Nick Spaling

Nick Spaling ( born September 19, 1988 in Palmerston, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since 2008 the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League under contract and playing in parallel for their farm team in Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League.

Career

Nick Spaling began his career as a hockey player with the Kitchener Rangers, for by 2008 he was active from 2005 in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League. In the 2007 /08 season was won by the center with his team the J. Ross Robertson Cup, the champion of the OHL. In addition, he received this season the William Hanley Trophy as the Most sportsmanlike player in the league. During his junior time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 in the second round than a total of 58 players from the Nashville Predators for their farm team Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, he played mostly from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009/10 season the Canadians were also made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators, where he prepared three goals in 34 games.

In the season 2010/11, Spaling was able to establish a regular place in the Nashville Predators and was in a total of 86 games on the ice. He scored ten goals and ten templates. He also ran in a further four games for Nashville's AHL farm team Milwaukee Admirals, scoring a goal and an assist each.

Awards and achievements

• 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2008 J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Kitchener Rangers win
• 2008 William Hanley Trophy

Statistics

(End of season 2012/ 13)