Eric Nystrom

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Eric Nystrom
Date of birth February 14, 1983
place of birth Syosset , New York , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st lap, 10th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1999-2001 US National Team Development Program
2001-2005 University of Michigan
2005-2010 Calgary Flames
2010-2011 Minnesota Wild
2011-2013 Dallas Stars
2013-2016 Nashville Predators
2016-2017 Stavanger Oilers

Eric Nystrom (* 14. February 1983 in Syosset , New York ) is a retired American ice hockey player , who during his playing career 1999-2016 among other 607 games for the Calgary Flames , Minnesota Wild , Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . His father, Bob, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Eric Nystrom began his career as a hockey player in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , for which he was active in the United States Hockey League in the 2000/01 season . The attacker then played for the University of Michigan team for four years . During this time he was selected in the first round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as the tenth player overall by the Calgary Flames , for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2005/06 season . The rest of the season he spent, however, with their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights , while he was only able to play a total of 17 games in the AHL for Omaha in the following season due to a shoulder injury. From the 2007/08 season , in which he also played for the AHL team Quad City Flames , Nystrom was a regular in the NHL team Calgarys. In early July 2010, he signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Wild , where he was a regular in the 2010/11 season . On October 12, 2011, he was transferred to the Dallas Stars .

In July 2013, Nystrom signed a four-year deal worth $ 10 million with the Nashville Predators . The last year of his contract, however, was paid out by the Predators in June 2016 (buy-out), after which he announced the official end of his NHL career in October 2016 and joined the Norwegian club Stavanger Oilers . With the Oilers he became Norwegian champion in the 2016/17 season .

International

For the USA , Nystrom took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2001 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003 . In the senior sector, he only took part in the 2010 World Cup in Germany .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2002 CCHA Championship with the University of Michigan
  • 2002 CCHA All-Rookie Team
  • 2003 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan
  • 2005 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan
  • 2005 CCHA Best Defensive Forward

Career statistics

Nystrom in the jersey of the Nashville Predators (2014)
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 US National Team Development Program USHL 23 5 5 10 50 - - - - -
2001/02 University of Michigan NCAA 39 18th 12 30th 36
2002/03 University of Michigan NCAA 39 15th 11 26th 24
2003/04 University of Michigan NCAA 43 10 12 22nd 50
2004/05 University of Michigan NCAA 38 13 19th 32 33
2005/06 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 78 15th 18th 33 37 - - - - -
2005/06 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 12 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Quad City Flames AHL 18th 4th 3 7th 15th - - - - -
2007/08 Calgary Flames NHL 44 3 7th 10 48 7th 0 0 0 2
2008/09 Calgary Flames NHL 76 5 5 10 89 6th 2 2 4th 0
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 82 11 8th 19th 54 - - - - -
2010/11 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 4th 8th 12 30th - - - - -
2011/12 Houston Eros AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Dallas Stars NHL 74 16 5 21st 24 - - - - -
2012/13 Stavanger Oilers GET leagues 6th 4th 10 14th 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Dallas Stars NHL 48 7th 4th 11 61 - - - - -
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 79 15th 6th 21st 60 - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 60 7th 5 12 15th - - - - -
2015/16 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2015/16 Nashville Predators NHL 46 7th 0 7th 20th 1 0 0 0 2
2016/17 Stavanger Oilers GET leagues 8th 1 3 4th 8th 14th 4th 8th 12 55
NCAA overall 159 56 54 110 143
AHL total 111 22nd 21st 43 52 5 0 0 0 2
NHL overall 593 75 48 123 401 14th 2 2 4th 4th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 United States U17-WHC 4th Place 6th 1 1 2 0
2001 United States U18 World Cup 6th place 6th 3 3 6th 6th
2002 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 7th 0 0 0 0
2003 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 2 3 2
2010 United States WM 13th place 6th 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 20th 4th 5 9 8th
Men overall 6th 0 0 0 4th

( 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 Nystrom, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Syosset , New York