Eric Nystrom

Eric Nystrom ( born February 14, 1983 in Syosset, Long Iceland, New York ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since July 2013 at the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League contract. His father, Bob was also a professional hockey player.

Career

Eric Nystrom began his career as a hockey player in the U.S. National Team Development Program, for which he was active in the United States Hockey League in the 2000 /01 season. Then the attacker played four years for the team from the University of Michigan. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 in the first round as a whole tenth player of the Calgary Flames, where he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2005/06 season. The rest of the season but he spent at their farm team in the American Hockey League, the Omaha Ak -Sar - Ben Knights, while due to a shoulder injury, a total of only 17 games in the AHL could deny for Omaha in the following season. From the season 2007/ 08, in which he played also for the AHL team Quad City Flames, Nystrom was a regular in the NHL team Calgary. In early July 2010, he signed as a free agent contract with the Minnesota Wild, where he was a regular force in the 2010/11 season. On 12 October 2011 he was transferred to the Dallas Stars.

In July 2013 Nystrom signed a four-year contract worth a total of ten million U.S. dollars at the Nashville Predators.

Internationally

For the U.S., Nystrom took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2001 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2002 and 2003.

Awards and achievements

2002 CCHA All- Rookie Team

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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