Nick Johnson (ice hockey, born 1986)
| Nick Johnson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 25, 1986 Windsor, Connecticut, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
HC Plzeň Schwenninger Wild Wings HC Pardubice Grizzlys Wolfsburg South Carolina Stingrays | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–2018 | ||
Nick Johnson (born August 25, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He most recently played with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.
Playing career
[edit]Undrafted out of Sacred Heart University, he first played professionally with HC Plzeň in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season.[1] After his third season with Plzeň in 2012–13 and helping the franchise to its first championship, Johnson left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), with newcomers Schwenninger Wild Wings on August 12, 2013.[2]
After spending the first seven seasons of his professional career abroad in the Czech Republic and Germany, Johnson returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year ECHL contract with the South Carolina Stingrays on August 4, 2017.[3] Johnson began the 2017–18 season on the Stingrays top offensive line and recorded 6 goals and 10 points in 16 games before opting for a mutual release from his contract on January 23, 2018.
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| College | ||
| All-Atlantic Hockey First Team | 2010 | |
| AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2010 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "HC Plzen team statistics". eliteprospects.com. May 6, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ "Wild Wings pick Nick Johnson". Schwenninger Wild Wings (in German). August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ "Stingrays agree to terms with forward Nick Johnson". South Carolina Stingrays. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1986 births
- American men's ice hockey forwards
- HC Dynamo Pardubice players
- HC Plzeň players
- Ice hockey players from Connecticut
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Windsor, Connecticut
- Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey players
- Schwenninger Wild Wings players
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- Grizzlys Wolfsburg players
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- American expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
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