Nathan Horton

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Nathan Horton
Date of birth May 29, 1985
place of birth Welland , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 104 kg
position Right wing
number # 18
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 1st round, 3rd position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
2001-2003 Oshawa Generals
2003-2010 Florida panthers
2010-2013 Boston Bruins
2013-2015 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2015 Toronto Maple Leafs

Nathan Horton (born May 29, 1985 in Welland , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League since February 2015 . The attacker has not played a competitive game since April 2014 due to a back injury.

Career

Horton began his professional career with the Oshawa Generals in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League before he was selected in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft as third in the first round of the Florida Panthers .

In his first NHL season , Horton played 55 games for the Panthers, in which he scored 14 goals and eight assists . During the lockout in the 2004/05 season , the attacker was on the ice for the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League and then returned to the Panthers roster. 2007 Horton signed in Florida a six-year contract that him 24 million dollars earned. In June 2010 he was given in an exchange deal to the Boston Bruins , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in the 2010/11 season .

In July 2013, Horton signed a seven-year contract valued at $ 37.1 million with Columbus Blue Jackets . The average annual salary is $ 5.3 million. In October 2014, however, Horton was diagnosed with degenerative back disease, although it remains unclear whether he will be able to continue his active career. Nevertheless, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him in February 2015 to hand over David Clarkson at the same time and thus make room in the salary cap .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2013/14 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
2001/02 Oshawa Generals OHL 64 31 36 67 84 5 1 2 3 10
2002/03 Oshawa Generals OHL 54 33 35 68 111 13 9 6th 15th 10
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 55 14th 8th 22nd 57 - - - - -
2004/05 San Antonio Rampage AHL 21st 5 4th 9 21st - - - - -
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 71 28 19th 47 89 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 82 31 31 62 61 - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 82 27 35 62 85 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 67 22nd 23 45 48 - - - - -
2009/10 Florida panthers NHL 65 20th 37 57 42 - - - - -
2010/11 Boston Bruins NHL 80 26th 27 53 85 21st 8th 9 17th 35
2011/12 Boston Bruins NHL 46 17th 15th 32 54 - - - - -
2012/13 Boston Bruins NHL 43 13 9 22nd 22nd 22nd 7th 12 19th 14th
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 35 4th 14th 18th 24 - - - - -
OHL total 118 64 71 135 195 18th 10 8th 18th 20th
NHL overall 626 202 218 420 567 43 15th 21st 36 31

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Nathan Horton  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aaron Portzline: Blue Jackets: Back injury threatens Horton's career. dispatch.com, October 22, 2014, accessed on February 27, 2015 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Horton, Nathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Welland , Ontario