The name Logan Drevitch is one that has become very well known in Savannah this past year, as he played with the newest ECHL team – the Savannah Ghost Pirates. Well, now it is time to start getting to know the name Tyler Drevitch. Tyler is Logan’s older brother, who is also a hockey rockstar and will be playing in Savannah this upcoming season. I asked Tyler what his thoughts were on playing with his brother, and he told me, “I’m really excited about it. For me, I think it’s something we’ve always wanted to do: Play professional ice hockey together. Since we were younger, we have always dreamed of playing together at the highest level.” They will have this great opportunity, which is one that not many siblings get to experience.
Tyler spent his college years playing at Merrimack College, where he was able to have some ice time with his younger brother. From the 2016-17 to the 2019-20 season, he played in the NCAA in Massachusetts and got to wear the “C” on his sweater during his last season. The 28-year-old center played 94 total games for Merrimack, scoring nine total goals and assisting seven. He also had spent 65 total minutes in the penalty box.
Tyler is the kind of player who can take the stuff he needs to improve on from his mistakes and not worry or think too much about the guilt part of it all. In my interview with him, he commented at one point, “The great thing about hockey is that you get to play the next night most of the time. It’s not like football, where you have to wait a week and work on your wins or losses. You can kind of wipe this slate clean and get back at it the next day.” He has such a positive, passionate outlook on the sport as a whole, and it really goes to show a lot about his character. “One thing I’ve learned is that it’s okay to score dirty goals; you don’t have to score the pretty ones all the time.”
For the past couple of years, Tyler has been in the ECHL, mostly playing for the Wheeling Nailers in the Central Division. “I felt like when I played with the Nailers that we kind of had a chip on our shoulders, and we brought that to every team we played against.” He talked about his competition in the Central Division, saying that it was very competitive. “There’s a lot of hatred in that Division, and it honestly feels like playoff hockey all year round.” Given that he has experience in a tough league such as that one, he will definitely bring some of that aggression and competitive nature to the already tough and resilient Ghost Pirates.
With the Nailers, Tyler was on the roster for 154 of their matches. He scored 27 of their goals in those three seasons and assisted 21 other goals. He managed to rack up 360 total PIMs as well; 69 in one season, 112 in another, and 179 last year. Will he and Darian Skeoch come close in total PIMs in this upcoming season? That remains to be seen.
I asked Tyler what he wants the fans of the Savannah Ghost Pirates to know about him before the season officially starts is that “I care, I care a lot. No matter what I do, whether I’m doing laundry or playing hockey, I care about what I do, and I want to do it correctly.” He went on to say, “I think from the first puck drop, you guys will see how passionate I am.”
