Nick Jensen

This article is about the American ice hockey player Nick Jensen; for the Danish ice hockey player see Nicklas Jensen and for the Danish soccer player see Niclas Jensen .

Nick Jensen
Date of birth	September 21, 1990
place of birth	Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	defender
number	# 3
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 5th lap, 150th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2008-2010	Green Bay Gamblers
2010-2013	St. Cloud State University
2013-2016	Grand Rapids Griffins
2016-2019	Detroit Red Wings
since 2019	Washington Capitals

Nick Jensen (born September 21, 1990 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League since February 2019 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Jensen spent his junior years in the United States Hockey League with the Green Bay Gamblers between 2008 and 2010 . With these he won the Clark Cup at the end of his rookie season . In addition, he was selected during the summer break in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the fifth round as the 150th player overall by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . After his second year in the USHL, the 19-year-old did not switch to the professional field, but instead enrolled at St. Cloud State University . In addition to his studies, he worked for the university's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , for the next three years until spring 2013 . During this time, the defender made it to numerous selection teams and was also named Defensive Player of the Year in the WCHA.

In May 2013, Jensen finally signed a two-year professional contract with the Red Wings, ending his studies early. Due to a rupture of the glenoid labrum in preparation for the 2013/14 season, his professional debut was delayed until December 2013, which he gave for the Toledo Walleye in the ECHL . After he had been tested there three games for operational suitability, the defender spent the rest of the season with Detroit's farm team , the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the American Hockey League . The American was also part of their squad for the next two and a half seasons after his contract was extended by two years in the summer of 2015. Mid-December 2016 was he - ordered in the NHL squad the Red Wings and made his debut for the - for the second time in January 2016 when he was without the use of original Six - franchise . In the weeks that followed, he established himself in the squad and promptly signed a new two-year contract in Detroit in February 2017. Ultimately, the defender remained an integral part of the Detroit squad until February 2019, before he was transferred to reigning Stanley Cup winner Washington Capitals together with a five-round vote in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . In return, they gave Madison Bowey and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2019 as compensation to the Red Wings. In addition, Jensen signed a new four-year contract in Washington at the same time, which should bring him an average annual salary of 2.5 million US dollars from the start of the 2019/20 season.

International

In the 2018 World Cup Jensen first took part in an international tournament, where she won with the US national team the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

2010 USHL All-Star Game 2010 Clark Cup win with the Green Bay Gamblers 2012 WCHA All-Academic Team 2012 WCHA Third All-Star Team

2013 WCHA All-Academic Team 2013 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year 2013 WCHA First All-Star Team 2013 NCAA West First All-American Team

International

• 2018 bronze medal at the world championship

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	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL		52	5	17th	22nd	27		7th	0	1	1	2
2009/10	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL		53	6th	21st	27	35		12	2	6th	8th	6th
2010/11	St. Cloud State University	WCHA		38	5	18th	23	10
2011/12	St. Cloud State University	WCHA		39	6th	26th	32	4th
2012/13	St. Cloud State University	WCHA		42	4th	27	31	4th
2013/14	Toledo Walleye	ECHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		45	0	9	9	8th		10	0	1	1	2
2014/15	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		75	6th	21st	27	15th		16	0	3	3	4th
2015/16	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		75	3	16	19th	17th		9	0	2	2	0
2016/17	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		27	1	5	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		49	4th	9	13	12		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		81	0	15th	15th	27		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		60	2	13	15th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Washington Capitals	NHL		20th	0	5	5	4th		7th	0	0	0	2
USHL total				105	11	38	9	62		19th	2	7th	9	8th
NCAA overall				119	15th	71	86	18th
AHL total				222	10	51	61	46		35	0	6th	6th	6th
NHL overall				210	6th	42	48	60		7th	0	0	0	2

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2018	United States	WM			10	1	3	4th	0
Men overall					10	1	3	4th	0

( 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 )

family

Jensen comes from a family who loves ice hockey. While his father Jeff was selected in the tenth round of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in 178th place by the Colorado Rockies , but did not play in the professional field after graduating from college, his uncle Steve Jensen played 450 games for the Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League . In addition, he represented the US National Team from 1975 to 1979 in four world championships , the 1976 Canada Cup and the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian Innsbruck .

Jensen's six cousins ​​are also associated with ice hockey. Three of them can also look back on successful careers. Paul Jensen also took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jensen took part in the same winter games and ran in 18 games for the Minnesota North Stars in the NHL. Joe Jensen - also the son of Paul - played six NHL games for the Carolina Hurricanes .

Web links

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Nick Jensen at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kyle Kujawa: Red Wings sign Jensen to two-year extension. nhl.com, February 27, 2017, accessed on February 27, 2017 .