he'd hear. The forward with the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires is from Kingston, Ont., and is one of Don Cherry's favourite topics. "The very first time I saw him, I knew he had it," said Cherry, Kingston's favourite son and a colourful commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. "He's got all the tools -- he can skate, shoot, he's got hockey savvy. I could go on and on. "He's got the touch. I've seen them all come up -- (Sam) Gagner, (Rick) Nash, (John) Tavares -- and this kid's as good as any of them." Hall has caught the attention of more than Coach's Corner. "He's a special player," Spitfires coach and co-owner Bob Boughner said. The first time Boughner saw Hall in action, he scored four goals. Later, he produced a six-goal effort in the OHL Cup, a showcase event for the top midget players in Ontario. A victim of that sensational performance was current Spitfires rookie defenceman Ryan Ellis. "We were already out of the tournament, so all we were doing was running around trying to hit him," Ellis recalled. "He just kept ducking and getting around us and ended up scoring six." TOP ROOKIE SCORER IN OHL He has kept turning heads and lifting fans from their seats since arriving in Windsor. Taking a regular turn at left-wing on Windsor's top line with Josh Bailey and Bradley Snetsinger, Hall shares the team lead with 16 goals, tops among OHL rookies. Heady totals and heady praise for a kid who celebrated his 16th birthday on Nov. 14 and won't be NHL-draft eligible until 2010. Cherry figures there's only one factor that could prevent Hall's ascension, but doesn't believe it will amount to a concern. "The main thing he's got to do is keep dedicated," Cherry said. "Some of these kids, their minds wander when they get around 17, 18, but I don't think he's the type." Based on what Boughner has seen from Hall, he is in Cherry's camp. "How driven he is and what he expects from himself at this age, it's amazing," Boughner said. "He's here working out on his own. He's at the gym Mondays, he's doing plyometrics. "This kid wants it." A smooth skater with shiftiness and high-end puckhandling skills in tight quarters, Hall's lanky 6-foot-1, 168-pound frame gives him a significant reach advantage he puts to use to elude defenders. While he demands much of himself, Hall is mature enough to recognize he'll deal with many ups and downs during this inaugural campaign. "I know that I'm not going to be great every night," he said. "It's a learning curve and so far, it's going pretty fast." The Spitfires see a level of maturity and responsibility in Hall not generally evident in first-year players. "You tell him something once and he's got it," Boughner said. "We're lucky to have him." That's why Cherry is certain that the day will come when they won't just be talking about Hall on Hockey Night In Canada, we'll all be watching him. "If he keeps his nose to the grindstone, as they say, he'll make the National Hockey League," Cherry said. "I know it and I'm not saying that just because he's from Kingston." |
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hen John Tavares heard his name called by the New York Islanders in June, Taylor Hall was on the clock. He is the new No. 1 ranked prospect who will go through a season of hype, scrutiny and projections, all the while trying to focus on playing hockey and defending a Memorial Cup championship. In fact, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 OHL Draft who scored 45 goals in his rookie season and 38 last year, in addition to 16 in 20 playoff games, has had a taste of the scrutiny already. "There was one thing on TSN where they said some scouts would have taken me No. 1 this year and some had me down at No. 8," Hall laughed this summer while visiting his birthplace of Calgary to visit friends and family. Hall tried to observe Tavares last season, knowing it would soon be him in the spotlight. "Whenever we're together at all-star games or the ADT Challenge or anything like that I always talk to him and I feel like we have a connection because I know what he's going through and he knows what I'm going to go through," Hall said. While Hall's season with the Windsor Spitfires couldn't have ended any better - -a Mem Cup title and being named MVP of tournament -- he did go through his struggles in the 38-goal, 52-assist season. "Before the World Juniors I was having the kind of season that I would have liked to have had," Hall recalled. "I was up there in scoring and the team wasn't losing very much at all. But then I got cut and from there on everything seemed to kind of go downhill for about 20 games and I just didn't have a lot of confidence. "I can look back and say that I didn't have a very good second half of the year, but I ended the season well and I'm proud of that." Getting cut from the World Junior team at 17 years old is nothing new, but it was Hall's first experience with rejection in the hockey realm. "To be honest, I don't think I was expecting to make the team and that was probably my problem and that's why I didn't make it," Hall said. With a title to defend, a World Junior team to make and a No.1 prospect status to uphold, the 6-foot-1 185-pound winger doesn't expect to have a problem focusing or handling the pressure. "I'm expecting some pressure, obviously, but I've said this many times before, I think pressure is something I thrive under,' he said. "I had a really good playoffs and a strong Memorial Cup so I really think I play well in that. I want to be the player in the spotlight and I want to be the player everyone is talking about." Even when he wasn't playing up to his own standards offensively last season, he finds ways to chip in -- he makes sure of it. "I was still playing well in the defensive zone and I was still contributing on the penalty kill, I just wasn't fulfilling my offensive capabilities," he said. "I think the way I stay focused is just trying to contribute to a really good winning team. As long as I concentrate on just contributing and being a good teammate and being a good leader and a good penalty killer and stuff like that, I'll have the season I want to have." Hall will continue to focus on that aspect, as well as adding pounds to his maturing frame. "This summer I've been working on getting a bit bigger and a bit stronger so hopefully I can push some guys around next year," he grinned. "I want to be a really good defensive player; not only be around for my offensive abilities, but be relied on defensively and just be a player the coach can rely on in the last minute of the game. "You can score as many goals as you want, but if you're a liability in the defensive zone you're no use to the team." It's that type of maturity and attitude, not to mention his speed, release and other array of offensive skills, that has scouts drooling. He says it's not a goal to be the No. 1 overall pick, but he wouldn't mind it. "Probably not a goal, maybe an accomplishment," he said of the 2010 NHL Draft. "I think if I do everything I'm supposed to do... that will happen. It's not really a goal. If I don't go No. 1 overall it's not going to be the end of the world, but if I do, I'll be proud of myself. "No matter how my season goes and how the draft goes I want to put myself in position to play in the NHL next year. Obviously, I'll have to gain weight and get stronger but I think I have the confidence to do so." Hall has relied heavily on his parents, Steve and Kim, as well as the Spitfires duo of former NHLers Bob Boughner and Warren Rychel. "They went up through the ranks and they know what it's like," his said of his coach and general manager. "They played junior and they know how they wanted to be treated as a junior player. "Every day I'm learning something, whether it's Bob (Boughner) on the ice or Warren (Rychel) in the dressing room." While Hall tears up the OHL and has called Ontario home since he was 13, he heads out west every year to catch up. Sometimes he finds himself wondering how he'd be doing in the WHL. "You know, sometimes I do," he said when asked if he thinks about staying in Calgary. "I don't know how high I would have gone in the WHL Draft or anything like that, but I try not to think about it. The way it's worked out in Kingston has been really good so far and I can't ask for anything more." Training with his father, a former bobsledder, six days a week this summer has him prepared for the season. Legs, legs, legs has been the mantra. "I want to get stronger and keep my skating strong, the upper body stuff will come in time," he said. Hall can't wait to get the season going and proving the scouts right. 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he has a girlfriend shes soooo pretty =S |
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TAYLOR HALL IS SEXY!!! |
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The best blue line floater in the O now that Tavares has left, |
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(Best lips in the OHL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 ) And he uses them on the bus |
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tay needs to start laying some big hits, like that one on tavares last season:) that was golden. |
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tay hall looks like a big ugly horse, oh and he sleeps with domes on ! thats embarassing. |
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i wanna f*ck taylor hall |
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Best lips in the OHL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 |
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Oh and congratulations on winning the Mem Cup :) |
