Nick Johnson (ice hockey, born 1986)

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Nick Johnson
Born (1986-08-25) August 25, 1986 (age 35)
Windsor, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots left
team
Former teams
Free Agent
HC Plzeň
Schwenninger Wild Wings
HC Pardubice
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
South Carolina Stingrays
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Nick Johnson (born August 25, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.

Playing career[]

Undrafted out of Sacred Heart University, he first played professionally with HC Plzeň in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season.[1] After his third season with Plzeň in 2012–13 and helping the franchise to its first championship, Johnson left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract in the German DEL, with newcomers, the Schwenninger Wild Wings on August 12, 2013.[2]

After spending the first seven seasons of his professional career abroad in the Czech Republic and Germany, Johnson returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year ECHL contract with the South Carolina Stingrays on August 4, 2017.[3] Johnson began the 2017–18 season on the Stingrays top offensive line and recorded 6 goals and 10 points in 16 games before opting for a mutual release from his contract on January 23, 2018.

Awards and honors[]

Award Year
College
All-Atlantic Hockey First Team 2010
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010

References[]

  1. ^ "HC Plzen team statistics". eliteprospects.com. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. ^ "Wild Wings pick Nick Johnson". Schwenninger Wild Wings (in German). 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. ^ "Stingrays agree to terms with forward Nick Johnson". South Carolina Stingrays. 2017-08-04. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-08-04.

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