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Excerpt from Elite Prospects:
Like many Junior A players, Tyson Jugnauth plays the game at a slower pace. The difference with him is that the West Kelowna Warriors defenceman didn’t adapt this style of play to facilitate his reads. He uses it as a playmaking tool.
Jugnauth understands the details that go into a successful creation game. He knows how to adopt a deceptive position to keep defenders guessing about his next choice of play. He knows how to manipulate pace, how to accelerate and slow down to force them to adjust their footwork, and he knows how to feint with his eyes, body, and stick positioning. These abilities gave Jugnauth a command over the ice in the BCHL. He didn’t need to outspeed opponents as he could move them out of passing and shooting lanes with his tricks.
His playmaking game not only shines in the offensive zone, but also in transition. Jugnauth constantly looks to move the puck inside the most space. He looks to expand his team’s offensive sequences with longer cross-ice and stretch passes with a relatively high success rate.