Kyle Wilson (ice hockey)

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Kyle Wilson
Born (1984-12-15) December 15, 1984 (age 39)
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
NHL Draft
272nd overall,
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.

Playing career

Kyle Wilson was selected in the ninth round, 272nd overall, by the

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.

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

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

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 Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Strathroy Rockets GOHL 33 12 17 29 15 5 2 2 4 2
2001–02 Strathroy Rockets WOHL 53 42 25 67 16 5 2 3 5 2
2002–03 Colgate University ECAC 33 4 2 6 15
2003–04 Colgate University ECAC 37 14 17 31 23
2004–05 Colgate University ECAC 30 5 18 23 12
2005–06 Colgate University ECAC 39 23 18 41 22
2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 7 1 0 1 2
2006–07 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 5 3 2 5 4
2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL 54 24 30 54 26 19 7 9 16 8
2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 80 30 31 61 26 5 0 3 3 2
2008–09 Hershey Bears AHL 80 28 30 58 31 22 3 7 10 2
2009–10 Hershey Bears AHL 77 24 29 53 23 21 6 6 12 4
2009–10 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 2 2 0
2010–11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 32 4 7 11 12
2010–11 Springfield Falcons AHL 23 12 12 24 2
2011–12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 68 22 32 54 25 3 1 2 3 2
2011–12 Nashville Predators NHL 5 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Syracuse Crunch AHL 22 5 0 5 6
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 16 3 6 9 2
2013–14
Dinamo Rīga
KHL 49 17 27 44 26
2014–15 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 22 1 5 6 10
2014–15 Dinamo Rīga KHL 28 1 8 9 8
2015–16 Modo Hockey SHL 22 5 8 13 41
2015–16 SCL Tigers
NLA
11 5 1 6 2
2016–17 Eisbären Berlin DEL 48 11 9 20 14 12 0 2 2 6
AHL totals 427 149 170 319 143 70 17 27 44 18
NHL totals 39 4 9 13 12
KHL totals 99 19 40 59 44

Awards and honors

Award Year
College
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2005–06

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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