Nick Johnson (ice hockey player)

Nick Johnson
Date of birth	December 24, 1985
place of birth	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size	186 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 32
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 3rd round, 67th position Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
2002-2004	St. Albert Saints
2004-2008	Dartmouth College
2008-2011	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2011–2012	Minnesota Wild
2012-2013	Phoenix Coyotes
2013-2014	Boston Bruins Providence Bruins
2014-2015	Vaxjo Lakers
2015-2017	Brynäs IF

Nick Johnson (born December 24, 1985 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Brynäs IF in the Svenska Hockeyligan .

Career

Nick Johnson began his career as a hockey player with the St. Albert Saints, for which he was active from 2002 to 2004 in the Alberta Junior Hockey League . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the third round as a total of 67th player by the Pittsburgh Penguins . But first he attended from 2004 to 2008, the Dartmouth College , he parallel in for their team National Collegiate Athletic Association was active before the end of the 2007/08 season, his debut in professional hockey for Pittsburgh's farm team Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins were . By the end of the season he had made two assists in 14 games.

From 2008 Johnson played regularly for Wilkes-Barre / Scranton in the AHL, where he was in the 2009/10 season in parallel in six games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League on the ice. He scored a goal and gave an assist. On September 29, 2011, the Minnesota Wild selected him from the waiver list after the Pittsburgh Penguins put the winger on the waiver. With the wild he scored a total of eight goals and 18 assists in 77 games. On July 12, 2012, he signed a one-year two-way contract with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent . In July 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins , where he was primarily for their farm team, the Providence Bruins , and only played 9 games in the NHL.

After Johnson did not receive a new contract offer from the NHL, he decided to move to Europe in the summer of 2014 and hired the Växjö Lakers from the Swedish Svenska Hockeyligan . With the team he won in the following season 2014/15 the championship and was in the main round of the player with the best plus / minus statistic in the league. In April 2015, the attacker moved to Brynäs IF within the league .

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition
• 2015 Swedish champion with the Växjö Lakers
• 2016 Håkan Loob Trophy

statistics

Status: end of the 2013/14 season

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	5	113	14th	23	37	52
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL regular season	6th	234	71	94	166	158
AHL playoffs	5	41	11	12	23	21st

Web links

• Nick Johnson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Nick Johnson at hockeydb.com (English)