Casey Nelson

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United StatesUnited States  Casey Nelson Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 18, 1992
place of birth Stillwater , Minnesota , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2010–2012 Alaska Avalanche
2012-2013 Johnstown Tomahawks
2013-2016 Minnesota State University, Mankato
since 2016 Buffalo Sabers
Rochester Americans

Casey Nelson (born July 18, 1992 in Stillwater , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers of the National Hockey League since March 2016 and at the same time for their farm team, the Rochester Americans , in American Hockey League plays in the position of defender .

Career

Nelson initially spent his junior years between 2010 and 2013 in the North American Hockey League , where he first spent two years with the Alaska Avalanche and then spent a year with the Johnstown Tomahawks . From the NAHL, the defender moved to college in the summer of 2013, where he began studying at Minnesota State University, Mankato . Parallel to his studies, he played for the university's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his first two years he won the Broadmoor Trophy with the team for the championship winner of the WCHA. He also received numerous awards until the end of the 2015/16 season, including being named Defensive Player of the Year in the division. Furthermore, he was appointed to several selection teams.

Still, Nelson remained of the franchises of the National Hockey League ungedraftet and therefore signed March 2016 as a free agent contract with the Buffalo Sabers from the NHL. The signature ended the defender's college days prematurely. The American made his debut in the NHL during the 2015/16 season . Nelson spent the following season mainly in the American Hockey League with Buffalo's farm team , the Rochester Americans . Nevertheless, he came to other missions in the NHL, which were split in half between the two squads in the 2017/18 season .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2016 WCHA All-Tournament Team
  • 2016 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2016 WCHA First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 Alaska Avalanche NEAR 29 1 5 6th 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Alaska Avalanche NEAR 56 1 19th 20th 14th - - - - -
2012/13 Johnstown Tomahawks NEAR 56 10 22nd 32 42 2 0 0 0 0
2013/14 Minnesota State University, Mankato WCHA 19th 1 4th 5 6th
2014/15 Minnesota State University, Mankato WCHA 40 7th 26th 33 16
2015/16 Minnesota State University, Mankato WCHA 40 6th 16 22nd 22nd
2015/16 Buffalo Sabers NHL 7th 0 4th 4th 8th - - - - -
2016/17 Rochester Americans AHL 58 7th 14th 21st 24 - - - - -
2016/17 Buffalo Sabers NHL 11 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Rochester Americans AHL 40 2 9 11 16 1 0 0 0 0
2017/18 Buffalo Sabers NHL 37 3 5 8th 8th - - - - -
2018/19 Rochester Americans AHL 5 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2018/19 Buffalo Sabers NHL 38 1 5 6th 13 - - - - -
2019/20 Rochester Americans AHL 48 4th 8th 12 10 - - - - -
NAHL total 141 12 46 58 64 2 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 99 14th 46 60 44
AHL total 151 13 32 45 54 1 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 93 4th 14th 18th 33 - - - - -

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Casey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Stillwater , Minnesota