Eric Nickulas

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Eric Nickulas.jpg

| image_size = 230 px

| caption = Nickulas with the Providence Bruins in 2005

| played_for = Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Blackhawks
Hannover Scorpions
ERC Ingolstadt

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.

| draft = 99th overall

| draft_year = 1994

| draft_team = Boston Bruins

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2009

}}

Eric Nickulas (born March 25, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, and Chicago Blackhawks between 1999 and 2006.

Biography

Nickulas was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the New York Islanders minor ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Nickulas was drafted 99th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} In three years with Boston, he played mostly for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League.

Nickulas scored his first NHL Goal on March 2, 2000, in Boston's 5-2 home loss Versus Montreal.

He also played for the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks before returning to Boston in 2005.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} In 2006. Nickulas moved to Germany, signing with the Hannover Scorpions. After two seasons with Hannover, he played for the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1991–92 \| Barnstable High School \| HS-MA \| 24	30	25	55	— \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Tabor Academy \| HS-MA \| 28	25	25	50	— \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Cushing Academy \| HS-MA \| 25	46	36	82	— \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| University of New Hampshire \| HE \| 33	15	9	24	32 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| University of New Hampshire \| HE \| 34	26	12	38	66 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| University of New Hampshire \| HE \| 39	29	22	51	80 \| —	—	—	—	—
1997–98 \| Orlando Solar Bears \| IHL \| 76	22	9	31	77 \| 6	0	0	0	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 2	0	0	0	0 \| 1	0	0	0	0
1998–99 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 75	31	27	58	83 \| 18	8	12	20	33
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 20	5	6	11	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
1999–00 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 40	6	6	12	37 \| 12	2	3	5	20
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 7	0	0	0	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
2000–01 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 62	20	23	43	100 \| 12	4	4	8	24
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 54	11	25	36	48 \| 3	0	1	1	2
2002–03 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 8	0	1	1	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 39	17	16	33	40 \| 3	0	0	0	2
2003–04 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 44	7	11	18	44 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Chicago Blackhawks \| NHL \| 21	1	1	2	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Norfolk Admirals \| AHL \| 53	11	11	22	32 \| 6	0	3	3	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 16	2	4	6	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
2005–06 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 38	10	16	26	46 \| 5	1	1	2	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 48	13	17	30	129 \| 4	2	0	2	6
2007–08 \| Hannover Scorpions \| DEL \| 41	6	8	14	56 \| 3	1	0	1	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| ERC Ingolstadt \| DEL \| 21	3	3	6	34 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 361 !! 106 !! 124 !! 230 !! 386 ! 59 !! 15 !! 24 !! 39 !! 93
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 118 !! 15 !! 23 !! 38 !! 82 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0