# Nicholas Angell

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**Nicholas "Nick" Angell** (born October 31, 1979) is an American professional [ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) player. He is currently playing for the [VIK Västerås HK](/source/VIK_V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s_HK) of the Swedish [HockeyAllsvenskan](/source/HockeyAllsvenskan).

Angell is an offensive defenseman often joining the rush, acting as a fourth forward at times.[citation needed] Angell is a strong skater and plays a physical game. His slapshot is hard and accurate, used on the power play as a shooting threat.[citation needed]

## Early career

Angell began his ice hockey career playing in the Duluth youth leagues where he honed his skills before playing at Duluth [East High School](/source/East_High_School_(Duluth,_Minnesota)). During his senior year, Angell led the Duluth East Greyhounds in winning the 1998 [Minnesota High School Boys Hockey](/source/Minnesota_high_school_boys_hockey) tournament, and was nominated for the Mr. Hockey award, which is given to Minnesota's most valuable high school hockey player. He was then recruited to play for the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) in the [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) (NCAA) Division I, from 1998 to 2002, where he helped Minnesota win their fifth [NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship](/source/NCAA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Championship) in 2002.

## Professional career

Angell began his professional career in 2002–03, playing several games with the [Milwaukee Admirals](/source/Milwaukee_Admirals), the [Nashville Predators](/source/Nashville_Predators)' minor league affiliate in the [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League). He then spent the rest of the season with the [Rockford Icehogs](/source/Rockford_Icehogs) in the [IHL](/source/International_Hockey_League_(2007%E2%80%93)), totaling 16 points in 73 games.[1]

The next season (2003–04), Angell was signed by IFK Arboga, in the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) tier two league. During the 2004-05 season, he played for the Frisk Tigers in the [Norwegian](/source/Norway) Elite League, before returning to the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) tier two league with Bofors IK, for the 2005-06 season. In 2006, Angell signed with the Swedish Elite League team [Brynäs IF](/source/Bryn%C3%A4s_IF) where he played for two seasons.

In 2007, Angell was selected to play for [Team USA](/source/United_States_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) in the Deutschland Cup, where the United States finished in 2nd place after losing to Switzerland 3-2, in an overtime shootout.[2] In 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the 2007–08 Swedish Elite League Champions [HV71](/source/HV71), after playing a few games for the Tampere Battle Axe, in Finland.[1] Angell joined HV71 for the 2008–09 season, after briefly playing the beginning of the season with the Norwegian team [Stavanger Oilers](/source/Stavanger_Oilers).[3] After playing five seasons in Sweden, Angell moved to Germany for the 2009-10 season after signing with the [Frankfurt Lions](/source/Frankfurt_Lions) in the [Deutsche Eishockey Liga](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga).

In 2010, Angell played in the [Kontinental Hockey League](/source/Kontinental_Hockey_League), after signing with [Metallurg Novokuznetsk](/source/Metallurg_Novokuznetsk).[4] With 18 points in 51 games, he ended up being the club's top-scoring defenseman, but as Metallurg lost all chances to make the playoffs, Nick was traded to [Avangard Omsk](/source/Avangard_Omsk) just hours before the trade deadline on 31 January 2011.[5] While playing for Metallurg in the KHL, Angell was the first American to be named captain of a Russian professional ice hockey team. Angell returned to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2011-12 season after signing with [Eisbären Berlin](/source/Eisb%C3%A4ren_Berlin).[6]

After retiring for one year, Nicholas returned to Sweden in the all-svenskan league for Karlskrona Hockey Klub.[citation needed] Currently, Angell is playing for Västerås IK in all-svenskan.

## Awards

- Minnesota State High School Hockey Champion, in 1998.
- NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Champion, in 2002.
- Most Points by Defenseman, Norwegian Elite League, 2004-2005.
- Most Points by Foreigner, Allsvenskan, 2005-2006[7]

In 2008, Angell received 4% of the votes in an internet survey for the World's Sportsman of the Year. The survey was conducted by a [Finnish](/source/Finland) newspaper, [Ilta-Sanomat](/source/Ilta-Sanomat). Angell finished fourth together with [Argentine](/source/Argentina) footballer [Lionel Messi](/source/Lionel_Messi) and just ahead of [Alexander Ovechkin](/source/Alexander_Ovechkin), of the [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals).[8]

## Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 U of Minnesota WCHA 37 1 8 9 21 — — — — — 1999–00 U of Minnesota WCHA 37 3 6 9 42 — — — — — 2000–01 U of Minnesota WCHA 38 3 5 8 26 — — — — — 2001–02 U of Minnesota WCHA 44 4 11 15 61 — — — — — 2002–03 Rockford Icehogs UHL 73 6 10 16 92 3 0 1 1 8 2002–03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Arboga IK Swe.1 41 10 14 24 125 — — — — — 2004–05 Frisk Tigers GET 41 17 15 32 131 4 2 2 4 0 2005–06 Bofors IK Swe.1 40 18 24 42 62 10 5 2 7 8 2006–07 Brynäs IF SEL 49 14 13 27 62 7 1 4 5 35 2007–08 Tappara SM-liiga 13 0 1 1 22 — — — — — 2007–08 Brynäs IF SEL 42 6 13 19 42 10 1 3 4 12 2008–09 Stavanger Oilers GET 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2008–09 HV71 SEL 40 4 8 12 34 18 2 5 5 16 2009–10 Frankfurt Lions DEL 56 13 14 27 74 4 0 2 2 6 2010–11 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 51 8 10 18 58 — — — — — 2010–11 Avangard Omsk KHL 5 0 1 1 9 12 1 0 1 2 2011–12 Eisbären Berlin DEL 46 5 8 13 66 13 0 5 5 12 SEL totals 131 24 34 58 138 35 4 12 16 63 KHL totals 56 8 11 19 67 12 1 0 1 2 DEL totals 102 18 22 40 140 17 0 7 7 18

## References

1. ["Nicholas Angell"](http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=3569&lang=en). *Elite Prospects*. www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

1. ["USA Hockey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120726213309/http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_01_02&id=205272). Archived from [the original](http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_01_02&id=205272) on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.

1. Gustafsson, Daniel (2008-09-03). ["Nick Angell inleder i Norge"](http://www.hv71.se/Nyheter/Nick-Angell-inleder-i-Norge/) (in Swedish). *hv71.se*. [HV71](/source/HV71). Retrieved 2008-09-04.

1. ["KHL—Kontinental Hockey League."](http://en.khl.ru/players/16824/). Retrieved 20 March 2012.

1. ["ru:Ник Энджелл перешел в "Авангард""](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123158/http://www.hawk.ru/news/6091.html) (in Russian). Avangard Omsk. 31 January 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.hawk.ru/news/6091.html) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

1. ["DEL—Deutsche Eishockey Liga"](http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=5093845&seasonid=8450). Retrieved 20 March 2012.

1. ["Elite Hockey Prospects"](http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=3569&lang=en). Retrieved 20 March 2012.

1. [Results of an Internet survey](https://web.archive.org/web/20081227164901/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1628989)

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