Owen Nolan
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| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 214 lb (97 kg/15 st 4 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Calgary Flames Phoenix Coyotes Toronto Maple Leafs San Jose Sharks Colorado Avalanche Quebec Nordiques |
| Nationality |  Canada & United Kingdom |
| Born | February 12, 1972 , Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1990 Quebec Nordiques |
| Pro career | 1990 – present |
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice Hockey | |
Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a professional Ice Hockey player from Northern Ireland, who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. He also played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes. He was raised in Thorold, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Playing career
Nolan is a prototypical power forward, and as such has struggled with injuries throughout his career.
He was drafted first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, and played with them until 9 games into the 1995–1996 season (this was the first season the team played in Colorado as the "Avalanche"), when he was traded to the San Jose Sharks for defenceman Sandis Ozolinsh. During his tenure with the Sharks he was named captain, and registered his best career year in 1999–00, finishing with 84 points, and tied for second in the NHL with 44 goals. Nolan was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs just before the NHL trade deadline in 2003, for players Alyn McCauley and Brad Boyes, and Toronto's 1st round pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. However his performance in Toronto was disappointing, he suffered from a series of injuries and never played at the same level as he had in San Jose.
Nolan has been chosen as an NHL all-star in 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02. In the 1997 National Hockey League All-Star Game, playing in front of his home crowd in San Jose, he performed a 'Called Shot', pointing to the top corner of the net during a breakaway and promptly scoring there against Dominik Hasek, to complete his hat trick.
Nolan broke new ground in contract negotiations, having a clause put in that stated if the 2004–05 NHL season was cancelled, then he would gain a player option for an additional year in 2005–2006. However, with the NHL CBA in place, this option became a topic of debate. With the new NHL salary cap, the Maple Leafs deemed Nolan's salary too high, and refuse to recognize Nolan as under contract. Nolan argued that the option was valid, that he would play, and be paid, for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and that he deserved to be paid during the 2004–2005 NHL lockout due to injury. The Maple Leafs, who deemed Nolan as healthy just after the lockout, claimed that the injury was incurred off the ice and refused to pay Nolan's desired US$12 million. The case went to an arbitrator. This case was settled in late 2006, however, the terms of the agreement by Leafs management and Nolan were not disclosed.
In 2005–2006, Nolan took time off for his injured knees to heal, training in San Jose at Logitech Ice. Before the playoff push, Nolan indicated that several teams (including San Jose) wanted to sign him, but he decided not to play because he wanted to be at 100%, both because he did not want to become reinjured and because he felt he owed his team that.
In the summer of 2006, during free agency, Nolan contemplated joining many teams before signing a one year, US$1 million dollar with Phoenix.
On July 2, 2007, Nolan signed with the Calgary Flames. On October 22, 2007, Nolan played his 1000th game.
On January 30, 2008, Nolan had his first hat-trick since 1999, scoring a short handed goal and the game winner,and scored a decisive victory in a second-period scrap with Mike Grier, all against his former team San Jose Sharks. That was his 11th career hat trick. Flames defeated Sharks 5–4, and Nolan was named as the games first star.
On April 13, 2008, Nolan scored the game winning goal in game 3 of the first round of the 2008 NHL Playoffs against his former team San Jose Sharks. It was his first playoff goal since 2002, when he was a member of the Sharks and his 19th playoff goal of his 18 year career.
[edit] Trivia
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- At the 1997 All Star Game In San Jose, he pointed to the right top corner of the net saying he was going to score top corner, and proceded to do just that, beating Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek to complete a hat trick. ESPN nominated him for an ESPY Award for this incident.
- Grew up playing baseball and soccer and didn't start skating until his mother bought a pair of second-hand skates when he was 9 years old for $10.
- Moved from Northern Ireland to Thorold, Ontario when he was seven months old.
- One of six players in NHL history to be born in Ireland or Northern Ireland (Sid Finney, Bobby Kirk, Jim McFadden, Sammy McManus and Jack Riley).
- Runner-up to Mark Recchi for the 1997 All-Star MVP Award.
- Selected as the first overall pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques.
- Traded to San Jose on October 26, 1995 from Colorado in exchange for Sandis Ozoliņš.
- Was on the cover of EA Sports' NHL 2001 video game.
- Traded by the San Jose Sharks to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Alyn McCauley, prospect Brad Boyes and a first-round draft pick (March 5th 2003).
- Owns two restaurants in San Jose, California.
- Nolan and his wife Diana have one daughter, Jordan.
- Nolan is a host of Fish TV, a fishing show in Canada, along with Ron James & Les Stakos.
[edit] Awards
- 1988–1989: OHL - Emms Family Award (Rookie of the Year)
- 1989–1990: OHL - First All-Star Team
- 1989–1990: OHL - Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy (Top Scoring Right Winger)
- 1991–1992: Played in NHL All-Star
- 1995–1996: Played in NHL All-Star
- 1996–1997: Played in NHL All-Star
- 1999–2000: Played in NHL All-Star
- 2001–2002: Olympic Gold Medal (2002-CAN)
- 2001–2002: Played in NHL All-Star
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1988–89 | Cornwall Royals | OHL | 62 | 34 | 25 | 59 | 213 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 41 | ||
| 1989–90 | Cornwall Royals | OHL | 58 | 51 | 60 | 111 | 240 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | ||
| 1990–91 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1990–91 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 109 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991–92 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 75 | 42 | 31 | 73 | 183 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992–93 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 73 | 36 | 41 | 77 | 185 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 46 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 72 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 137 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 72 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 155 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 75 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 144 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 1998–99 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 78 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 78 | 44 | 40 | 84 | 110 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 57 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 75 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2002–03 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 61 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 91 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 65 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 110 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | DNP — Lockout | NHL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Did Not Play | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 76 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007–08 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| OHL Totals | 120 | 85 | 85 | 170 | 453 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 67 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| NHL Totals | 1068 | 381 | 426 | 807 | 1727 | 65 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 66 | ||||
[edit] See also
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- Captain (ice hockey)
- List of NHL players with 1000 games played
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Mats Sundin |
1st Overall Pick in NHL Entry Draft 1990 |
Succeeded by Eric Lindros |
| Preceded by Todd Gill |
San Jose Sharks captains 1998-2003 |
Succeeded by Mike Ricci |
| Preceded by Chris Pronger |
EA Sports NHL Cover Athlete NHL 2001 |
Succeeded by Mario Lemieux |
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