Nick Lappin

Nick Lappin
Date of birth	November 1, 1992
place of birth	Geneva , Illinois , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2009-2010	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
2010–2012	Tri-City Storm
2012-2016	Brown University
2016-2019	New Jersey Devils Albany Devils
since 2019	San Antonio Rampage

Nick J. Lappin (born November 1, 1992 in Geneva , Illinois ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and for their farm team , the San Antonio Rampage , plays in the American Hockey League as the right winger . His father Peter Lappin was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Lappin, whose father Peter Lappin won the Turner Cup twice during his professional career and was active in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks , spent his junior years in the United States Hockey League . There he was initially active for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the 2009/10 season, before moving to the Tri-City Storm shortly after the start of the following season within the league. In the Storm, the right winger played until the summer of 2012. Then Lappin decided to study at Brown University . In addition to his studies, he played for four years for the university's ice hockey team in ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

After graduating in spring 2016, the undrafted free agent in the New Jersey Devils from the NHL was a new employer. They used him towards the end of the 2015/16 season in their farm team , the Albany Devils , in the American Hockey League , where he scored 14 points in 23 games . After starting the 2016/17 season in Albany , he was appointed to the New Jersey NHL squad for the first time in late October, where he made his debut.

After three years in the organization of the Devils, Lappin joined the St. Louis Blues as a free agent in July 2019 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2015 All- Ivy League Second Team

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
2009/10	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL		35	4th	4th	8th	46		3	0	0	0	2
2010/11	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Tri-City Storm	USHL		48	9	17th	26th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Tri-City Storm	USHL		53	27	19th	46	14th		2	1	1	2	2
2012/13	Brown University	NCAA		33	7th	13	20th	31
2013/14	Brown University	NCAA		30th	13	19th	32	2
2014/15	Brown University	NCAA		29	14th	7th	21st	34
2015/16	Brown University	NCAA		31	17th	16	33	12
2015/16	Albany Devils	AHL		12	3	4th	7th	19th		11	5	2	7th	2
2016/17	Albany Devils	AHL		35	14th	15th	29	14th		4th	0	1	1	2
2016/17	New Jersey Devils	NHL		43	4th	3	7th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Binghamton Devils	AHL		65	31	22nd	53	37		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	New Jersey Devils	NHL		6th	1	0	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Binghamton Devils	AHL		56	19th	15th	34	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	New Jersey Devils	NHL		11	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				137	40	40	80	86		5	1	1	2	4th
NCAA overall				123	51	55	106	79
AHL total				168	67	56	123	95		15th	5	3	8th	4th
NHL overall				60	5	3	8th	21st		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Player biography on the St. Louis Blues website
• Nick Lappin at eliteprospects.com (English)