‘Tuch grew up just a little over two hours east of Buffalo just outside of Syracuse. As a kid, he grew up next to former Sabres forward Tim Connolly, who is also originally from the Syracuse area. Tuch watched the likes of Daniel Briere, Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek, Jochen Hecht, Brian Campbell and Maxim Afinogenov, and cheered for the Sabres as his favorite team.’