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NICK SCHULTZ CAREER HIGHLIGHTS N. SCHULTZ<br />
VS NHL<br />
HOW ACQUIRED: Acquired by Edmonton from Minnesota in exchange for Tom Gilbert on Feb.<br />
27, 2012<br />
2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS: Finished the season appearing in all 82 games (20 with Edmonton)<br />
collecting 7 points (1G, 6A) and 40 PIM…was 2nd on team in blocked shots (161)…was<br />
ranked first on the Wild’s all-time games played list and 5th in games played among NHL<br />
defensemen since 2002-03 season…skated in 700th career game and logged season-high<br />
23:31 on Nov. 17 vs. COL…played in his 1st game with Edmonton and had an assist in 19:45<br />
of ice time...collected an assist on Mar. 5 @ ANA<br />
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2010-11: Totaled 17 points (3-14=17) and 38 PIM in 74 games…<br />
Ranked second on team with 132 blocked shots...Notched 100th career assist and seasonhigh<br />
25:25 of ice time vs. CBJ (3/19)...Recorded season-high three shots vs. COL (2/9)...<br />
Tallied two assists at DET (11/19) (fourth career two assist game)...Registered first goal of<br />
season vs. LA (10/25)...Missed three games with head injury (12/20-12/26), final five games<br />
with post concussion symptoms (4/2-4/10)…2009-10: Tallied career-highs in points (20),<br />
assists (19), PIM (43-tied) and shots (83) in 80 games…Finished second on the Wild and<br />
T-12th in NHL with 158 blocked shots…Tallied two assists at VAN (4/4)…Collected 17th<br />
point of season at PHI (3/25) to set new career high...Became first Wild player to skate in<br />
600 games vs. SJ (3/23)…Registered 14th assist of season vs. FLA (3/9) to set new career<br />
high…Tied career high with four shots at SJ (1/30)…Notched 100th career point (assist)<br />
vs. PIT (1/11)…Tied career-high with two assists vs. CGY (1/6)…Tallied an assist in<br />
three straight games to tie career high (12/17-12/21)…Recorded lone goal of season and<br />
third PPG of career at LA (10/8)…Missed two games with leg injury (4/5, 4/8)…2008-09:<br />
Notched 11 points (2-9=11) and 31 PIM in 79 games…Scored two goals for fourth straight<br />
season…Led team with 152 blocked shots and finished third with 78 hits…Skated to even<br />
or better rating in 51-of-79 games…Notched assist, five hits and four blocked shots vs.<br />
CGY (4/3)…Recorded game-tying goal with 1:46 remaining vs. COL (3/17)…Registered<br />
assist and season-high +3 at ANA (3/8)…Became first Wild player to play in 500 games vs.<br />
EDM (2/8)…Tied career high with three-game point streak (1-2=3, 12/19-12/23)…Logged<br />
season-high 25:57 in ice time at PIT (11/18)…Missed final three games of season with<br />
head injury suffered at DET (4/5)…2007-08: Scored 15 points (2-13=15) in 81 games...<br />
Led team in blocked shots (147) and finished second in hits (101)...Recorded minus rating<br />
just once in final 18 games, going +10 in that span... Named January (second youngest in<br />
franchise history) and February team captain...Recorded first goal of season vs. ANA (1/18)<br />
ending 116-game streak without goal...Logged season-high 25:38 of ice time and registered<br />
four hits vs. COL (3/30)… Missed only second game of career due to injury/illness with flulike<br />
symptoms (later diagnosed as appendicitis) (4/6), snapping streak of 177 consecutive<br />
games played...Underwent appendectomy and missed first five games of Western Conference<br />
Quarterfinal vs. COL…2006-07: Became the first Wild defenseman in franchise history to<br />
appear in all 82 games and one of four Wild players to appear in all 82 games...Led team<br />
with 141 blocked shots and ranked third on team with 88 hits...Posted a career-high +4<br />
rating in season finale vs. STL (4/7)...Posted an assist in 4-1 Game 4 Western Conference<br />
Quarterfinal victory vs. ANA (4/17)…2005-06: Notched 12 assists and added two goals for<br />
14 points to go along with a career-high 43 PIM...Led the Wild with 129 blocked shots...<br />
