| Nick Kypreos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kypreos at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |||
| Born | (1966-06-04)June 4, 1966 (age 58) Toronto,Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Washington Capitals Hartford Whalers New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1986–1997 | ||
Nikos "Nick" Kypreos (born June 4, 1966) is aCanadian former professionalice hockeyleft winger who played eight seasons in theNational Hockey League (NHL) for theHartford Whalers,Washington Capitals,New York Rangers andToronto Maple Leafs. He is currently a hockey analyst on theSportsnetcable television network in Canada.
Of Greek descent, Kypreos was born inToronto,Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with aminor ice hockey team fromWexford, Toronto.[1] He was an effective goal scorer in juniors with theNorth Bay Centennials of theOntario Hockey League (OHL). He was a prolific scorer and finished second in the league for goals scored, with 62, in the1985–86 OHL season, leading the top scoring Centennials to second place in the regular season.[citation needed]
Kypreos struggled to score at the NHL level and immediately became known as anenforcer, a role he maintained throughout his pro career. He was never drafted by an NHL team, but was signed as a free agent by thePhiladelphia Flyers on the eve of his second junior season. However, his NHL career began with theWashington Capitals. His best NHL season came in1992–93 while a member of theHartford Whalers, when he scored a career-best 17 goals while earning 325penalty minutes, which was the fourth-highest penalty minute total in the league that season.[citation needed]
In1994, Kypreos was a member of theStanley Cup championNew York Rangers.
He made his final NHL stop with his hometownToronto Maple Leafs. As a Maple Leaf, his career ended as the result of aconcussion sustained in a fight with the Rangers'Ryan VandenBussche in a pre-season game on September 15, 1997 when his face hit the ice after he was punched unconscious. After the injury, Kypreos suffered frompost-concussion syndrome and was forced to retire.[2][3] He finished his NHL career with 46 goals, 44 assists, 90 points, and 1,210 penalty minutes in 442 regular season games.[4]
Since retiring as a player, Kypreos had gone on to serve as a hockey analyst forSportsnet in Canada, as the co-host ofHockey Central (first withDarren Dreger and later withDaren Millard). He also co-hostsHockey Central at Noon onThe Fan 590 inToronto and simulcast on Sportsnet as of 2018. Hockey Central at Noon is hosted byJeff Marek.[5] The show was previously co-hosted byDaren Millard andBill Berg until the fall of 2008, when Berg left and was replaced byMike Brophy. Starting in the fall of 2009, former NHL coach and executiveDoug MacLean was also added to the program as an analyst. His role was expanded in October 2014 when he became part of the new but revampedHockey Night in Canada as an analyst after its parent,Rogers Media acquired thesole national television rights to the NHL in November 2013, until he departed in 2019.
Kypreos has also appeared onTSN as an analyst, notably whenHockey Canada announced theCanadian national team for the2010 Winter Olympics.
Kypreos appeared as a pro hockey player, acting in a 1996 episode of theHBO programArli$$ entitled "What About the Fans?".[6]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1983–84 | Dixie Beehives | OPJHL | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 47 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1984–85 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 64 | 41 | 36 | 77 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 1985–86 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 64 | 62 | 35 | 97 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 46 | 49 | 41 | 90 | 54 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 78 | ||
| 1987–88 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 71 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 101 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 1988–89 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 28 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1989–90 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | ||
| 1989–90 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 31 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 1990–91 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 79 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 196 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1991–92 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 65 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 206 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 75 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 325 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | New York Rangers | NHL | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | New York Rangers | NHL | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 442 | 46 | 44 | 90 | 1210 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 65 | ||||
