| Nick DeSimone | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 DeSimone with the Calgary Wranglers in 2022 | |||
| Born | November 21, 1994 East Amherst, New York, U.S | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team Former teams | Utah Hockey Club Calgary Flames New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Nick DeSimone (born November 21, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Utah Hockey Club of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He played college ice hockey at Union College. Undrafted, he signed a two-year contract with the San Jose Sharks on March 30, 2017, [1] and was later re-signed to a two-year contract on July 11, 2019. [2]
On April 12, 2019, DeSimone was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights who the loaned him to the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL). [3] [4]
On July 17, 2021, his player rights were traded to the New York Rangers. [5] As an unrestricted free agent DeSimone signed a one-year, two way contract with the Calgary Flames on July 28, [6] later re-signing with the Flames to a two-year, two-way contract on July 13, 2022. [7] He played his first NHL game on November 7, 2022, a 4–3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders. [8] [9]
On January 25, 2024, DeSimone was claimed off of waivers by the New Jersey Devils. [10] He signed a one-year, one-way contract extension with the Devils on June 24. [11]
In the following 2024–25 season, DeSimone played 12 games with the Devils AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, before serving as a healthy scratch on the Devils blueline. On January 5, 2025, having been placed on waivers by the Devils, DeSimone was claimed by the Utah Hockey Club. [12]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | Connecticut Oilers | EJHL | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Buffalo Jr. Sabres | OJHL | 52 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2014–15 | Union College | ECAC | 35 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Union College | ECAC | 36 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Union College | ECAC | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 59 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 65 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | San Jose Bararcuda | AHL | 48 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 68 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 65 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Utica Comets | AHL | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| OJHL | ||
| First All-Star Team | 2014 | |