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Tyler Myers prefers to look forward and when you think about what he endured last season, it’s easy to see why.

Not only was the towering Winnipeg Jets defenceman limited to 11 games because of a series of lower-body injuries that required multiple surgeries, but he encountered a scary moment in his personal life as well.

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In January of 2017, Myers’ wife Michela had an emergency C-section and their son Tristan was born five weeks prematurely.

Tristan stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for several weeks as he battled through a pulmonary hemorrhage, a seizure and a stroke.

Things were touch and go for the newest member of the Myers family, but his health has improved, as has his father’s.

Myers has returned to form and he’s on pace to put up more assists and points than he had in any season since winning the Calder Trophy in 2008-09 as a member of the Buffalo Sabres.

His ability to overcome adversity on and off the ice was why Myers was chosen in a vote by the Winnipeg chapter of the of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association as the Jets’ nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.