Logged a season-high 26:55 TOI at CBJ (10/28)... Tallied four assists in five games (1/24-<br />
1/31)...Notched a goal and an assist for first multi-point game of the season and second<br />
of career vs. COL (3/5)...Picked up then-career-high 12th assist on the Wild’s final goal of<br />
the season at DAL (4/15)…2004-05: Finished sixth on Kassel in scoring with 22 points (7-<br />
15=22)…2003-04: Recorded a career-high six goals and +12 rating…Added ten assists<br />
and 72 shots…Ranked tied for first on the club in plus/minus and ranked second among<br />
team defensemen in goals...Posted first career multi-point game with a goal and assist vs.<br />
CHI (1/7)… 2002-03: Ranked first on the team with a +11 rating...Participated in the NHL<br />
YoungStars game during All- Star Weekend...Tallied his first goal of the season (GWG) vs.<br />
ANA (12/31)...Tied for the team playoff lead with a plus/minus rating of +5...Picked up his<br />
first career playoff point with an assist in Game 7 Western Conference Semifinal win at VAN<br />
(5/8)…2001-02: Made NHL debut vs. EDM (10/14)...Posted first career point and assist vs.<br />
CAR (10/24)...Scored first NHL goal (GWG) and posted +3 rating vs. FLA (11/29)...Missed<br />
one game with shoulder contusion (2/6)...Left Wild to compete with Team Canada in World<br />
Junior Championship in Czech Republic (12/14-1/6)...Joined Houston (AHL) at conclusion of<br />
NHL season to participate in AHL playoffs…2000-01: Made professional hockey debut and<br />
skated in four games with Cleveland (IHL)...Served as team captain and registered 47 points<br />
(17-30=47) for Prince Albert (WHL)...Ranked third on team in assists, tied for fourth in goals<br />
and fifth in total points...Named to WHL’s Eastern Conference All-Star team and earned Prince<br />
Albert’s Player of the Year and MVP awards…INTERNATIONAL: Appeared in all nine games<br />
as Canada claimed gold medal at the 2007 World Championship...Helped Team Canada to<br />
the gold medal at 2004 World Championship, registering one assist and a +2 rating in nine<br />
games...Played in seven games for Canada in the 2002 World Junior Championship in the<br />
Czech Republic, recorded two assists and helped Team Canada capture the silver medal...<br />
Played in all seven games for Team Canada in World Junior Championship in Russia in 2000<br />
and did not score.<br />
OPPONENT GP G A PTS PIM<br />
Anaheim 40 5 4 9 29<br />
Boston 9 0 1 1 4<br />
Buffalo 9 0 1 1 6<br />
Calgary 59 0 11 11 22<br />
Carolina 12 0 2 2 8<br />
Chicago 35 1 3 4 17<br />
Colorado 56 2 9 11 18<br />
Columbus 41 1 4 5 21<br />
Dallas 38 0 4 4 20<br />
Detroit 34 0 8 8 8<br />
Edmonton 60 2 6 8 41<br />
Florida 11 1 2 3 8<br />
Los Angeles 36 4 2 6 18<br />
Montreal 9 0 2 2 4<br />
Nashville 38 1 4 5 6<br />
New Jersey 10 0 3 3 6<br />
NY Islanders 11 0 3 3 2<br />
NY Rangers 10 0 1 1 2<br />
Ottawa 9 0 1 1 2<br />
Philadelphia 11 1 1 2 4<br />
Phoenix 35 2 5 7 14<br />
Pittsburgh 10 0 2 2 6<br />
St. Louis 40 2 5 7 10<br />
San Jose 40 1 7 8 12<br />
Tampa Bay 11 0 1 1 6<br />
Toronto 9 0 0 0 0<br />
Vancouver 62 3 12 15 30<br />
Washington 8 0 1 1 4<br />
Winnipeg 10 0 1 1 4<br />
763 26 106 132 332<br />
NHL HIGHLIGHTS<br />
FIRSTS<br />
First GP 10/14/2001 MIN 3 vs EDM 3<br />
First Asst 10/24/2001 MIN 3 vs CAR 7<br />
First Goal 11/29/2001 MIN 6 vs FLA 0<br />
First Goal versus Luongo, Roberto<br />
at 5:38 of period 1<br />
MOSTS MOST RECENTLY<br />
Goals 1 (26X) 02/26/2012<br />
MIN 4 vs SJ 3<br />
Assists 2 (4X) 11/19/2010<br />
MIN 4 at DET 3<br />
Points 2 (6X) 11/19/2010<br />
MIN 4 at DET 3 (0G-2A)<br />
SOG 4 (10X) 12/22/2011<br />
MIN 1 at EDM 4<br />
PIM 8 (1X) 02/07/2012<br />
MIN 1 at CBJ 3<br />
Hat Tricks 0<br />
Multi-Pt<br />
Games 6 11/19/2010<br />
MIN 4 at DET 3 (0G-2A)<br />
LONGEST PERSONAL STREAKS<br />
Goals 1 (26X) 02/26/2012-<br />
02/26/2012 (1G)<br />
Assists 3 (3X) 12/18/2010-<br />
12/29/2010 (3A)<br />
Pts 3 (5X) 12/18/2010-<br />
12/29/2010 (0G-3A)<br />
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