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Niko Dimitrakos
File:NikoDimitrakos.jpg
Born May 21, 1979
Somerville, MA, US
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams
Philadelphia Flyers
Chicago Wolves (AHL)
San Jose Sharks
NHL draft 155th overall, 1999
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2002–present

Nichloas "Niko" Dimitrakos (born May 21 1979 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey player. He plays right wing for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. He is of Greek (father) and Italian (mother) origins.

Playing career

Niko graduated from Matignon High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1998. He was first introduced to Hockey at age four by his uncle and has loved it ever since. He played for the University of Maine Black Bears for four years. Niko was drafted 155th overall (5th round) by the San Jose Sharks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Niko was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on March 9 2006.

On October 18, following a 9-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres, Flyers assistant GM Paul Holmgren announced that Niko and two other teammates, Petr Nedved and Nolan Baumgartner, would be waived and he and Nedved would play for the Philadelphia Phantoms. He also said that it is unlikely either of them would be called up to play for the Flyers again. All three survived the waivers process. He was loaned to the Chicago Wolves on March 1, 2007.

Controversy

Many scouts believed that Dimitrakos career in the National Hockey League was over when he made a bad pass to RJ Umburger during the playoffs. The pass resulted in a concussion of his teammate. The OLN reporter stated, "Dimitrakos made a poor play. He put Umburger on the trolley tracks" referring to the vulnerability he placed his teammate in because of the bad pass.

Awards

  • 1998-99: NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2001-02: NCAA East Second All-American Team
  • 2001-02: Hockey East Second All-Star Team

Records

Career Statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998-99 Maine Black Bears HE 35 8 19 27 33 - - - - -
1999-00 Maine Black Bears HE 32 11 16 27 16 - - - - -
2000-01 Maine Black Bears HE 29 11 14 25 43 - - - - -
2001-02 Maine Black Bears HE 43 20 31 51 44 - - - - -
2002-03 Cleveland Barons AHL 55 15 29 44 30 - - - - -
2002-03 San Jose Sharks NHL 21 6 7 13 8 - - - - -
2003-04 Cleveland Barons AHL 7 4 4 8 4 - - - - -
2003-04 San Jose Sharks NHL 68 9 15 24 49 15 1 8 9 8
2004-05 SCL Tigers SWI 3 0 1 1 0 6 3 3 6 16
2005-06 San Jose Sharks NHL 45 4 12 16 26 - - - - -
2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 5 4 9 6 5 0 0 0 2
AHL Totals 62 19 33 52 34 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 153 24 38 62 89 20 1 8 9 10

International Play

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