Nick Schmaltz was born on February 23,1996 and is an American professional ice hockey center for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League.
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24 Facts About Nick Schmaltz
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Nick Schmaltz followed his brother into playing junior ice hockey for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League.
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Nick Schmaltz went on to play two seasons of college ice hockey with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks.
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Nick Schmaltz had scored the game-winning goal in the tournament semifinals with only 60 seconds left to play and added an assist in their championship victory.
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Nick Schmaltz left North Dakota after winning a championship title to begin his professional hockey career.
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Nick Schmaltz's father Mike owns a series of fitness centers, while his mother Lisa is a radiologist for the UW Health University Hospital.
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Nick Schmaltz played four seasons of organized hockey, meanwhile, with the Chicago Mission of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League, where he grew close with teammate and future National Hockey League player Christian Dvorak.
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Nick Schmaltz centered an offensive line with Dvorak on his left wing and William Nylander on his right.
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Nick Schmaltz followed his older brother into playing for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League.
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Nick Schmaltz was the youngest member of the USHL All-Rookie Team at the end of that season.
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The following season, Nick Schmaltz posted 18 goals and 63 points in 55 games, and the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked him No 19 among all draft-eligible North American skaters.
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Nick Schmaltz recorded five goals, 21 assists, and a +4 plus-minus rating in 35 games.
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Nick Schmaltz made his postseason debut with the Blackhawks in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, where Chicago scored only three goals in a four-game sweep by the Nashville Predators.
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That combination proved successful for all parties: 37 games into the season, Nick Schmaltz had equaled his 28 points from the previous season.
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Nick Schmaltz assisted on six of Kane's first 17 goals, and Kane assisted on seven of Schmaltz's 10 goals.
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Nick Schmaltz struggled to produce offensively even after that, with only two goals and nine assists in 23 games with the Blackhawks.
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Nick Schmaltz was placed on Arizona's top line, centering Clayton Keller and Alex Galchenyuk, and scored five points in as many games after the trade.
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Nick Schmaltz later revealed that his knee had been bothering him for a long period of time and that he could not name a specific moment that had caused the injury, which required a season-ending surgery.
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On March 30,2019, with Nick Schmaltz set to become a restricted free agent that July, the Coyotes signed him to a seven-year, $40.
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Nick Schmaltz was assisted off the ice and missed that night's game with an upper-body injury.
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Nick Schmaltz first represented the United States internationally at the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Later that year, Nick Schmaltz was part of the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2013 World Junior A Challenge in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
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