Nicholas Angell
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Nicholas "Nick" Angell (born October 31, 1979) is an American professional ice hockey
player who played the 2010–11 season
in the Kontinental Hockey League
with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
.
. During his senior year, Angell led the Duluth East Greyhound's in winning the 1998 Minnesota high school boys hockey
tournament, where he was nominated for the Mr. Hockey award, which is given to Minnesota's most valuable high school hockey player. He was then recruited to play for the University of Minnesota
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division I, from 1998 to 2002, where he helped Minnesota in winning their fifth NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
in 2002.
, the Nashville Predators
minor league affiliate in AHL
. He then and spent the rest of the season with Rockford Icehogs
in the IHL, totaling 16 points in 73 games.
The next season (2003–04), Angell moved to Europe
after he was signed by IFK Arboga, in the Swedish
tier two league. During the 2004-05 season, he played for the Frisk Tigers in the Norwegian
elite league, before returning to the Swedish
tier two league with Bofors IK, for the 2005-06 season. In 2006, he signed with the Swedish Elite League team Brynäs IF
where he played for two seasons. In 2007, he signed a one-year contact with the 2007–08 Swedish Elite League Champions HV71
, after playing a few for the Tampere Battle Axe, in Finland. Angell joined HV71 in October 2008, after briefly playing the beginning of the 2008–09 season with the Norwegian team Stavanger Oilers
. Angell then moved to Germany to play for the Frankfurt Lions
in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
In 2008, Angell received 4 % of the votes in an Internet survey regarding the world's sportsman of the year. The survey conducted on the website of a Finland
newspaper, Ilta-Sanomat
. Angell finished fourth together with Argentine
footballer Lionel Messi
and ahead of Alexander Ovechkin
of the Washington Capitals
.
In 2010, Angell moved to the Kontinental Hockey League
signing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
. With 18 points in 51 games, he ended up being the club's top-scoring defenceman, but as Metallurg lost all chances to make the playoffs, Nick was traded to Avangard Omsk
just hours before the deadline on 31 January 2011.
Statistics as of end of season 2008–09
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played the 2010–11 season
2010–11 KHL season
The 2010–11 KHL season is the third season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 8 September 2010 and ended on 16 April 2011.The season started with the Opening Cup game between the last season's finalists, Ak Bars Kazan and the new team that was created by merging last season's...
in the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk is a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.-History:-Champions:...
.
Early career
Angell began his ice hockey career in Duluth, Minnesota, playing in youth leagues and eventually for Duluth East High SchoolEast High School (Duluth, Minnesota)
East High School is the largest of three public secondary schools in Duluth, Minnesota. It educates students in grades nine through twelve. It first opened its doors in 1927, as a junior high school...
. During his senior year, Angell led the Duluth East Greyhound's in winning the 1998 Minnesota high school boys hockey
Minnesota high school boys hockey
The Minnesota High School Boys Hockey program is a high school ice hockey program in the State of Minnesota. Based on tournament attendance, ice hockey is the most popular high school sport in the state...
tournament, where he was nominated for the Mr. Hockey award, which is given to Minnesota's most valuable high school hockey player. He was then recruited to play for the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) Division I, from 1998 to 2002, where he helped Minnesota in winning their fifth NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division I and Division III. The semi-finals and finals of the Division I Championship are branded as the Frozen Four, a passing nod to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship - known...
in 2002.
Professional career
Angell began his professional career in 2002–03, playing several games with the Milwaukee AdmiralsMilwaukee Admirals
The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...
, the Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
minor league affiliate in AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
. He then and spent the rest of the season with Rockford Icehogs
Rockford IceHogs
This article is about the former UHL franchise. For the current American Hockey League franchise, see Rockford IceHogs.The Rockford IceHogs were a professional ice hockey team in Rockford, Illinois USA. They were a member of the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2007. The IceHogs played their home...
in the IHL, totaling 16 points in 73 games.
The next season (2003–04), Angell moved to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
after he was signed by IFK Arboga, in the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
tier two league. During the 2004-05 season, he played for the Frisk Tigers in the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
elite league, before returning to the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
tier two league with Bofors IK, for the 2005-06 season. In 2006, he signed with the Swedish Elite League team Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF
Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...
where he played for two seasons. In 2007, he signed a one-year contact with the 2007–08 Swedish Elite League Champions HV71
HV71
HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...
, after playing a few for the Tampere Battle Axe, in Finland. Angell joined HV71 in October 2008, after briefly playing the beginning of the 2008–09 season with the Norwegian team Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers
Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers...
. Angell then moved to Germany to play for the Frankfurt Lions
Frankfurt Lions
The Frankfurt Lions were a professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.-History:...
in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
In 2008, Angell received 4 % of the votes in an Internet survey regarding the world's sportsman of the year. The survey conducted on the website of a Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
newspaper, Ilta-Sanomat
Ilta-Sanomat
Ilta-Sanomat is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid size evening dailys and the second largest newspaper in the country...
. Angell finished fourth together with Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
footballer Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team, mainly as a striker. Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations by the age of 21, and won in 2009 and 2010...
and ahead of Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League...
of the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
.
In 2010, Angell moved to the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
signing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk is a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.-History:-Champions:...
. With 18 points in 51 games, he ended up being the club's top-scoring defenceman, but as Metallurg lost all chances to make the playoffs, Nick was traded to Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk are a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in the city of Omsk, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Overview:...
just hours before the deadline on 31 January 2011.
Awards
- Minnesota State High School Hockey Champion, in 1998.
- NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Champion, in 2002.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | U. of Minnesota University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557... |
NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States... |
37 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | U. of Minnesota | NCAA | 37 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | U. of Minnesota | NCAA | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | U. of Minnesota | NCAA | 44 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 61 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Rockford Icehogs Rockford IceHogs This article is about the former UHL franchise. For the current American Hockey League franchise, see Rockford IceHogs.The Rockford IceHogs were a professional ice hockey team in Rockford, Illinois USA. They were a member of the United Hockey League from 1999 to 2007. The IceHogs played their home... |
UHL | 73 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2002–03 | Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | IFK Arboga | Swe-2 | 41 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 125 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | Frisk Tigers Frisk Tigers The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norwegian sports club whose members also participate in football. Officially, the hockey section is registered as IF Frisk Asker - Ishockey, but the club usually refers to itself as the Frisk Tigers or simply Frisk. They are based in... |
GET GET-ligaen GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor... |
41 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 131 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Bofors IK Bofors IK Bofors IK is an ice-hockey club from Karlskoga in Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 , which since 1978 is known under the current name Bofors IK.-External links:*... |
Swe-2 | 40 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2006–07 | Brynäs IF Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:... |
SEL Elitserien Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden... |
49 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 35 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tappara Tappara Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships .... |
SM-l SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007–08 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 42 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2008–09 | Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Oilers is an ice hockey club from Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. The club's official name is Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, but it is commonly known as Oilers... |
GET GET-ligaen GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor... |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008–09 | HV71 HV71 HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien... |
SEL | 40 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 2009–10 | Frankfurt Lions Frankfurt Lions The Frankfurt Lions were a professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.-History:... |
DEL | 56 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| SEL Totals | 131 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 138 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 63 | ||||
| SM-liiga Totals | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| AHL Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Professional Career Totals | 146 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 162 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 63 | ||||
Statistics as of end of season 2008–09