Nick Johnson (ice hockey, born 1986)
| Nick Johnson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 25, 1986 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[]
- ^ "HC Plzen team statistics". eliteprospects.com. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Wild Wings pick Nick Johnson". Schwenninger Wild Wings (in German). 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Nick Johnson career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Nick Johnson career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1986 births
- American men's ice hockey forwards
- HC Dynamo Pardubice players
- HC Plzeň players
- Ice hockey players from Connecticut
- Living people
- People from Windsor, Connecticut
- Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey players
- Schwenninger Wild Wings players
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- Grizzlys Wolfsburg players
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- American ice hockey player stubs