- Lawrence Nycholat
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team =Vancouver Canucks
former_teams =New York Rangers
Washington Capitals
Ottawa Senators
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 192
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|05|07
birth_place = Calgary, AB, CAN
draft = undrafted
draft_year =
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career_start = 2000Lawrence Nycholat (born
May 7 ,1979 inCalgary ,Alberta ) is a Canadian professionalice hockey defenceman for theVancouver Canucks organization of theNational Hockey League .Playing career
After playing midget hockey with Notre Dame of the SMHL, he joined the
Swift Current Broncos of theWestern Hockey League for a four-year tenure, beginning in 1996-97. In his final year with the Broncos, 1999-2000, he recorded a junior career-high 80 points in 70 games.Undrafted, Nycholat was signed as a free agent on
August 31 ,2000 , by theMinnesota Wild . He played the following three seasons in Minnesota'sfarm system with theJackson Bandits of the ECHL, theCleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL and theHouston Aeros of the AHL.After scoring 11 goals and 39 points through 66 games with Houston in 2002-03, he was traded midway through the season by Minnesota, on
March 11 ,2003 , to theNew York Rangers in exchange forJohan Holmqvist . Joining the Rangers' AHL affiliate, theHartford Wolfpack , he completed the season with 11 points in 15 games.The following year, in 2003-04, Nycholat made his NHL debut with the Rangers, appearing in 9 games. He remained with the Rangers organization in Hartford until the end of the 2004-05 season.
On
August 9 ,2005 , he was signed by theWashington Capitals as a free agent. He played the entirety of the 2004-05 season with theHershey Bears of the AHL, scoring an AHL career-high 57 points in 73 games. He added 14 points in 16 playoff games as the Bears captured the 2006Calder Cup .In 2006-07, Nycholat appeared in 18 games for the Capitals and recorded his first NHL goal against
Martin Brodeur of theNew Jersey Devils onDecember 29 ,2006 .citeweb|title=2007 AHL All-Star roster announced|url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=7350|accessdate=2008-09-02|date=2007-01-09|publisher=American Hockey League ] Serving as team captain with the Bears in the AHL, he was named as a starter for Team Canada at the 2007 AHL All-Star Classic. Just before the 2006-07 NHL trade deadline, Nycholat was traded from Washington to theOttawa Senators in exchange forAndy Hedlund and a sixth-round draft pick in 2007 onFebruary 26 ,2007 . [citeweb|title=Senators acquire defenceman Lawrence Nycholat|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ottawa-Senators-Hockey-Club-637495.html|accessdate=2008-09-02|date=2007-02-26] In the off-season, Nycholat was re-signed to a multi-year contract by the Senators. [citeweb|title=Senators re-sign defenceman Lawrence Nycholat|url=http://www2.ottawasenators.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=/hockey/hockeyNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=2746|accessdate=2008-09-02|date=2007-07-13|publisher=Ottawa Senators ]After recording 49 points in 77 games with the
Binghamton Senators , Ottawa's AHL affiliate, in 2007-08, he was traded once more to theVancouver Canucks in exchange for forwardRyan Shannon . [citeweb|title=Canucks acquire Lawrence Nycholat|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=380953|accessdate=2008-09-02|date=2008-09-02|publisher=Vancouver Canucks ]Awards & achievements
*AHL All-Star Classic - 2005, 2006, 2007 (starter)
*Calder Cup championship (Hershey Bears ) - 2006Transactions
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August 31 ,2000 - Signed as a free agent by theMinnesota Wild
*March 11 ,2003 - Traded from Minnesota to theNew York Rangers in exchange forJohan Holmqvist
*August 9 ,2005 - Signed as a free agent by theWashington Capitals
*February 26 ,2007 - Traded from Washington to theOttawa Senators in exchange forAndy Hedlund and a sixth round draft pick in 2007
*July 13 ,2007 - Re-signed to a multi-year contract by the Ottawa Senators
*September 2 ,2008 - Traded from Ottawa to theVancouver Canucks in exchange forRyan Shannon Career statistics
ee also
*
List of NHL seasons
*List of NHL players References
External links
* [http://www2.ottawasenators.com/eng/stats/redirect.cfm?sectionID=hockey/hockeyPlayer.cfm&playerID=1133 Ottawa Senators.com - Career Notes]
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