Nick Whyatt

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Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg/12 st 2 lb)
EIHL Team F. teams	Manchester Phoenix Telford Tigers
Nationality	England
Born	August 8, 1984 (1984-08-08) (age 23), Nottingham, England, U.K.
Pro career	2002 – present

Nick Whyatt (born August 8, 1984 in Nottingham) is the youngest child of Graham Whyatt and Maureen Whyatt (nee Elvin). He has two sisters - Rachel Whyatt (born January 10, 1979) and Melanie Whyatt (born June 2, 1981) and a brother Simon Whyatt (born December 21, 1982).

Nick is an English professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Manchester Phoenix in the EIHL. In 2002 he began his career, lining up for his local team, the Nottingham Lions, playing 25 times at ENIL level. The English National Ice Hockey League is regarded as the third tier of ice hockey in the U.K.

Whyatt would continue in the ENIL, signing for the Solihull Kings the following season. He would remain here for the next three years, totalling 14 points in 31 games. Whyatt stayed in the Solihull area, playing for the Solihull Barons in the EPL. At this higher standard, Whyatt continued to play and iced on no less than 48 occasions throughout the 2005/06 season.

After three years in Solihull, Whyatt decided to move, signing for the Telford Tigers, again of the EPL. When playing for the Tigers, Whyatt proved to be a physical player, totalling 120 penalty minutes in just over forty games. This physical style attracted larger clubs and in the summer of 2007, Whyatt was snapped up by the Manchester Phoenix, a team playing at the highest level of ice hockey in Britain, the EIHL. Whyatt had previously trialled for the Phoenix in the summer of 2003, but had been turned down on that occasion.

Whyatt is used as a physical, powerful forward by the Phoenix and is most often used on the third line to bring energy and work-rate to the team, where he plays with his former Barons team-mate, Rhys McWilliams. So far during the 2007/08 season, he has remained injury free and has featured in every league game.