One On One With Former Vernon Laker Terry Ryan:

I was watching Sportsnet's Rogers Hometown Hockey one Sunday evening live from St. John's, NL in a game featuring the Montreal Canadians & Boston Bruins on February 8th 2015 when between periods former Vernon Lakers forward Terry Ryan joined Ron MacLean to talk about everything from his experiences in television production to senior hockey, pulling from his experiences as an NHL prospect and son of an astute hockey mind.

http://www.hometownhockey.com/news/from-hockey-to-literature-to-tv-terry-ryan/

Ryan started the 1992-93 season with the RMJHL Quesnel Millionaires before joining the Vernon Lakers.  After playing in just nine games Ryan collected (5-goals-6-assists-11-points) left the Lakers for the Western Hockey League's Tri-City Americans.  Ryan was drafted 8th overall by the Montreal Canadians in Round 1 of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

Terry Ryan's Player Profile:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=73557

Terry Ryan was supposed to help bring one of the most iconic franchises back to respectability, instead St. John’s native Terry Ryan became an NHL footnote. Despite being drafted by Montreal ahead of the likes of Jarome Iginla and J.S. Giguere,  he only ended up playing in a handful of NHL games. So where did it all go wrong? Was it his tumultuous relationship with Head Coach Michel Therrien, or a lack of maturity? Stephen Brunt has the story of how a once promising NHL prospect failed to live up to all the hype.

This video was also shown that day on Rogers Hometown Hockey,

http://www.hometownhockey.com/news/terry-ryan/

I did some research on Ryan and come across a few good video's-reads, check em out

Terry Ryan talks about his new book

May 5 2014

Former Vernon Lakers forward Terry Ryan chats with Halifax Global News about his experience in the NHL and his book Tales Of A First Round Nothing: My Life as an NHL Footnote.  Its been one year since Ryan has published his book.

http://globalnews.ca/video/1310660/terry-ryan-talks-about-his-new-book

This was posted on Sportsnet.ca

Ten minutes with Terry Ryan

Terry Ryan, author of Tales of a First-Round Nothing, talked to Ken Reid about everything from his draft class with Jarome Iginla to adding weights to pump himself up for central scouting.

Ken Reid April 29, 2014

One of the best things about working in the media is the people you get to meet. A few years back in Edmonton, thanks to Edmonton radio host Bob Stauffer, I got to meet Terry Ryan.

Long story short, I was on for my usual Tuesday appearance with Bob one day, when we took a call from a listener named “Terry.” Bob put two and two together, and figured out that “Terry” was former Montreal Canadiens first-rounder Terry Ryan.

Stauffer, being a great radio mind, asked “TR” to come on with us every Tuesday and “Train Wreck Tuesdays” was born. The three of us would start talking about hockey, but would rarely end the hour talking about hockey. Anything was up for discussion. We had a great time and from what we could gather, people seemed to enjoy it.

TR and I kept in contact after we both left Edmonton, and now Terry is an author. His story is not your typical hockey tale. He was a first round pick, taken eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1995. He ended up playing in a grand total of eight NHL regular season games.

So I know what you’re thinking: Terry’s Book, “Tales of a First-Round Nothing,” is going to be a bunch of stories about what went wrong. Incorrect. It is a bunch of stories about what went right.

Terry is one of the best storytellers I know. His stories are legendary. This book is about as close as you can actually get to sitting down with TR and listening to him spin a few tales while tipping back a few pops. Give this book a read and you’ll never look at Terry’s smile quite the same way again (that’s a strong hint to enjoy his legendary “teeth” story. Think one man, several broken teeth, and a hammer)

This book is also, at least to me, a bit of a love story. TR loves the game. He loves the game immensely. He loves the game for the things you can’t measure with stats. He is not a numbers guy; he is a story guy.

“Tales of a First-Round Nothing” is not what you would call PG-rated. It goes there and beyond.

It is really nice to see my buddy enjoying this ride, just like he continues to enjoy the game. Look up Terry on hockeydb.com and you’ll see that he hasn’t played since 02-03. Not true. As I said, the man loves the game. He has spent the last decade or so playing senior hockey in Newfoundland, with a cameo in Bentley, Alta., a few years back. Just last week TR’s Clarenville Caribous lost in the Allan Cup final to the Dundas Real McCoys. TR didn’t suit up at the tournament. He was suspended for the first game, and since the Caribous won their opener, he sat out the next game as well. He didn’t want to mess with the team’s chemistry. That trend continued all the way through the finals. That’s a team move by TR, typical stuff from him really, only fitting because you’d never read about that in the game’s scoring summary.

For the video, click the link below

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ten-minutes-with-terry-ryan/