Personal
Ty is the son of Robert and Beth Conklin. In the view of fellow hockey player Jason Chimera: "I've met two normal goaltenders in all my years in hockey: Ty Conklin and Pascal Leclaire."
Although his Phoenix birth possibly makes him the first Arizona-born ice hockey player to play regularly in the NHL, Conklin spent his entire childhood in Alaska, attending West Anchorage High School until he was recruited by Shattuck-St. Mary's, a boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota. He is the first, and so far, only, Alaskan goaltender to reach the NHL. His younger brother Brice used him for shooting practice in their basement (a reversal of the usual positions for siblings) and went on to play defense for Shattuck and the Harvard University Crimson. His brother Sid also played at Shattuck as a goalie.
Conklin and his wife Erika have a young daughter and son, Maggie and Chase, and welcomed their second son, Nash, on November 15, 2008. They live in central Maine during the offseason.
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