Scott Nichol

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Scott Nichol
Date of birth December 31, 1974
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 78 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 11th round, 272nd position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1992-1994 Portland Winter Hawks
1994-2000 Rochester Americans
2000-2001 Detroit Vipers
2001-2003 Calgary Flames
2003-2004 Chicago Blackhawks
2004-2005 London Racers
2005-2009 Nashville Predators
2009-2011 San Jose Sharks
2011-2013 St. Louis Blues

Scott B. Nichol (born December 31, 1974 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official who played 711 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Calgary Flames , Chicago Blackhawks during his active career between 1992 and 2013 , Nashville Predators , San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. However, Nichol celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Rochester Americans by winning the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League in 1996. Since retiring in 2013, Nichol has been Director of Player Development at the Nashville Predators.

Career

Nichol played as a youth in the 1991/92 season, first for the Calgary AAA Flames in the Alberta Midget Hockey League , before moving to the higher-class Western Hockey League in the summer of 1992 . There he joined the Portland Winter Hawks . The striker stayed in Portland for a total of two seasons and after his first year in the league - despite being 1.73 meters tall for an ice hockey player - he was selected in the eleventh round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in 272nd place by the Buffalo Sabers . Previously, Nichol had lost the final for the WHL championship in the seventh game against the Swift Current Broncos with the Winter Hawks . In the following game year, the team reached the playoffs with confidence, but was unable to achieve the championship win after being eliminated in the semi-finals. The center collected 184 scorer points and 347 penalty minutes in a total of 158 games over the two seasons.

After the 1993/94 season, the 19-year-old switched to the professional field after signing a contract in the Buffalo Sabers franchise in the off-season . This was valid for both the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League . For the most part, Nichol came in the following six seasons in the AHL with the Sabers farm team , the Rochester Americans , and developed there into a solid scorer with the moves of a so-called agitator . The greatest successes during this period were his debut for the Sabers in the NHL during the 1995/96 season , when he was used in two matches, and winning the Calder Cup with the Rochester Americans at the end of the same season. His personally most successful year for the Americans completed Nichol in the following season, in which he was able to contribute 43 points in 68 games. He also came to another three NHL missions for the Sabers in the 1997/98 season . After the 1999/2000 game year, in which the striker was out for a long time due to a knee injury, his involvement in the Sabers organization ended. The free agent then joined the Detroit Vipers from the International Hockey League for a year , who at that time served as the Tampa Bay Lightning farm team . For Tampa, however, Nichol was not used.

Nichol in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

In the summer of 2001, the Canadian's contract expired again, after which he moved to the Calgary Flames , with whom he had signed a two-year contract. At the Flames, the now 26-year-old had his breakthrough when he was able to earn a regular place in the team's NHL squad. In the following two seasons between 2001 and 2003 he played 128 games for Calgary and reached 27 points scorer, although several injuries had thrown him back again and again. His contract was not renewed in the summer of 2003 and the Chicago Blackhawks secured the services of the small-grown center for one year. Nichol was also able to convince with the Blackhawks and set new career records in the categories of games, templates and points. His negative plus / minus balance showed - as in Calgary - weaknesses in the defensive game.

Since the NHL season 2004/05 was canceled because of the lockout , Nichol moved to Europe, where he had signed a contract with the London Racers from the British Elite Ice Hockey League on October 26, 2004 . There he met another NHL player, Eric Cairns . In various competitions on the island, the Canadian came to a total of 24 missions, in which he collected 28 points and 102 penalty minutes. For the 2005/06 season , game operations in the NHL were resumed and the Nashville Predators secured the services of Nichols in August 2005. Initially, the striker was a permanent member of the team, but then broke his foot in November 2005. He returned after a two-month injury hiatus in January of the following year and played six times for the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL to gain match practice. For Nashville it was enough to 34 missions after he had to pause again because of a head injury. From the 2006/07 season he was used more regularly because he was injured less often. Only a broken thumb at the end of the regular season made him sit out eleven games. However, an incident overshadowed the season as Nichol was suspended for nine games on December 21, 2006 after hitting Jaroslav Špaček , who had previously checked him hard , in the back of the head as revenge. In the following years , Nichol rehabilitated and equalized in the 2007/08 season his point yield from the 2003/04 game year when he was accrued for the Blackhawks. In addition, its plus / minus balance also improved . A concussion limited him to 43 missions in the 2008/09 season , after having remained largely injury-free the year before. Since his contract expired after the end of the season, signed him on July 15, 2009, the San Jose Sharks for one year.

On July 5, 2011, Nichol signed a one-year contract with the St. Louis Blues . After he had also played the 2012/13 season with the Blues, he announced on June 5, 2013 that he would end his playing career and join his former club, the Nashville Predators, as Director of Player Development . For the 2018/19 season , he also took on the post of General Manager of the Milwaukee Admirals farm team.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 31 33 64 146 16 8th 8th 16 41
1993/94 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 65 40 53 93 144 10 3 8th 11 16
1994/95 Rochester Americans AHL 71 11 16 27 136 5 0 3 3 14th
1995/96 Rochester Americans AHL 62 14th 17th 31 170 19th 7th 6th 13 36
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 2 0 0 0 10 - - - - -
1996/97 Rochester Americans AHL 68 22nd 21st 43 133 10 2 1 3 26th
1997/98 Rochester Americans AHL 35 13 7th 20th 113 17th 0 6th 6th 18th
1997/98 Buffalo Sabers NHL 3 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1998/99 Rochester Americans AHL 52 13 20th 33 120 - - - - -
1999/00 Rochester Americans AHL 37 7th 11 18th 141 12 0 3 3 10
2000/01 Detroit Vipers IHL 67 7th 24 31 198 11 1 1 2 12
2001/02 Calgary Flames NHL 60 8th 9 17th 107 - - - - -
2002/03 Calgary Flames NHL 68 5 5 10 149 - - - - -
2003/04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 75 7th 11 18th 145 - - - - -
2004/05 London Racers EIHL 24 9 19th 28 102 - - - - -
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 34 3 3 6th 79 3 0 0 0 2
2005/06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 6th 3 5 8th 18th - - - - -
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 59 7th 6th 13 79 5 0 0 0 17th
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL 73 10 8th 18th 72 2 0 0 0 0
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 43 4th 6th 10 41 - - - - -
2009/10 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 4th 15th 19th 72 15th 1 1 2 17th
2010/11 San Jose Sharks NHL 56 4th 3 7th 50 15th 0 0 0 26th
2011/12 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 3 5 8th 83 9 0 1 1 14th
2012/13 St. Louis Blues NHL 30th 1 0 1 25th - - - - -
WHL overall 132 71 86 157 290 26th 11 16 27 57
AHL total 331 83 97 180 831 63 9 19th 28 104
NHL overall 662 56 71 127 916 49 1 2 3 76

( 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

Commons : Scott Nichol  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nichol retires to join Predators' front office. nhl.com, June 5, 2013, accessed August 14, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Nichol, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nichol, Scott B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta