If Tiger Woods played hockey: right wing, rated 82

Tiger Woods as a hockey player: scouting report

Tiger Woods would play right wing for the simplest reason in sports: he has spent his whole life hitting a small object exactly where he wants it to go. He was putting on national television as a toddler, and by the time he won the 1997 Masters by twelve strokes he had made precision look routine. That carries straight to the ice. His shooting is one of the two best marks on his card, and his release comes from the same repeatable mechanics that won him fifteen major championships.

The other headline is his nerve, which is why goaltending is the top grade on his card. In 2000 he won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by fifteen shots, and over 2000 and 2001 he held all four major titles at once. A player who has stood over that many championship putts does not flinch at a breakaway. His defense matches his shooting, which fits a golfer famous for course management: he knows where not to miss, and he plays his own zone the same way, taking away the dangerous lane first.

Physical play is the one place the card dips, so he is not the winger to send into the corners for every loose puck. Use him on the right flank of a top power play unit, pair him with a center who wins faceoffs and a left winger who forechecks hard, and let him wait for his moment. Goalie is a real second option and center is close behind, so a drafter gets flexibility with an early selection.

Plays like A sniper with a surgeon's release and ice in his veins

Put Tiger Woods in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting six and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.