Nick Petrecki

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Nick Petrecki
Date of birth July 11, 1989
place of birth Schenectady , New York , USA
size 190 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
number # 27
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 1st lap, 28th position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2005-2007 Omaha Lancers
2007-2009 Boston College
since 2009 San Jose Sharks
Worcester Sharks

Nicholas Griffin Petrecki (born July 11, 1989 in Schenectady , New York ) is an American ice hockey player . He is under contract with the San Jose Sharks from the National Hockey League and plays primarily for the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Petrecki was initially selected in the OHL Priority Selection Draft in the first round in eighth position by the Plymouth Whalers . However, he decided to start his career with the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League , where he went into his first season for the 2005/06 season. After a difficult rookie year with only three scorer points, he managed to post 24 points in the following season, eleven of them goals. In both seasons, the American managed to qualify for the playoffs with the Lancers. In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , the defender was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the first round in 28th position. Petrecki was considered the best physically trained player in his position of the entire year.

In the fall of 2007, the defender moved to Boston College , where he began his studies and at the same time was active with their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With this he reached the so-called "Frozen Four" tournament for the championship title, which the college secured with a 4-1 victory over the University of Notre Dame , in his rookie year . He had previously won the championship of the Hockey East division with the team and victory at the prestigious Beanpot Tournament , where he scored the winning goal in overtime in the final against Harvard University . In the following season, the American continued to run for college and delivered sovereign performances. However, the team was unable to defend any of the previous year's titles, which meant that the defender's season ended in March 2009. At the end of the month, the San Jose Sharks finally got him - almost two years after he was drafted - to sign his first professional contract, valid from the beginning of the 2009/10 season. In order to be able to use Petrecki beforehand, however, they engaged him at the end of April with a so-called amateur tryout offer and ordered him to join the Worcester Sharks farm team from the American Hockey League , which were in the playoffs at the time.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 Omaha Lancers USHL 53 0 3 3 110 5 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Omaha Lancers USHL 54 11 14th 25th 177 5 0 0 0 10
2007/08 Boston College NCAA 42 5 7th 12 102
2008/09 Boston College NCAA 35 0 7th 7th 161
2009/10 Worcester Sharks AHL 65 2 12 14th 106 - - - - -
2010/11 Worcester Sharks AHL 67 3 11 14th 129 - - - - -
2011/12 Worcester Sharks AHL 68 1 7th 8th 107 - - - - -
2012/13 Worcester Sharks AHL 42 1 5 6th 135 - - - - -
2012/13 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
USHL total 107 11 17th 28 287 10 0 0 0 10
NCAA overall 77 5 14th 19th 263
AHL total 242 7th 35 42 477 - - - - -
NHL overall 1 0 0 0 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Petrecki, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrecki, Nicholas Griffin; Petrecki, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Schenectady , New York