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RiverKings to sign impressive rookie
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| David Nimmo |
By Ron Caldwell/Times Sports Editor
SOUTHAVEN - The RiverKings continue to stockpile talent for the 2007-08 season during the off-season.
The team plans to announce today (Tuesday) the official signing an incoming rookie who led his collegiate team in scoring and to the NCAA Tournament last year.
RiverKings head coach and director of hockey operations Kevin McClelland said that the team has signed 6-2, 220 pound center David Nimmo, who is coming off of a four year career with the Division I University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers.
He is the second player to be signed for the 2007-2008 season by the RiverKings.
Nimmo, a 25-year-old native of St. Albert, Alberta, led the Chargers in overall scoring during his senior season with 14 goals and 22 assists in 36 games.
He was named the College Hockey America Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring the overtime winning goal in the championship game, sending UAH to their first-ever NCAA tournament.
The Chargers finished the regular season in last place in CHA, but ran the table to win the tournament in Cinderella fashion. The team then almost upset top ranked and top seeded Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA's, taking the Fighting Irish to double overtime before falling 3-2.
During his four year career at UAH, Nimmo played in 116 games, scoring 25 goals while picking up 38 assists for a total of 63 points. Eleven of his 25 collegiate goals came on the power play. Last season, he was in the top 10 in the CHA in goals and assists.
Prior to enrolling at UAH, he played a season of junior hockey with the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League where he scored 36 goals and had 39 assists in 60 games during the 2002-03 season.
Nimmo joins winger Chad Woollard as players that the RiverKings have signed so far for 2007-2008.
The RiverKings are coming off a season where they finished the regular season with 39 wins, the most since 2002-03 and the third most in the franchise's history.
The team also made a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2003 and advanced to the Northern Conference finals before falling to the eventual President's Cup champion Colorado Eagles.
The team plans to announce today (Tuesday) the official signing an incoming rookie who led his collegiate team in scoring and to the NCAA Tournament last year.
RiverKings head coach and director of hockey operations Kevin McClelland said that the team has signed 6-2, 220 pound center David Nimmo, who is coming off of a four year career with the Division I University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers.
He is the second player to be signed for the 2007-2008 season by the RiverKings.
Nimmo, a 25-year-old native of St. Albert, Alberta, led the Chargers in overall scoring during his senior season with 14 goals and 22 assists in 36 games.
He was named the College Hockey America Tournament Most Valuable Player after scoring the overtime winning goal in the championship game, sending UAH to their first-ever NCAA tournament.
The Chargers finished the regular season in last place in CHA, but ran the table to win the tournament in Cinderella fashion. The team then almost upset top ranked and top seeded Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA's, taking the Fighting Irish to double overtime before falling 3-2.
During his four year career at UAH, Nimmo played in 116 games, scoring 25 goals while picking up 38 assists for a total of 63 points. Eleven of his 25 collegiate goals came on the power play. Last season, he was in the top 10 in the CHA in goals and assists.
Prior to enrolling at UAH, he played a season of junior hockey with the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League where he scored 36 goals and had 39 assists in 60 games during the 2002-03 season.
Nimmo joins winger Chad Woollard as players that the RiverKings have signed so far for 2007-2008.
The RiverKings are coming off a season where they finished the regular season with 39 wins, the most since 2002-03 and the third most in the franchise's history.
The team also made a return to the playoffs for the first time since 2003 and advanced to the Northern Conference finals before falling to the eventual President's Cup champion Colorado Eagles.
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