Nicholas Foligno is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
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26 Facts About Nick Foligno
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Nick Foligno was selected in the first round, 28th overall by the Ottawa Senators during the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
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Nick Foligno was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets six years later, and eventually was named the team's captain for six seasons.
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Nick Foligno's father, Mike Foligno, is a veteran of over 1000 career NHL games.
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Nick Foligno moved up to the under-18 team, which at the time played in the North American Hockey League, where in 43 games, Foligno scored eight goals and 20 points.
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In ten playoff games, Nick Foligno had a goal and four points as Sudbury was swept by the Peterborough Petes in the second round.
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Nick Foligno scored nine goals and 26 points in 61 games he appeared in.
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The Senators qualified for the 2010 playoffs, and in six games, Nick Foligno had one assist as Ottawa again fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
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On July 1,2012, Nick Foligno was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenseman Marc Methot.
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Nick Foligno had earlier been offered to Columbus as part of a package for superstar Rick Nash; however, Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson informed the Senators that Nash was unwilling to accept a trade to Ottawa.
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Foligno scored a notable goal in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the 2014 playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins — Blue Jackets forward R J Umberger blocked a slapshot with his head, whereupon Foligno picked up the puck, skated down the ice and shot a knuckle-puck past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for the come-from-behind overtime winner.
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In 2015, Nick Foligno was selected by the NHL general managers to represent Columbus, in addition to Blue Jackets teammates Ryan Johansen and Sergei Bobrovsky, at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, held in Columbus, Ohio.
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Nick Foligno was additionally named a captain for one of the teams during the Game, Team Nick Foligno.
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The captaincy came after Nick Foligno posted career-highs in goals and points from 79 regular season games played, ranking tenth in the League in the latter statistic, points.
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On November 9,2019, Nick Foligno was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for elbowing Colorado Avalanche forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
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Nick Foligno missed several games between the trade and end of the regular season with injury, although picked up four assists in seven appearances.
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Again limited by injury, Nick Foligno appeared in four of the team's seven playoff games, collecting one assist and having relatively little on-ice impact, although was involved in a notable fight with Corey Perry after Perry concussed captain John Tavares.
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Nick Foligno was placed on waivers by the Bruins on October 9,2022.
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Nick Foligno represented the United States in the 2009 IIHF World Championship held in Switzerland.
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Nick Foligno again represented the US in the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany, and in six games, he scored three goals.
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Nick Foligno is the "Celebrity Chair" of Cystic Fibrosis Canada's Ottawa Chapter, where he and his wife Janelle are very active participants.
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Nick Foligno resides in Sudbury, Ontario during the off-season, where his father Mike was born and raised.
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On October 11,2016, Nick Foligno and his wife donated $1 million to Nationwide Children's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital, the same facilities that took care of their daughter's heart defects when she was a newborn.
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Nick Foligno has traditionally worn jersey number 71, an inversion of the number 17 his father wore for most of his NHL career.
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