Gustav Nyquist

Gustav Nyquist

Gustav Nyquist warms up at Joe Louis Arena on April 4, 2014.
Born (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989
Halmstad, Sweden[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Detroit Red Wings
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 121st overall, 2008
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2011–present

Gustav Nyquist (born 1 September 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nyquist was drafted 121st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Personal

Nyquist was born in Halmstad in southern Sweden. He and his family later moved to the city of Malmö, where Nyquist began playing hockey for a local youth team, Limhamn Hockey. He later joined the Malmö Redhawks organization, playing for their under -16, -18 and -20 teams. After graduation from high school — with top grades — he moved to the United States to the town of Orono, Maine, to continue his academic and hockey career at the University of Maine, where he played for the Black Bears.

Gustav has a brother, Oscar Nyquist, who has played junior hockey for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights of the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).[2] He was selected to play for Team Sweden in the 2015 Winter Universiade held in Granada, Spain.[3]

The Thoroughbred race horse Nyquist, winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby, was named in honor of Gustav Nyquist by the owner of the horse, J. Paul Reddam, who is a fan of the Red Wings.[4]

Playing career

Amateur

Nyquist played in the Malmö Redhawks' organization and represented Scania in the 2006 TV-pucken tournament, where Scania finished second to Gothenburg.

Nyquist played three seasons for the University of Maine's Black Bears of the NCAA's Hockey East conference. He led the team in points in all of his three seasons, and was the NCAA's regular season scoring leader in the 2009–10 season.[5] In 2010, he was a Hobey Baker Award finalist in 2010, eventually edged-out by the University of Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion.[6] Nyquist left the Black Bears after his junior year, signing a two-year, entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings, the team that drafted him 121st overall in 2008, on 25 March 2011.[7]

Professional

Nyquist made his professional hockey debut with the Red Wings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, on 25 March 2011, in a game against the Texas Stars. In his second AHL game, on 26 March, also against Texas Stars, he scored his first AHL goal on an assist from Jamie Tardif.

Gustav made his NHL debut with Detroit on 1 November 2011, in a game against the Minnesota Wild.[1] On 26 March 2012, he scored his first career NHL goal against Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets. [8]

Nyquist made his Stanley Cup playoff debut on 13 April 2012, against the Nashville Predators. He was re-called from Grand Rapids after forward Darren Helm suffered a deep gash to his right forearm in Game 1, when he was cut by the skate blade of Alexander Radulov, leading to season-ending surgery.

During the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, his second professional campaign, Nyquist recorded three goals and three assists in 22 regular season games for the Red Wings. In Game 2 of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, Nyquist scored a game-winning overtime goal against the Anaheim Ducks to even the series at 1–1. He also scored the first goal in Game 3 of the 2013 Western Conference Semi-finals against the Chicago Blackhawks, though Chicago would eventually defeat Detroit and emerge as Stanley Cup champions.[9] In 14 playoff games, Nyquist recorded two goals and three assists.

In addition to his NHL contributions for 2012–13, Nyquist was also the leading-scorer for the Grand Rapids Griffins' season, recording 23 goals and 37 assists in 60 regular season games. After the Red Wings were eliminated from the playoffs, Nyquist joined the Griffins during the 2013 Calder Cup playoffs. He recorded two goals and five assists in 10 AHL playoff games to help lead the Griffins to the Calder Cup championship.[10]

On 20 August 2013, prior to the beginning of the 2013–14 season, the Red Wings signed Nyquist to a two-year, $1.9 million contract extension.[11] On 2 February 2014, Nyquist registered his first career hat-trick in a game against the Washington Capitals.[12] On 24 March 2014, Nyquist was named NHL's First Star of the Week; he led all NHL players with six goals and tied for the League lead with seven points in four games, helping the Red Wings earn seven of a possible eight points.[13] Nyquist was also named the NHL Second Star of the Month for March. He finished the month with the second-most goals, 12, and was tied for fifth with 18 points to help the Red Wings post a 7–6–2 record and move into the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. Nyquist scored in nine of 15 games, including a six-game goal streak, the longest by a Red Wing since 2010. Nyquist registered three two-goal games in March, and posted a career-high four point night on 7 March.[14]

Nyquist finished the 2013–14 season with a team-leading 28 goals, in addition to 20 assists, in 57 games played for the Red Wings. He also led all NHL skaters with 23 goals from 20 January until the end of the regular season. With six game-winning goals, he became the youngest player to lead the Red Wings in that statistic since a 24-year-old Sergei Fedorov led the Red Wings with ten in 1993–94.[15] On 15 October 2014, Nyquist played in his 100th career NHL game. He became the first Red Wing to score 35 or more goals in his first 100 career NHL games since Vyacheslav Kozlov recorded 37 goals for Detroit between the 1991–92 and 1993–94 seasons.[16]

Following the 2014–15 NHL season Nyquist became a restricted free agent under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Red Wings made him a qualifying offer to retain his NHL rights and on 5 July 2015, Nyquist filed for salary arbitration.[17] On 10 July 2015, the Red Wings signed Nyquist to a four-year, $19 million contract extension.[18]

International play
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
2014 Sochi
World Championships
2014 Belarus

Nyquist was selected as a replacement for Red Wing teammate Johan Franzén to represent Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where he won a silver medal.[19]

Nyquist represented Sweden at the 2014 IIHF World Championship, where he recorded four goals and two assists in ten games, and won a bronze medal.

