Tyson Nash
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Tyson Scott Nash is a former ice hockey
left winger
. He announced his retirement on September 11, 2008. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes
in Japan during the 2007–08 season.
Nash spent his first five seasons in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues
, primarily in the role of a pest
, specializing in drawing penalties from members of opposing teams. He spent the next two seasons with the Phoenix Coyotes
. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs
from the Coyotes for Mikael Tellqvist
and a 4th round draft pick on November 28, 2006.
On November 22, 2007, he signed with the Nippon Paper Cranes
in Japan. The Cranes finished the season in second place, behind the Oji Eagles.
He played his junior career with the Kamloops Blazers
where he was part of the team which won three Memorial Cup
s. He is one of only three players to have won three Memorial Cups with the same team (Ryan Huska
and Darcy Tucker
are the others).
After his playing career, Nash was hired as the Phoenix Coyotes
' radio color analyst, where he joined Bob Heethuis, the Coyotes' radio play-by-play announcer, in the broadcast booth of Radio XTRA 910.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
left winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
. He announced his retirement on September 11, 2008. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes
Nippon Paper Cranes
The are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan.The club were founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1994 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp merged to form Nippon Paper.They won the inaugural...
in Japan during the 2007–08 season.
Nash spent his first five seasons in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...
, primarily in the role of a pest
Pest (hockey)
In ice hockey, a pest is a characterization of player who attempts to antagonize opponent players either by physical play or verbally.Pests employ legal, illegal, or borderline tactics to accomplish their goals. Some common tactics include trash talk or slashing and hooking while referees are not...
, specializing in drawing penalties from members of opposing teams. He spent the next two seasons with the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
from the Coyotes for Mikael Tellqvist
Mikael Tellqvist
Mikael Tellqvist is a professional Swedish ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for Modo Hockey in Elitserien.-Playing career:...
and a 4th round draft pick on November 28, 2006.
On November 22, 2007, he signed with the Nippon Paper Cranes
Nippon Paper Cranes
The are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan.The club were founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1994 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp merged to form Nippon Paper.They won the inaugural...
in Japan. The Cranes finished the season in second place, behind the Oji Eagles.
He played his junior career with the Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops Blazers
The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:...
where he was part of the team which won three Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
s. He is one of only three players to have won three Memorial Cups with the same team (Ryan Huska
Ryan Huska
Ryan Huska is a former NHL player. In 1997–98, he played his only NHL game with the Chicago Blackhawks....
and Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tucker
Darcy Tucker is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played most of his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. A sixth round draft choice, Tucker began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens...
are the others).
After his playing career, Nash was hired as the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
' radio color analyst, where he joined Bob Heethuis, the Coyotes' radio play-by-play announcer, in the broadcast booth of Radio XTRA 910.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | Kamloops Blazers Kamloops Blazers The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 61 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | ||
| 1993–94 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 65 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 135 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1994–95 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 63 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 70 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||
| 1995–96 1995–96 ECHL season The 1995-96 ECHL season was the eighth season of the ECHL. Before the season started, the Greensboro Monarchs franchise moved up to the American Hockey League and became the Carolina Monarchs... |
Raleigh Icecaps Raleigh IceCaps The Raleigh Icecaps were a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1991 and playing at Dorton Arena, located at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, the IceCaps were members of the ECHL... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 1995–96 AHL season The 1995–96 AHL season was the 60th season of the American Hockey League. The AHL expands by two teams and realigns into two conferences, and four divisions. The Northern Conference includes the North and Atlantic Divisions... |
Syracuse Crunch Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 1996–97 1996–97 AHL season The 1996–97 AHL season was the 61st season of the American Hockey League. The league renames its divisions due to relocating teams. The Northern Conferences consists of the Atlantic Division becoming the Canadian Division, and the Central Division becoming the Empire State Division... |
Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 77 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 1997–98 AHL season The 1997–98 AHL season was the 62nd season of the American Hockey League. The AHL shifts teams in their divisions, and the Canadian division reverts to being named Atlantic division. The Northern conference is renamed the Eastern conference, and the Southern conference renamed the Western... |
Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 74 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 184 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 1998–99 | St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade... |
NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 1998–99 AHL season The 1998–99 AHL season was the 63rd season of the American Hockey League. Nineteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Providence Bruins finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.-Team changes:... |
Worcester IceCats Worcester IceCats The Worcester IceCats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA at the Worcester Centrum... |
AHL | 55 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 143 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27 | ||
| 1999–00 | St Louis Blues | NHL | 66 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||
| 2000–01 | St Louis Blues | NHL | 57 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | St Louis Blues | NHL | 64 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | St Louis Blues | NHL | 66 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 114 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix Coyotes The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena.... |
NHL | 69 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 50 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006–07 AHL season The 2006–07 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.... |
San Antonio Rampage San Antonio Rampage The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are the top affiliate of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Their home arena is the AT&T Center.-History:... |
AHL | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Toronto Marlies Toronto Marlies The Toronto Marlies is a Canadian professional ice hockey team currently playing in the American Hockey League . The top affiliate of the National Hockey League 's Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies play at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario... |
NHL | 54 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 374 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 673 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 52 | ||||