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Nick cousins
Date of birth July 20, 1993
place of birth Belleville , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 80 kg
position center
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 3rd round, 68th position
Philadelphia Flyers
KHL Junior Draft 2015 , 5th round, 121st position
HK Sochi
Career stations
2008-2009 Trenton Hercs
2009-2013 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2013-2014 Adirondack Phantoms
2014-2015 Lehigh Valley Phantoms
2015-2017 Philadelphia Flyers
2017-2019 Arizona Coyotes
2019-2020 Canadiens de Montréal
since 2020 Vegas Golden Knights

Nick Cousins (born July 20, 1993 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League since February 2020 and plays for them on the position of the center .

Career

Nick Cousins ​​played in the 2008/09 season for the Trenton Hercs in the Ontario Junior Hockey League , a Canadian junior league. In the Priority Selection 2009 of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), in which the OHL teams had the opportunity to obtain rights to talented young players, the center was in the second round in 21st overall position by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds selected. He then switched to the greyhounds and completed 67 games for Sault Ste in the 2009/10 OHL season . Marie, in which he was able to achieve 32 scorer points . In the following play-offs he was eliminated with his team in the first round against the Plymouth Whalers .

In the 2010/11 season , Cousins ​​was able to improve its point average significantly and achieved as many points in 68 games. The greyhounds missed the play-offs this season. Following the season Nick Cousins ​​was selected in the third round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in a total of 68th position by the Philadelphia Flyers . The player returned to Sault Ste with the start of the 2011/12 OHL season . Marie Greyhounds back and increased his points yield again; his 88 scorer points were the fifth most in the league. Despite these good offensive values, the greyhounds missed the final round as in the previous season.

In the 2012/13 OHL season , Cousins ​​was named Player of the Month for January 2013. This month he scored 20 points in 11 games, including 17 assists . In total, Cousins ​​played 64 OHL games this season and scored 103 points, making him the third best scorer in the league behind Vincent Trocheck (109) and Charles Sarault (108). In the OHL play-offs 2013 he was eliminated with the greyhounds in the first round against the Owen Sound Attack .

After he had spent the 2013/14 season completely in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Adirondack Phantoms , he made his debut in the NHL the following season and made eleven appearances for the Flyers. At times, the center forward played for Philadelphia's new farm team, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms , before he made it to the regular squad of the NHL club during the 2015/16 season . After completing his first full season there in the 2016/17 season, he was transferred to league rivals Arizona Coyotes in June 2017 as part of a transfer deal .

Subsequently, Cousins ​​was active for the Coyotes for two years and achieved his best NHL statistic to date with 27 points in the 2018/19 season. He then moved to the Canadiens de Montréal as a free agent in July 2019 . He was active in these until the trade deadline in February 2020, when he was given to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a four-round vote in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft .

International

Nick Cousins ​​represented his home country with the Canadian national team for the first time in an international competition at the 2011 U18 World Youth Championship . At this tournament, the Canadians remained without a medal after the game for third place was lost 4-6 against the Russian selection . Previously, the team lost in the semifinals to the US team , the eventual world champion. Cousins ​​was used in seven games during the tournament, and he scored eight points. He was behind Ryan Murphy and Ryan Murray third-best points collector of the Canadians.

Achievements and Awards

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
2008/09 Trenton Hercs OJHL 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - - -
2009/10 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 67 11 21st 32 –7 34 5 0 1 1 -5 2
2010/11 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 68 29 39 68 -14 56 - - - - - -
2011/12 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 65 35 53 88 +1 88 - - - - - -
2011/12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2012/13 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 64 27 76 103 +19 83 6th 3 3 6th -2 12
2012/13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 7th 0 1 1 -1 2 - - - - - -
2013/14 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 74 11 18th 29 –9 47 - - - - - -
2014/15 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 61 22nd 34 56 +3 71 - - - - - -
2014/15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 11 0 0 0 +1 2 - - - - - -
2015/16 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 38 12 26th 38 +13 45 - - - - - -
2015/16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 36 6th 4th 10 +5 4th 6th 0 0 0 ± 0 2
2016/17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 60 6th 10 16 –6 31 - - - - - -
2017/18 Arizona Coyotes NHL 71 12 7th 19th –7 31 - - - - - -
2018/19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 81 7th 20th 27 -8th 35 - - - - - -
OHL total 264 102 189 291 -1 261 11 3 4th 7th –7 14th
AHL total 184 45 79 124 +5 167 - - - - - -
NHL overall 259 31 41 72 -15 103 6th 0 0 0 ± 0 2

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011 Canada U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 4th 4th 8th +3 10
Juniors overall 7th 4th 4th 8th +3 10

( 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 : Nick Cousins  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OHL Top Performers for January. Ontario Hockey League , accessed February 4, 2013 .
Squad of Vegas Golden Knights in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Cousins, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville , Ontario