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.
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
- 1996 Calder Cup win with Rochester Americans
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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
- Scott Nichol in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Scott Nichol at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Scott Nichol at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Scott Nichol at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nichol retires to join Predators' front office. nhl.com, June 5, 2013, accessed August 14, 2013 .
personal data | |
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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 |