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
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International
- 2018 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2018 | United States | WM |
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ Kyle Kujawa: Red Wings sign Jensen to two-year extension. nhl.com, February 27, 2017, accessed on February 27, 2017 .
Goalkeeper:
Braden Holtby |
Ilja Samsonow
Defender:
John Carlson ( A ) |
Brenden Dillon |
Radko Gudas |
Nick Jensen |
Michal Kempný |
Dmitri Orlov |
Jonas Siegenthaler
attacker:
Nicklas Bäckström ( A ) |
Travis Boyd |
Nic Dowd |
Lars Eller |
Carl Hagelin |
Garnet Hathaway |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
Yevgeny Kuznetsov |
TJ Oshie |
Alexander Ovechkin ( C ) |
Richard Pánik |
Jakub Vrána |
Tom Wilson
Head Coach: vacant Assistant Coach : Scott Arniel | Reid Cashman | Blaine Forsythe General Manager: Brian MacLellan
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jensen, Nick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota |