12th year center Nick Shore(23) swaps close to 2 years, scoring good numbers with HV71 for 1 at Linkoping HC 2024/2025.
The 3rd round Los Angeles Kings‘ draft pick in the 2011 draft (#82 overall)
He initially left North American hockey after his 3rd straight year in the NHL and left for 1 year in the KHL.
Wooed back for another spin in the biggest league, taking his total up to 299 games, he didn’t really put up the numbers and next found the net on multiple occasions in Slovakia Extraliga, but swapped that quickly for hockey in Switzerland, signing with EV Zug.
The 6’1″ 198 lbs. forward would help his team win the 2021 NL Championship.
He returned to Russia, but the former 3-year University Of Denver Pioneers went back before switching to Sweden, where he stays.
The 31-year old from Denver, CO has made a neat little journey out of playing pro hockey for himself.