9th year right wing Nick Petersen(8) is lighting up Erste Bank Eishockey Liga with new career highs 26 goals and 39 assists for 65 points in 54 games and a +28 rating for Klagenfurter AC, then added another 7 points in 6 playoff games.
The filled out big 6’3″ 194 lbs. forward spent the last 5 years in Germany’s top hockey DEL with a few different clubs, where he was a two-time 20+ goal scorer and once had 30+ assists and on three occasions more than 20.
He’s definitely had more success overseas than he did in North America mostly in Pittsburgh Penguins‘ prospect system, so it seems that the 29-year old will play out the remaining years of his time either in Austria or look for an opportunity to move up to a more competitive league.
Nick Petersen (8)
Originally a Pittsburgh Penguins‘ 4th round pick in the 2009 draft (#121 overall), right wing Nick Petersen(8) was bought out the final year of his 3-year entry level contract by the team.
He appeared in a career high 52 AHL games with their farm team, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins scoring a best 11 goals and 16 assists, 27 points with a +15 plus/minus.
The kind of lanky 6’2″ 185 lbs. forward started his pro career in the ECHL with Wheeling Nailers, where he lit the lamp with ease clocking in at just shy of a 1.5 points per game player and was reassigned and recalled from on a couple of occasions during his rookie season.
There were some minor rumors floating that he was a difficult player in the system.
He signed a training camp tryout agreement with Houston Aeros to start the third campaign of his pro career and although he failed to make the opening night roster, he was kept on and sent to their affiliate Orlando Solar Bears.
In 6 ECHL games he has 6 goals and 8 assists with a +4 rating and has been quickly called-up to Houston.
Turns out he was a healthy scratch for one game and sent back.
When he gets his chance, you can pretty much bet he’ll produced on the scoresheet.
Nice black eye in the pic, right?
