Nick Schaus Explained

Nicholas Schaus
Team:Free Agent
Former Teams:Worcester Sharks
Syracuse Crunch
Norfolk Admirals
Stavanger Oilers
EHC Wolfsburg
HC TWK Innsbruck
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Kunlun Red Star
HC Slovan Bratislava
HC Kometa Brno
HC Dynamo Pardubice
Position:Defense
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:190
Birth Date:1986 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2010

Nicholas Charles Schaus (born July 3, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently playing for the Norfolk Admirals in the ECHL.

Playing career

Undrafted, Schaus spent four years at UMass Lowell (Hockey East) from 2006–10, recording 65 points (10-55) and 220 penalty minutes in 148 career games.[1]

On March 22, 2010, he was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks.[2] After a season in the American Hockey League with Sharks affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, Schaus signed a one-year contract to remain in the AHL on July 5, 2011, with the Syracuse Crunch.

Unable to earn an NHL contract, Schaus embarked on a European career, signing a contract with Norwegian club, the Stavanger Oilers for the 2013–14 season on February 8, 2013. Schaus made an immediate impact with the Oilers, helping the club win the Championship in earning playoff MVP honors.

Schaus spent the 2014–15 season with German club, the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg of the DEL. He helped the club reach the half final versus Champion Mannheim Eagles. Contributing 15 points in 45 games before opting to leave as a free agent at seasons end in signing with Austrian club, HC TWK Innsbruck on May 28, 2015.[3]

After a season in the Czech Extraliga with HC Dynamo Pardubice, Schaus garnered attention from the Kontinental Hockey League and signed with contending club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, to a one-year deal on May 10, 2017.[4] In the 2017–18 season, Schaus cemented a regular role on the blueline of Magnitogorsk and contributed with 3 goals and 12 points in 37 games before he was traded by the club, to Chinese competitors Kunlun Red Star, in exchange for Wojtek Wolski on December 14, 2017.[5]

As a free agent from Kunlun, Schaus continued in the KHL, agreeing to a one-year deal with Slovak club, HC Slovan Bratislava, on June 29, 2018.[6] In the 2018–19 season, Schaus appeared in 10 games scoring 1 goal and 1 assist with Bratislava before opting to return to the Czech Extraliga with HC Kometa Brno on November 7, 2018.[7] He registered 2 assists in 16 games with Brno, before rejoining his former club, Dynamo Pardubice, on January 11, 2019.[8]

On September 23, 2021, Schaus extended his career by returning to the ECHL and signing with the Norfolk Admirals for the 2021–22 season.[9]

Career statistics

Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03River City LancersUSHL604913601100010
2003–04River City LancersUSHL571121314430006
2004–05Omaha LancersUSHL581212214150008
2005–06Omaha LancersUSHL60944538050226
2006–07UMass-LowellHE361131456
2007–08UMass-LowellHE3706683
2008–09UMass-LowellHE385172265
2009–10UMass-LowellHE374192316
2009–10Worcester SharksAHL403321103314
2010–11Worcester SharksAHL774151946
2011–12Syracuse CrunchAHL454483030229
2011–12Elmira JackalsECHL101454
2012–13Norfolk AdmiralsAHL1812317
2012–13Fort Wayne KometsECHL265121758
2013–14Stavanger OilersGET339253413817691524
2014–15Grizzly Adams WolfsburgDEL453121556902255
2015–16HC TWK InnsbruckEBEL5312213397
2016–17HC Dynamo PardubiceELH4872936106
2017–18Metallurg MagnitogorskKHL37391226
2017–18Kunlun Red StarKHL161342
2018–19HC Slovan BratislavaKHL101126
2018–19HC Kometa BrnoELH1602220
2019–20Kedgwick DynamoCRL406612
2019–20Florida EverbladesECHL120554
[2019–20 Czech 1. Liga season|2019–20||[[Piráti Chomutov]]||Czech.1||8||2||5||7||43||—||—||—||—||—|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"| 2021–22||Norfolk Admirals||ECHL||56||4||11||15||43||—||—||—||—||—|- | 2022–23||Norfolk Admirals||ECHL||14||0||4||4||8||—||—||—||—||—|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 144! 9! 24! 33! 95! 14! 0! 5! 5! 23|}

Awards and honors

AwardYear
USHL
Defenseman of the Year 2006[10]
GET
Playoffs MVP 2014
Champion (Stavanger Oilers) 2014
IIHF Continental Cup Champion 2014

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Syracuse Crunch forward Mitchell returns to team; two others also signed . Syracuse.com . 2011-07-05 . 2011-07-05.
  2. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 331. 978-1-60078-422-4.
  3. Web site: Schaus completes the defense . . 2015-05-28 . 2015-05-28 . German.
  4. Web site: Schaus recruited to Metallurg . . 2017-05-10 . 2017-05-10 . Russian.
  5. Web site: Wolski returned to Magnitogorsk in trade with Kunlun . . 2017-12-14 . 2017-12-14 . Russian.
  6. Web site: Slovan sign American defenseman Schaus . . 2018-06-29 . 2018-06-29 . Slovak.
  7. Web site: American Nick Schaus signs with Brno . . 2018-11-07 . 2018-11-07 . Czech.
  8. Web site: Nick Schaus returns to Dynamo . . 2019-01-11 . 2019-01-11 . Czech.
  9. Web site: Admirals add Schaus . . September 23, 2021 . September 23, 2021.
  10. Web site: USHL defenseman of the Year . . 2010-05-16 . 2010-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100430190443/http://ushl.com/awards/USHLDefensemanOfTheYear.cfm . 2010-04-30 .