2005-06: Played in 34 of the 36 games as a sophomore goalie ... Posted a 17-15-2 record, a 2.32 goals against average and a .916 save percentage ... Earned the Lou Lamoriello Co-MVP team award ... Received All-Hockey East Honorable Mention accolades ... Named Hockey East Player of the Month for December ... Earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors once and Defensive Player of the Week accolades twice ... Became the first Friar goalie to record consecutive shutouts in back-to-back games as he blanked UMass Lowell in a home-and-home series on 10/21 and 10/22 ... Also recorded a shutout in a win at Maine on 1/20 marking PC's first ever shutout at Maine's Alfond Arena ... His three shutouts tied a PC record for most in one season ... Stopped a career-high 59 shots at UNH in a Hockey East Quarterfinal game.

2004-05: Played in 19 games and started 14 contests as a freshman ... Posted a 7-8-2 mark, a 2.80 goals against average and a .914 save percentage ... Named Hockey East Player of the Month for March ... Earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors twice (11/8, 3/7) ... Made his collegiate debut on 11/6 against Wayne State and stopped 36 shots en route to a win ... Made 35 saves in a tie versus No. 1 Boston College (11/19) Stopped 40 shots in PC's upset win over No. 14 Maine ... Had a career-high 51 saves as the Friars defeated Boston University in the first game of a best-of-three Hockey East Quarterfinal series (3/11) ... The 51 saves marked a Hockey East rookie Tournament record and it also was the fifth highest in PC hockey history ... Earned Hockey East Academic All-Star Honors.

BEFORE PROVIDENCE: Played for the Youngstown Phantoms of the NAHL in 2003-04 ... Posted a 20-14-1 record in 40 games last season ... Recorded a 2.63 goals against average and a .925 save percentage ... Ranked third in the NAHL with 1205 saves ... Finished second in the league with four shutouts ... Graduated from Boardman High School with a 4.0 GPA.

PERSONAL: NAME: Tyler Sims ... BIRTHDATE: November 9, 1985 ... FAMILY: Son of Sue and Al Sims ... His father, Al, played in the NHL for 10 years and is the former Head Coach of the San Jose Sharks ... Al Sims also was an assistant coach (1993-96) for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks along with Tim Army ... MAJOR: Undeclared ... HOBBIES: Golf, baseball, working out, cars.

Cornell University
McKee came in as a freshman and not only earned the starting goalie position, but made it his own.

In Texas
McKee joined the Big Red after a successful season with the Texas Tornado of the North American Hockey League. He posted a record of 26-7 with a goals against average of 2.41 and a save percentage of .899. McKee was named to the NAHL first team and was also named to the all-rookie squad.

PRIOR TO Michigan State University: Steve played for the Dallas Stars Midget AAA team in 2004-05  • Finished with a 38-10-4 record, a 2.01 GAA and a .965 saves percentage  • Earned EHK league honors  • Member of Team Michigan at the 2002 USA Hockey Select-16 Festival

2003-04 Unbeaten in his first three career starts (2-0-1) before suffering his first loss ... won his first career start by stopping 32-of-35 shots in an 8-3 victory against No. 2 Michigan (Oct. 10)

HONORS & AWARDS: Named Miami's co-Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year ... two-time CCHA Defensive Player of the Week selection.

Played last season for both the Tri-City Storm and the Bozeman Ice Dogs ... recorded a 3.03 goals-against average and .898 save percentage in 22 games for the Storm ... was 7-12-1 in those 22 games for the Storm ... member of the Texas Tornado who won the NAHL Robertson Cup in 2000-01 ... selected to the NAHL All-League Second Team and All-Rookie Team in 2000-01 ... chosen 250th overall in the 8th round of the 2001 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.