Tyson Nash

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CanadaCanada  Tyson Nash Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 11, 1975
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 87 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 10th lap, 247th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1990-1991 Sherwood Park Flyers
1991-1995 Kamloops Blazers
1995-1998 Syracuse crunch
1998-1999 Worcester IceCats
1999-2003 St. Louis Blues
2003-2006 Phoenix Coyotes
2006-2007 Toronto Marlies
2007-2008 Nippon Paper Cranes

Tyson Nash (born May 11, 1975 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 397 games for the St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League in the course of his active career between 1991 and 2008 of the left winger . Nash, who embodied the grinder player type, spent much of his career in the American Hockey League .

Career

Tyson Nash began his career in 1990 with the Sherwood Park Flyers, a year later he joined the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League . In his first season he immediately won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup with the team . In the seasons 1993/94 and 1994/95 he won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup two more times with the Kamloops Blazers. In the 1994 NHL Entry Draft , he was drafted in the tenth round by the Vancouver Canucks . Nash increased his score annually and had his best season in 1994/95 with 84 games and 92 points. In his last season with the Kamloops Blazers he played with Darcy Tucker , Hnat Domenichelli , Shane Doan , Jarome Iginla , Brad Lukowich , Jason Holland and Nolan Baumgartner .

In the 1995/96 season he did not make the jump into the roster of the Vancouver Canucks and played at the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League and the Raleigh IceCaps in the ECHL . The following season he played completely at the Syracuse Crunch and Nash increased his previous year's figures significantly. In the 1997/98 season he set his career record with 184 penalty minutes in the regular season . On July 14, 1998, he signed a contract with the St. Louis Blues . In the 1998/99 season he made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Blues, but most of the season he played for the Worcester IceCats in the AHL, where he earned a regular place. A year later, Nash made his final breakthrough in St. Louis, gaining a place on the team that he held for four years. In June 2003 he was transferred to the Phoenix Coyotes .

There, too, he was one of the team's regulars, scoring fewer points than before in St. Louis. For the 2004/05 season he continued to play, as the entire season was canceled due to a lockout . He then played another season with the Phoenix Coyotes. In November 2006 he was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs , but he played the entire season on the farm team with the Toronto Marlies . For the 2007/08 season he decided to continue his career with Nippon Paper Cranes in Japan, where he signed a contract. After a few games in the Asia League Ice Hockey , Tyson Nash decided to end his career.

Tyson Nash joined the Phoenix Coyotes on September 11, 2008 as a sports commentator.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1994 Memorial Cup win with the Kamloops Blazers
  • 1995 President's Cup win with the Kamloops Blazers
  • 1995 Memorial Cup win with the Kamloops Blazers

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990/91 Sherwood Park Flyers AMHL 40 17th 28 45 63 - - - - -
1991/92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 33 1 6th 7th 62 4th 0 0 0 0
1992 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 1 0 0 0 0
1992/93 Kamloops Blazers WHL 61 10 16 26th 78 13 3 2 5 32
1993/94 Kamloops Blazers WHL 65 20th 36 56 135 16 3 4th 7th 12
1994 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 4th 1 3 4th 6th
1994/95 Kamloops Blazers WHL 63 34 41 75 70 21st 10 7th 17th 30th
1995 Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup 4th 2 4th 6th 8th
1995/96 Syracuse crunch AHL 50 4th 7th 11 58 4th 0 0 0 11
1995/96 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 6th 1 1 2 8th - - - - -
1996/97 Syracuse crunch AHL 77 17th 17th 34 105 3 0 2 2 0
1997/98 Syracuse crunch AHL 74 20th 20th 40 184 5 0 2 2 28
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 2
1998/99 Worcester IceCats AHL 55 14th 22nd 36 143 4th 4th 1 5 27
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 66 4th 9 13 150 6th 1 0 1 24
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 57 8th 7th 15th 110 - - - - -
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 64 6th 7th 13 100 9 0 1 1 2
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 66 6th 3 9 114 7th 2 1 3 6th
2003/04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 69 3 5 8th 110 - - - - -
2004/05 Phoenix Coyotes NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 50 0 6th 6th 84 - - - - -
2006/07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 19th 6th 6th 12 48 - - - - -
2006/07 Toronto Marlies AHL 54 10 13 23 134 - - - - -
2007/08 Nippon Paper Cranes ALIH 5 0 1 1 16 9 1 3 4th 43
WHL overall 225 65 101 166 345 54 16 13 29 74
AHL total 274 57 63 120 529 16 4th 5 9 66
NHL overall 374 27 37 64 673 23 3 2 5 52

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Phoenix Coyotes: Tyson Nash Television Color Analyst
  2. ^ San Antonio Rampage: Former Rampage player named PHX radio analyst
personal data
SURNAME Nash, Tyson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta