Kevin Nastiuk

Kevin Nastiuk
Date of birth	July 20, 1985
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 31
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 4th round, 126th position Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2001-2005	Medicine Hat Tigers
2005-2006	Lowell Lock Monsters Florida Everblades
2006-2007	Las Vegas Wranglers
2007-2008	Florida Everblades
2008-2009	Gwinnett Gladiators
2009-2010	Corpus Christi IceRays
2010–2012	Polar bears Berlin
2012-2013	Heilbronn falcon
2013-2015	Dresden Ice Lions
2015-2016	Polar bears Berlin
2016-2017	Dresden Ice Lions

Kevin Nastiuk (born July 20, 1985 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper with Ukrainian roots, who was most recently under contract with the Dresdner Eislöwen from the DEL2 .

Career

Kevin Nastiuk began his career in 2001/02 with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League . In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round in 126th place.

He went through a few stations in various lower-class ice hockey leagues, such as the American Hockey League and ECHL . During the 2009/10 season he moved to the Eisbären Berlin in the German Ice Hockey League , where he formed a goalkeeper team with Rob Zepp until 2012 . He then played for the Heilbronner Falken in the 2nd Bundesliga, before he was signed for a year by the Dresdner Eislöwen in July 2013 . With the Eislöwen he showed very good performances, so that his contract was extended by one year in 2014.

In July 2015 he returned to the Eisbären and was back-up for Petri Vehanen . After a year with the Eisbären and six appearances in the DEL, he returned to Dresden and was the goalkeeper there in the 2016/17 season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2004 President's Cup win with the Medicine Hat Tigers
• 2004 WHL Playoff MVP
• 2005 WHL East Second All-Star Team
• 2011 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin
• 2012 German champion with the Eisbären Berlin

Career statistics

season	team	league	Games	Minutes	GGT	SO	GGT / game
2001/02	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	19th	877	66	0	4.52
2002/03	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	42	2344	172	0	4.40
2003/04	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	68	4056	187	0	2.77
2004/05	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	42	2426	88	0	2.18
2005/06	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	11	643	37	2	3.45
2005/06	Florida Everblades	ECHL	20th	1190	50	1	2.52
2006/07	Las Vegas Wranglers	ECHL	32	1863	79	1	2.54
2007/08	Florida Everblades	ECHL	14th	813	33	2	2.44
2007/08	Albany River Rats	AHL	5	260	10	1	2.31
2008/09	Alaska Aces	ECHL	6th	360	14th	1	2.33
2008/09	Gwinnett Gladiators	ECHL	17th	1037	51	0	2.95
2008/09	Providence Bruins	AHL	7th	331	22nd	0	3.99
2009/10	Idaho steelheads	ECHL	1	60	2	0	2.00
2009/10	Corpus Christi Icerays	CHL	26th	1503	65	3	2.53
2009/10	Polar bears Berlin	DEL	4th	255	8th	0	1.88
2010/11	Polar bears Berlin	DEL	10	588	26th	0	2.65
2011/12	Polar bears Berlin	DEL	14th	708	39	0	3.30

Web links

• Kevin Nastiuk at hockeydb.com (English)
• Kevin Nastiuk at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kevin Nastiuk is the new number one in the Heilbronner Falken. In: heilbronner-falken.de. April 25, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Goalie Kevin Nastiuk remains loyal to Dresden. In: eishockey-magazin.de. April 23, 2014, accessed July 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Eisbären sign goalie Kevin Nastiuk. In: bz-berlin.de. BZ / dpa, July 20, 2015, accessed on July 21, 2015 . 
4. ^ Jörg Lubrich: Polar bear keeper Nastiuk is moving to Dresden. In: bz-berlin.de. March 31, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016 .