Eric Nystrom

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Height:
6-1
Weight:
208
Hometown:
Syosset, N.Y.
S/C:
L
NHL:
CGY

Senior (2004-05)... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Team captain ... Received Joseph E. Barss Award for the best team player as determined by the coaching staff ... Set career highs in assists (19) and points (32) ... Named CCHA's Best Defensive Forward ... All-CCHA Honorable Mention ... Two goals at Nebraska-Omaha tied career high (Feb. 11). Had seven career two-goal games ... Tied career best with three assists at Ohio State (Jan. 22) ... Had season-best three points twice (1-2-3 vs. Notre Dame on March 11 and 0-3-3 at Ohio State on Jan. 22) ... Had career-best six-game point streak, 5-4-9, (Feb. 5-March 4). Also had point streaks of four (0-4-4, Dec. 4-29) and three games (2-1-3, Oct. 15-21) ... Had two game-winning goals (vs. Michigan State on Nov. 20, at Bowling Green on March 4) ... Seven multi-point games tied career high. Finished with 23 multi-point games in career ... Earned 100th career point with second goal at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 11) ... Notched 50th career goal vs. Michigan State (Feb. 5) ... Recorded 50th career assist vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 18) ... Played in 150th career game at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 12) ... Scored second career shorthanded goal vs. St. Lawrence (Oct. 16) ... Jim and Bonnie Reece Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Junior (2003-04)... Alternate captain ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... 2004 Jewish Sports Review All-American ... One of six Wolverines to play in all 43 games ... Posted 10-12-22 totals ... Tied for team lead with a career-high six power-play goals ... Had two three-game point streaks, tying his career-long ... Had a 6-9-15 line in the first games of a weekend series ... Tallied 1-4-5 over three games from Oct. 26-Nov. 7 ... Had career-best three assists at Ferris State (Nov. 7) ... Notched an assist in each game of U-M's CCHA first-round series against Nebraska-Omaha (March 12-14) ... Had three multi-point games ... Scored a pair of goals at Nebraska-Omaha (Dec. 13), including U-M's first power-play strike in seven games ... Had 2-1-3 in the series and posted 2-4-6 against UNO on the season. He has three GWG against the Mavericks and owns a 7-7-14 line in 11 career games against UNO ... Posted 1-1-2 against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 13) ... Scored his lone game-winning goal of the season against Michigan State (Dec. 5), snapping scoreless tie with 1:27 remaining in the game ... Registered a power-play goal in his first appearance of the season against Mercyhurst (Oct. 4) ... Played in the first Great Lakes Invitational of his career, missing the previous two to play for Team USA in the World Junior Championship ... Made his 100th appearance for the Maize and Blue vs. Ohio State on Jan. 9 ... Mickey and Wally Grant Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Sophomore (2002-03)... 2003 Jewish Sports Review All-American ... Named to the NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament team ... Tied for the team lead with a career-high six power play goals ... Netted 10 of his 15 goals in the second half of the season. In 2001-02, he scored 10 of his 18 goals in the second half ... Recorded six multi-point games, one shy of his career high ... Scored a season-high two goals at Ohio State (March 7) for his fifth career multi-goal game ... Posted back-to-back multi-point games against North Dakota (Oct. 12) and Merrimack (Oct. 18), including 1-2-3 totals against the Sioux. Repeated the feat with two consecutive multi-point games in the NCAA Midwest Regional with 1-1-2 against Maine (March 29) and Colorado College (March 30) ... Tallied the game-winning goal at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 22) ... Named a preseason third-team All-American by Inside College Hockey.com ... Featured on the cover of the Oct. 11 edition of The Hockey News and was also the subject of the "NHL Cool Shots" program, which followed him through the 2002 NHL Entry Draft process ... Recipient of the Marty Glickman Award as the Outstanding Jewish Scholastic Athlete of the Year by the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ... Tom and Connie Kinnear Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Freshman (2001-02)... Skated in 40 of Michigan's 44 games, missing four while competing with the United States National Junior Team in the 2002 World Junior Championship ... 2002 Jewish Sports Review All-American ... Named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team ... Led newcomers in points and goals with 18-13–31 ... Ranked second on the team in both goals (18) and game-winning goals (4) ... Notched a career-high four points (2-2–4) at Miami (Dec. 8), including his first career short-handed goal. Was the most points by a U-M freshman since Mike Comrie tallied 1-3–4 against Bowling Green in the first round of the 1999 CCHA Tournament ... Recorded a season-high three-game point streak (3-1–4) from Nov. 3-17 ... Tallied two markers as part of a 2-1–3 effort vs. Denver (March 23) in the NCAA West Regional ... Notched two overtime game-winning goals, scoring the deciding markers at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 17) and against the Mavericks at Yost Ice Arena (Feb. 8) ... Named CCHA Rookie of the Week on three occasions – posting 2-1–3 in two games at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 16-17), recording four points (2-2-4) in 5-2 win at Miami (Dec. 8), and notching 3-0–3 in two games vs. Ohio State (Feb. 22-23) ... Al Renfrew Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Club/Junior Team... Spent two seasons with the U.S. NTDP, skating with the Under-17 squad in 1999-2000 and the Under-18 team in 2000-01 ... Ranked ninth on the team in scoring with 15 goals and 17 assists for 32 points in 66 games in 2000-01 ... Served as an alternate captain with the Under-18 squad ... Tallied 8-18–26 in 69 outings with the Under-17 team while acting as team captain ... Missed only one game in his two years with the U.S. NTDP ... Teammate of fellow seniors Jason Ryznar (1999-2001) and Eric Werner (1999-2000).

National/International... Helped the United States National Junior Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2003 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia ... Captained the team and tallied 1-2-3 ... Was one of two Wolverines on the squad, joining Dwight Helminen ... Skated with the United States National Junior Team at the 2002 IIHF World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic en route to a fifth-place finish ... Was one of three Wolverines (Helminen, Mike Komisarek) on the squad.

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in general studies ... Graduated from Ann Arbor (Mich.) Huron High School (2001) ... Father, Bob, played for the New York Islanders from 1972-86, leading the team to the Stanley Cup in 1980, '81, '82 and '83 ... Drafted in the first round (No. 10 overall) by the Calgary Flames in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Ranks as the sixth-highest draft pick in Michigan history.