Nyquist represented Sweden at the 2016 IIHF World Championship, where he was the leading scorer for Sweden, recording seven goals and one assist in eight games. His seven goals was tied with Patrik Laine for the tournament lead.[20]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Malmö Redhawks J20 42 21 23 44 57 4 2 2 4 6
2007–08 Malmö Redhawks J20 24 11 20 31 20 7 5 5 10 6
2008–09 University of MaineHE 38 13 19 32 28 — — — — —
2009–10 University of Maine HE 39 19 42 61 20 — — — — —
2010–11 University of Maine HE 36 18 33 51 20 — — — — —
2010–11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 8 1 3 4 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 56 22 36 58 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 1 6 7 2 4 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 58 23 37 60 34 10 2 5 7 19
2012–13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 22 3 3 6 6 14 2 3 5 2
2013–14 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 15 7 14 21 6 — — — — —
2013–14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 28 20 48 10 5 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 27 27 54 26 6 1 1 2 2
2015–16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 17 26 43 34 5 1 0 1 6
NHL totals 261 76 82 158 78 34 4 4 8 10

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2014 Sweden Oly 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 0 0 0 0
2014 Sweden WC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 10 4 2 6 2
2016 Sweden WC 6th 8 7 1 8 4
Senior totals 24 11 3 14 6

Awards and achievements

Award Year
College
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 2008–09 [21]
Hobey Baker Award Finalist 2009–10 [22]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2009–10
All-Hockey East First Team 2009–10 [23]
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2010 [24]
All-Hockey East First Team 2010–11 [25]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11
AHL
AHL All-Rookie Team 2011–12 [26]
AHL First All-Star Team 2012–13 [27]

References

  1. 1 2 "Halmstadkille gör NHL-debut" (in Swedish). hallandsposten.se. 1 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Oscar Nyquist Eurohockey profile
  3. ↑ WBS Knights alumni article
  4. ↑ Jeff Seidel (May 6, 2016). "Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist owned by die-hard Wings fan". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hockey East Announces 2010 All-Rookie Team". Hockey East. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Snow, Bob (1 April 2010). "Butler, Geoffrion, Nyquist are Hobey Baker finalists". National Hockey League. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Roose, Bill (25 March 2011). "Nyquist signed to entry-level deal". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings game summary".
  9. ↑ Masisak, Corey (6 August 2014). "Red Wings shut down Blackhawks to win Game 3". National Hockey League. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Gustav Nyqusit". hockeysfuture.com. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Roose, Bill (20 August 2013). "Wings reach agreement with Nyquist". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Gustav Nyquist nets hat trick versus Capitals". National Hockey League. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Nelson, Andrea (24 March 2014). "Nyquist named NHL First Star of the week". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Roose, Bill (1 April 2014). "Nyquist named 'Second Star' of month". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  15. ↑ Roose, Bill (4 August 2014). "By The Numbers: Gustav Nyquist". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Roose, Bill (16 October 2014). "Notes: Nyquist reaches new heights". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Kulfan, Ted (6 July 2015). "Wings' Gustav Nyquist files for salary arbitration". The Detroit News. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  18. ↑ Kujawa, Kyle (10 July 2015). "Detroit agrees to four-year deal with Gustav Nyquist". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  19. ↑ Nelson, Andrea (3 February 2014). "Nyquist to replace Franzen in Olympics". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  20. ↑ St. James, Helene (May 14, 2016). "Red Wings' Gustav Nyquist among leading goal-scorers at hockey worlds". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Hockey East Announces 2008–09 All-Rookie Team". Hockey East. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  22. ↑ "Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion wins Hobey Baker Award".
  23. ↑ "UNH'S Butler, Maine's Nyquist Headline Hockey East All-Star Selections". Hockey East. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  24. ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide".
  25. ↑ "Hockey East Announces 2010-2011 All-Star Teams". Hockey East. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  26. ↑ "2011-12 AHL All-Rookie Team announced". American Hockey League. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  27. ↑ "First and Second All-Star Teams announced". American Hockey League. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  28. ↑ Sipple, George (28 June 2013). "Gustav Nyquist named Red Wings rookie of the year". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Colin Wilson
James Marcou		 Hockey East Scoring Champion
(with Bobby Butler)
2009–10 		Succeeded by
Paul Thompson
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