Eric Nickulas


Eric Nickulas is an American retired professional ice hockey right winger.

Biography

Nickulas was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the New York Islanders minor ice hockey team.
Nickulas was drafted 99th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. In three years with Boston, he played mostly for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. He also played for the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks before returning to Boston in 2005. In 2006. Nickulas moved to Germany, signing with the Hannover Scorpions. After two seasons with Hannover, he played for the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany.