Kyle Wilson (ice hockey)

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Kyle Wilson
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Wilson with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2010
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 40)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Washington Capitals
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nashville Predators
Dinamo Riga
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Modo Hockey
SCL Tigers
Eisbären Berlin
NHL draft 272nd overall, 2004
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2006–2017

Kyle Wilson (born December 15, 1984) is a Canadian former professional Ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators. Wilson played collegiate hockey for Colgate University, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics.

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Playing career

Kyle Wilson was selected in the ninth round, 272nd overall, by the Minnesota Wild in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut in 2009–10 season with the Washington Capitals where he scored 2 assists in 2 games and finished with a +1 rating.

On July 2, 2010, Wilson signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets. [1] He started the 2010–11 season with Columbus and after being scratched for the first 5 games he made his Blue Jackets debut on October 22 where he took 2 penalties and ended with a -2 in the first period during a 6–2 loss to Calgary. Wilson was moved to the fourth line taking the place of the injured Ethan Moreau and he picked up his first NHL goal on October 25 against Brian Boucher of the Philadelphia Flyers. [2]

On July 5, 2011, Wilson signed a two-year contract with the Nashville Predators. The first season of the contract is worth $550,000 in the NHL and $105,000 in the AHL. The second season is a one-way contract worth $550,000. [3]

After his first season with the Predators on June 15, 2012, Wilson was traded along with Anders Lindback and a seventh-round draft pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Sébastien Caron, two second-round draft picks and a third-round draft pick. [4] In the midst of a disappointing 2012–13 season scoring only 5 goals in 22 games with Lightning affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, Wilson was traded by Tampa Bay to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Dan Sexton on March 11, 2013. [5]

On June 12, 2013, Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced that they have signed a contract with Kyle Wilson. [6] After spending the 2013–14 season in Riga, he split the following campaign between Dinamo and fellow KHL side Traktor Chelyabinsk.

He started the 2015-16 campaign with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and parted company with the team in December 2015. [7] He then represented German team Adler Mannheim at the 2015 Spengler Cup, [8] before signing a deal for the remainder of the season with the SCL Tigers of the Swiss National League A (NLA) in March 2016. [9]

As a free agent on July 21, 2016, Wilson moved to Germany to sign a one-year contract with Eisbären Berlin of the DEL. [10]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2000–01 Strathroy Rockets GOHL 331217291552242
2001–02Strathroy RocketsWOHL534225671652352
2002–03 Colgate University ECAC 3342615—————
2003–04 Colgate UniversityECAC3714173123—————
2004–05 Colgate UniversityECAC305182312—————
2005–06 Colgate UniversityECAC3923184122—————
2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 71012—————
2006–07 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 53254—————
2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL54243054261979168
2007–08 Hershey BearsAHL803031612650332
2008–09 Hershey BearsAHL80283058312237102
2009–10 Hershey BearsAHL77242953232166124
2009–10 Washington Capitals NHL 20220—————
2010–11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL32471112—————
2010–11 Springfield Falcons AHL231212242—————
2011–12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL682232542531232
2011–12 Nashville Predators NHL50000—————
2012–13 Syracuse Crunch AHL225056—————
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL163692—————
2013–14 Dinamo Rīga KHL 4917274426—————
2014–15 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL2215610—————
2014–15 Dinamo RīgaKHL281898—————
2015–16 Modo Hockey SHL 22581341—————
2015–16 SCL Tigers NLA 115162—————
2016–17 Eisbären Berlin DEL 481192014120226
AHL totals4271491703191437017274418
NHL totals39491312—————
KHL totals9919405944—————

Awards and honors

AwardYear
College
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2005–06

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References

  1. ↑ "Blue Jackets sign Defenseman Nate Guenin, Forwards Frischmon and Wilson". Columbus Blue Jackets. July 2, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Garon's 28 saves spur Jackets 2-1". Yahoo! Sports . October 25, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Predators sign forwards Kyle Wilson, Zach Stortini". Washington Examiner . July 5, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Lightning acquire G Lindback from Predators for Caron, picks". The Sports Network. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Ducks acquire center Kyle Wilson from Tampa Bay in exchange for Sexton". Anaheim Ducks. March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dinamo Rīga pievienojas Kyle Wilson (Lat)". dinamoriga.lv. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Kyle Wilson lämnar Modo Hockey - Modo Hockey - SHL | SvenskaFans.com". www.svenskafans.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Steve Eminger et Kyle Wilson renforceront Manheim à la Coupe Spengler - SwissHabs". SwissHabs (in French). Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Tigers, SCL (January 8, 2016). "Kyle Wilson Zu Den SCL Tigers | SCL Tigers". SCL Tigers. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Berlin undertake Kyle Wilson" (in German). Eisbären Berlin. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
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