Matt Nickerson
 Matt Nickerson 
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| Date of birth | January 11, 1985 |
| place of birth | Old Lyme , Connecticut , USA |
| size | 193 cm |
| Weight | 106 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2003 , 3rd round, 99th position Dallas Stars |
| Career stations | |
| 2001-2003 | Texas tornado |
| 2003-2004 | Clarkson University |
| 2004-2005 | Tigres de Victoriaville |
| 2005-2006 | Ässät Pori |
| 2006-2007 |
Iowa Stars Idaho Steelheads |
| 2007-2008 | Eat Pori Ilves Tampere |
| 2008-2009 |
Malmo Redhawks Ilves Tampere |
| 2009-2010 | Springfield Falcons |
| 2012-2013 | KooKoo |
| 2013-2015 | Fife Flyers |
| 2015-2017 | Belfast Giants |
| since 2017 | Milton Keynes Lightning |
Matt Nickerson (born January 11, 1985 in Old Lyme , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Milton Keynes Lightning in the EIHL since June 2017 .
Career
Matt Nickerson began his career as a hockey player with the Texas Tornado, for which he was active from 2001 to 2003 in the junior division of the North American Hockey League . The defender then played one season each for the team from Clarkson University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association , as well as the Tigres de Victoriaville in the Canadian junior league QMJHL .
In the 2005/06 season Nickerson made his professional ice hockey debut when he played 50 games for Ässät Pori in the Finnish SM-liiga . He contributed six goals and eight assists to his team's runner-up. He then returned to North America, where he was on the ice in the following season for the Iowa Stars in the American Hockey League and the Idaho Steelheads in the ECHL .
From 2007 to 2009 Nickerson was in Northern Europe with his former Finnish club Ässät Pori, as well as its league rivals Ilves Tampere and the Malmö Redhawks from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, under contract. For the 2009/10 season he signed with the organization of the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League , but came only to 19 missions for their farm team from the AHL, the Springfield Falcons .
Achievements and Awards
- 2006 Finnish runner-up with Ässät Pori
statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| AHL regular season | 2 | 59 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 141 |
| AHL playoffs | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SM liiga main round | 3 | 114 | 10 | 18th | 28 | 537 |
| SM liiga playoffs | 3 | 26th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 74 |
(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)
Web links
- Matt Nickerson at hockeydb.com (English)
- Matt Nickerson at eliteprospects.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Nickerson, Matt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Old Lyme , Connecticut , USA |