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The son of former National Hockey League centre Don Biggs, Tyler Biggs was born in Binghamton, New York, and grew up in Loveland, Ohio.
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He is currently playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL). Biggs was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2011 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played for the Toronto Junior.
Canadiens during the 2008-2009 season while enrolled at Loveland High School, then transferred to Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the following fall, to join the United States of America Hockey National Team Development Program.
Biggs played one season with the Miami RedHawks of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) before joining the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League for the 2012-2013 OHL season. Biggs represented the United States internationally, playing for Team United States of America in the 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, scoring five goals and adding an assist in six games, helping the United States. to a gold medal finish.
That same season, he competed for Team United States of America in the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, finishing the tournament with no points in seven games. A year later, he played in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships and scored two goals and one assist in six games during the tournament, including the overtime goal in the semifinal round against Canada.
On July 1, 2015, Biggs was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Philosophy Kessel, Tim Erixon, and a 2016 2nd round pick for Scott Harrington, Nick Spaling, Kasperi Kapanen, and Pittsburgh"s 3rd round pick in the 2016 National Hockey League Entry Draft along with a conditional pick exchange between the teams depending on Pittsburgh"s 2016 National Hockey League regular season performance.
Toronto also retained 15% of Kessel"s salary in this trade.
