Nino Niederreiter News

Nino Niederreiter News From AOL News

2011 World Juniors Preview: US in Unfamilar Role

This year marks the 35th annual IIHF World Junior Championship (the tournament has been held since 1974, but didn't become officially sanctioned by the IIHF until 1977). In the previous 34, the United States has won just six medals, and half of those have come since 2004. Only twice has Team USA skated away with the gold...

Nino Niederreiter Sent Back to Juniors

As noted on FanHouse earlier this week, this is a crucial week for a number of high draft picks from this past summer. NHL teams are allowed to keep their draft picks as long as they want, but if they stay past the ninth game of that team's season, the season counts on their entry-level contract. For the New York...

NHL Notebook: Lose the Shootout, Not CHL 9-Game Clause; Best Goaltenders

The Shootout is Dead They decided another hockey game with a one-on-one skills competition in Calgary on Tuesday, and it was the perfect illustration of why NHL general managers devalued the shootout in the offseason. The Oilers-Flames game was also the latest example of why the shootout has to go soon. Down 4-1 to their...

2-on-1: 6 Teams Face Draft Pick Decisions

Every week two of our hockey writers will discuss one topic: it's the 2-on-1. This week, Kevin Schultz and Chris Botta discuss which 2010 picks may be returned to their junior teams. Over the next few weeks, six teams will have big decisions to make regarding the future of their 2010 draft picks. Six teenagers, Taylor...

Michael Cammalleri Suspended 1 Game for Slashing Nino Niederreiter

On Saturday we showed you the video of Montreal Canadiens forward Michael Cammalleri taking a baseball bat-like swing to the back of Nino Niederreiter's leg, and as expected, the NHL took an additional look at the incident. On Monday it was announced that Cammalleri has been suspended one game (costing him over $32,000 in...

Nino Niederreiter News From the Web

04/13/12 The Best Young Forwards In The East Source: The Copper & Blue Put together a giant comparison of the best young defenders in the game and what happens?
04/12/12 Streit and Niederreiter To Play In World Championship Source: NHL - New York Islanders The Swiss National Team announced today that New York Islanders captain Mark Streit and 2010 first round pick Nino Niederreiter will participate in the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.
03/18/12 New York Islanders- It's Time to Prepare for the Next... Source: 1010 Wins Despite all the newspapers and tweets still alluding to the Islanders having a chance to make the playoffsâthey don't.
03/17/12 Isles' Niederreiter Creates A Small Controversy Source: CBSSports.com Nino Niederreiter was quoted as saying "the coach doesn't talk to me" but later stated that what he meant was the coach's in the NHL don't talk to players as much as they do in Europe.

Background on Nino Niederreiter

Nino Niederreiter (born September 8, 1992), nicknamed El Niño, is a Swiss ice hockey player currently playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).

more at wikipedia »