Nick Bjugstad

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Nick Bjugstad
Date of birth 17th July 1992
place of birth Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
size 196 cm
Weight 98 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 1st round, 19th position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
2010-2013 University of Minnesota
2013-2019 Florida panthers
since 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins

Nicholas "Nick" Bjugstad (born July 17, 1992 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League since February 2019 . Previously, the center spent almost six years with the Florida Panthers .

Career

Bjugstad in the national team jersey (2012)

Nick Bjugstad began his career with the Blaine High School school team , for which he was on the ice for three seasons. In its last high school season in 2009/10, the center scored 60 points in 25 games and then won the annual Minnesota Mr. Hockey award, which honors the best high school player in the US state of Minnesota. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the first round in 19th position by the Florida Panthers .

Bjugstad then moved to the University of Minnesota and played for the university's ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his second season he managed the breakthrough with 42 points from 40 games and he was appointed to the First All-Star Team of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . In the following season he was again among the top ten goalscorers in the league with 21 goals and was appointed to the WCHA Third All-Star Team.

After the end of the NCAA season, Bjugstad signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on April 3, 2013, and made his NHL debut for the team just three days later. In the last game of the season against the Tampa Bay Lightning achieved the first goal of his professional career.

After about six years in Florida, Bjugstad and Jared McCann were handed over to the Pittsburgh Penguins in early February 2019 . In return, the Panthers Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan received a second-round vote and two fourth-round votes for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft .

International

Nick Bjugstad represented the USA for the first time at the 2011 U20 World Youth Championship and won the bronze medal with the team. In the following year he was again in the US squad and was the team's top scorer with four goals alongside Charlie Coyle .

For the World Cup in 2013 in Stockholm and Helsinki Bjugstad was first appointed to the Executive of the Men's National Team and won with the US selection the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2013 WCHA Third All-Star Team
  • 2013 WCHA All-Academic Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 University of Minnesota NCAA 29 8th 12 20th 51
2011/12 University of Minnesota NCAA 40 25th 17th 42 28
2012/13 University of Minnesota NCAA 40 21st 15th 36 28
2012/13 Florida panthers NHL 11 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
2013/14 Florida panthers NHL 76 16 22nd 38 16 - - - - -
2014/15 Florida panthers NHL 72 24 19th 43 38 - - - - -
2015/16 Florida panthers NHL 67 15th 19th 34 41 5 2 2 4th 2
2016/17 Florida panthers NHL 54 7th 14th 21st 22nd - - - - -
2017/18 Florida panthers NHL 82 19th 30th 49 41 - - - - -
2018/19 Florida panthers NHL 32 5 7th 12 16 - - - - -
2018/19 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 32 9 5 14th 14th 4th 0 0 0 2
NCAA overall 109 54 44 98 107
NHL overall 426 96 109 205 190 9 2 2 4th 4th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 United States U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 2 2 4th 0
2012 United States U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 4th 2 6th 0
2013 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 10 0 2 2 0
2017 United States WM 5th place 8th 1 3 4th 4th
Juniors overall 12 6th 4th 10 0
Men overall 18th 1 5 6th 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mike G. Morreale, Bjugstad wins Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award , NHL Entry Draft, March 15, 2010
  2. ^ Panthers Sign C Nick Bjugstad to Entry-Level Contract , Florida Panthers, April 3, 2013
  3. ^ Penguins Acquire Forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from Florida. nhl.com, February 1, 2019, accessed on February 1, 2019 .
Squad of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Bjugstad, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bjugstad, Nicholas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota