| Position | Defense |
|---|---|
| Shoots | Left |
| Height | 6 ft |
| Height in | 2 |
| Weight lb | 220 |
| Played for | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Bridgeport Sound Tigers Hamilton Bulldogs Manchester Monarchs Graz 99ers HC Dinamo Minsk Lukko Rauma Vienna Capitals Providence Bruins HK Acroni Jesenice |
| Birth date | January 5, 1976 (age 50) |
| Birth place | Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
| Career start | 1999 |
| Career end | 2011 |
| Draft (1994) | 282nd overall |
| Draft team | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Doug Nolan (born January 5, 1976, in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was formerly on the collegiate coaching staff at Wentworth Institute of Technology.[1]
Playing career
Nolan was drafted 282nd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1994 NHL entry draft, but never managed to play in the NHL. Nolan spent most of his career in the minor leagues of North American hockey, most notably playing with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League for five seasons before opting to pursue a European career.
Nolan joined Graz 99ers of the Austrian Hockey League in 2007. After one season he then moved on to HC Dinamo Minsk in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. He left Minsk after only 12 games on November 27, 2008, and moved to try out with Finnish club, Lukko Rauma.[2] His trial with Lukko ended unsuccessfully and moved further to Frankfurt Lions without making an appearance before he left on January 9, 2009, to Austrian club the, Vienna Capitals.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | UMass Lowell | HE | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | UMass Lowell | HE | 38 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | UMass Lowell | HE | 35 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | UMass Lowell | HE | 25 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 52 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 42 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 60 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 166 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | ||
| 2001–02 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 49 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 2005–06 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 58 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 64 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 124 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2007–08 | Graz 99ers | EBEL | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Lukko Rauma | SM-l | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HK Acroni Jesenice | EBEL | 39 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 287 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 471 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 66 | ||||
References
- ^ Murphy, Rachel (5 January 2016). "All-Time Monarchs: Doug Nolan". Manchester Monarchs. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Lukko bring in Nolan on trial" (in Finnish). Lukko Rauma. 2008-11-27. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-27.