Nikita Nesterenko

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Nikita Nesterenko
Born (2001-09-10) September 10, 2001 (age 23)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls  (AHL)
NHL draft 172nd overall, 2019
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2023–present

Nikita Nesterenko (born September 10, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the San Diego Gulls in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Minnesota Wild with the 17th pick in the sixth round, 172nd selection overall, of the 2019 NHL entry draft. [1]

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Early life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, [1] the son of immigrants from Russia, [2] he was raised in Coney Island. [3]

Playing career

Amateur

He played prep hockey for the Lawrenceville School, graduating in 2020. [4] He played for the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League before joining the collegiate Boston College Eagles team. [3] For the 2020–21 season, Nesterenko was selected along with Josh Lopina as the Hockey East rookie of the year. [5] He was also named to Hockey East's All-Rookie Team for 2020–21. [6] During his junior season with the Eagles in 2022–23, he established a career best 13 goals and 34 points through 36 games. [7]

Professional

Nesterenko was selected by the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL) with the 17th pick in the sixth round, 172nd selection overall, of the 2019 NHL entry draft. [1] The Anaheim Ducks obtained Nesterenko's signing rights, defenseman Andrej Sustr and a fourth-round draft pick in 2025 in exchange for defenseman John Klingberg on March 3, 2023. [8] Nesterenko ended his collegiate career by agreeing to a two-year, entry-level contract on March 16, 2023. [9]

Immediately joining the rebuilding Ducks for the remainder of the 2022–23 season, Nesterenko made his NHL debut on March 21, 2023, against the Calgary Flames. [1] He scored his first NHL goal in his third game, a 6–3 loss to the St. Louis Blues, on March 25, on a pass from Mason McTavish. [10] He spent the majority of the 2023–24 season with Anaheim's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, appearing in 70 games, scoring 16 goals and 37 points. [11] He was recalled on April 5, 2024 [12] and appeared in three games with Anaheim, scoring one goal, again against St. Louis. He was returned to San Diego on April 10. [13]

A restricted free agent, he received a qualifying offer from the Ducks at the end of the 2023–24 season. [11] On July 15, 2024, Nesterenko signed a one-year, two-way contract with Anaheim. [14] Nesterenko was assigned to San Diego to start the 2024–25 season. [15]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2016–17 Lawrenceville School USHS 2941014——————
2017–18Lawrenceville SchoolUSHS267613——————
2018–19Lawrenceville SchoolUSHS31302959——————
2019–20 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 562036562970226
2020–21 Boston College HE 248111918—————
2021–22 Boston CollegeHE377172450—————
2022–23 Boston CollegeHE3613213418—————
2022–23 Anaheim Ducks NHL 91010—————
2023–24 San Diego Gulls AHL 7016213738—————
2023–24 Anaheim DucksNHL31010—————
NHL totals122020—————

Awards and honors

AwardYear
USHS
All-USA Hockey Third Team2019
College
HE All-Rookie Team 2021 [6]
HE Rookie of the Year2021 [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nikita Nesterenko". Anaheim Ducks . Retrieved March 29, 2023– via NHL.com. Born: September 10, 2001 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY, USA
  2. ↑ Lee, Derek (March 27, 2023). "Welcome to the Nesterenkshow: Ducks' Nikita Nesterenko's Path to the NHL". The Sporting Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2023. Soccer and hockey were the choices of sport growing up, with hockey grabbing a hold of the Brooklyn native. Once he reached double-digits in age, the switch to playing just hockey was made.
  3. 1 2 "Nikita Nesterenko". Boston College Eagles . Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lucky Duck: Nikita Nesterenko '20 makes his NHL debut with the Anaheim Ducks". Lawrenceville School. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023. Four years ago, it wasn't a staggering leap of imagination to project Nikita Nesterenko '20 as a future National Hockey League player. As a Fourth Former in 2018-19, Nesterenko scored 30 goals for Big Red on his way to a 59-point season and a selection to the All-U.S.A. Hockey third team.
  5. 1 2 "Spencer Knight Named Hockey East Player Of The Year; Lopina, Nesterenko Tabbed Co-Rookies of the Year, York is Top Coach". Hockey East. March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2023. Alongside Knight, two first-year forwards, Massachusetts' Josh Lopina (Minook, Ill.) and Boston College's Nikita Nesterenko (Brooklyn, N.Y.) have been tabbed Pro Ambitions Co-Rookies of the Year, while Eagles Head Coach Jerry York was voted the league's best coach for the fifth time in his career.
  6. 1 2 "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team". Hockey East. March 11, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ducks sign Nesterenko to two-year, entry-level contract". Anaheim Ducks. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023– via NHL.com.
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  10. ↑ Dillman, Lisa (March 25, 2023). "Nikita Nesterenko scores 1st NHL goal as Ducks fall to Blues". The Orange County Register . Retrieved March 30, 2023. All it took was three shifts with skilled linemates in his third NHL game for Nikita Nesterenko of the Ducks to realize one of those long-held ambitions, the dream of every young hockey player. Scoring a goal in the NHL. One of those linemates, rookie center Mason McTavish delivered a pinpoint pass from between the circles to Nesterenko, who was stationed at the right side of the net, shooting it between St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug's legs and into the wide-open net.
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