Nick Boucher

Nick Boucher (born December 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Fort Wayne Komets of the CHL.

Boucher started his career playing for the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the BCHL in 1997. Midway through the 1998-99 BCHL season, Boucher was traded to the Fort Saskatchewan Traders of the AJHL.

Boucher would later commit to Dartmouth College, where he became the starting goaltender. Although Boucher would only win 8 games in his freshman season, the Pittsburgh Penguins made him their final pick of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, choosing him 280th overall. Boucher's totals would improve in his remaining years with Dartmouth, winning 16, 9, and 17 games respectively. He would leave Dartmouth holding several records, including, but not limited to, career wins (50), career games by a goalie (105), career saves, and wins in a season.

Signing to play with the Penguins farm team, Boucher would start his professional career with the Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, with a late season recall to Pittsburgh's primary minor league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins of the AHL. Boucher would record 20 wins in his rookie season and was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team. He finished 4th in the ECHL Rookie of the Year voting. Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, many pros that would normally have played in the NHL chose to play in the AHL, forcing pros in the AHL down to the ECHL. As a result, Boucher was left out of the Penguins plans, and he became an unrestricted free agent^[1]

Boucher would remain in the minors for several years, playing in Pee Dee (Florence, SC), Elmira and Muskegon before traveling to Europe. Boucher would split his 2006–07 season between the Basingstoke Bison of the EIHL and the Tilburg Trappers of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands, where he won his first championship. He would return to North America for the 2007-08 IHL season as a member of the Fort Wayne Komets. Except an 18-game stint with the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League, Boucher has remained with the team, being named the team's MVP in the 2008-2009 and 2011–2012 seasons, the IHL's Goalie Of the Year and First Team All Star in 2008–09, as well as runner-up for the league MVP (winner was Todd Robinson). He has since won 4 championships with the Komets (3 in the IHL and 1 in the CHL).

في موسمه الثاني في دوري الهوكي الكندي مع فريق كوميتس، تم اختياره كحارس مرمى أساسي في مباراة كل النجوم لدوري الهوكي الكندي التي أقيمت في بريسكوت، أريزونا، وتم ترشيحه كأحد المرشحين النهائيين لجائزة أفضل حارس مرمى في العام.

في مايو 2013، اعتزل بوشيه رياضة الهوكي الاحترافية. ^{[ 2 ]} وفي 26 أكتوبر 2013، قام فريق فورت واين كوميتس بتخليد رقم بوشيه "33" بشكل دائم، إلى جانب رقم تشاك أدامسون "1" ، في حفل أقيم قبل إحدى المباريات في النصب التذكاري لحرب مقاطعة ألين. ^{[ 3 ]} وهو أصغر لاعب سابق في فريق كوميتس يتم تخليد رقم قميصه.

• 2003-2004: فريق أفضل اللاعبين الجدد في دوري ECHL
• 2006-2007: بطل الدوري الهولندي
• 2007-2008: بطل دوري الهوكي الدولي
• 2008-2009: بطل دوري الهوكي الدولي
• 2008-2009: الفريق الأول لجميع النجوم في دوري الهوكي الدولي
• 2008-2009: أفضل حارس مرمى في دوري الهوكي الدولي
• 2009-2010: بطل دوري الهوكي الدولي
• 2011-2012: حارس المرمى الأساسي في مباراة كل النجوم في دوري الهوكي الكندي
• 2011-2012: بطل دوري الهوكي الكندي

• 1999-2003: كلية دارتموث ، عدد مرات التصدي في مسيرته (2803)
• 1999-2003: كلية دارتموث، عدد مرات الفوز في مسيرته المهنية (50)
• 2000-2001: كلية دارتموث، عدد مرات الإنقاذ في موسم واحد (867)

• معلومات السيرة الذاتية وإحصائيات المسيرة المهنية من موقع NHL.com أو Eliteprospects.com أو قاعدة بيانات هوكي الإنترنت