Doug Nolan

Doug Nolan
Date of birth	5th January 1976
place of birth	Quincy , Massachusetts , USA
size	187 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1994 , 11th round, 282nd position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1995-1999	University of Massachusetts Lowell
1999-2003	Dayton Bombers
2003-2007	Manchester monarchs
2007-2008	EC Graz 99ers
2008-2009	HK Dinamo Minsk Lukko Rauma Vienna Capitals
2009-2010	Manchester monarchs
2010	Providence Bruins
2010-2011	HK Jesenice

Douglas "Doug" Nolan (born January 5, 1976 in Quincy , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played in the American Hockey League and in numerous European leagues during his active career between 1995 and 2011 .

Career

Doug Nolan began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of Massachusetts Lowell , for which he was active from 1995 to 1999 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his final year at university, he was named the striker with the best defensive behavior. From 1999 to 2002 the offensive defender was on the ice for the Dayton Bombers in the ECHL, at the same time he ran for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks , Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League during this period . From 2003 to 2007 he competed in this with the Manchester Monarchs , where he was also active in 22 games for the Reading Royals in the ECHL in the 2003/04 season .

In the 2007/08 season Nolan went to Europe for the first time, where he was under contract with EC Graz 99ers in the Austrian ice hockey league . He started the 2008/09 season at HK Dinamo Minsk in the newly founded Continental Hockey League , but left it after twelve games and played for Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM-liiga and the Vienna Capitals in Austria. The US-American began the 2009/10 season with his ex-club Manchester Monarchs from the AHL and ended it with their league rivals Providence Bruins . After another season at HK Jesenice in Slovenia, Nolan ended his active career in summer 2011.

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 Hockey East Best Defensive Forward

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
AHL regular season	9	287	5	31	36	471
AHL playoffs	4th	30th	0	5	5	61
KHL main round	1	12	0	2	2	28
KHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
EBEL main round	3	82	9	16	25th	211
EBEL playoffs	1	7th	0	2	2	10

Web links

• Doug Nolan at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Doug Nolan at hockeydb.com (English)