Nate Kiser
Nate Kiser | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 4, 1982 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professional ice hockey defenseman (retired) |
| Known for | Playing for South Carolina Stingrays, inducted into South Carolina Stingrays Hall of Fame |
Nate Kiser (born May 4, 1982) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman.
Playing career
Kiser launched his junior hockey journey with the Compuware Ambassadors in the NAHL during the 1998–1999 season, where he tallied 5 points and accumulated 46 penalty minutes throughout the regular season.
Following this, he competed for the Plymouth Whalers in the OHL from 1999 until 2003, registering 41 points and 473 penalty minutes in regular season contests. In playoff action, he contributed an additional 12 points and 80 penalty minutes.
Selected 160th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Kiser continued to develop with Plymouth before transitioning to professional play in 2003.
His professional debut came with the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL in the 2003–2004 season, where he recorded 15 points and 144 penalty minutes. He also participated in five AHL games for the Syracuse Crunch, earning one point and spending 14 minutes in penalties.
In 2004, Kiser signed with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. During his time there, he was briefly promoted to play for the AHL's Portland Pirates and Albany River Rats. While with the Stingrays, he amassed a total of 102 points and 992 penalty minutes during regular seasons, alongside 11 points and 116 penalty minutes in postseason play.
A highlight of his career includes his pink number 5 jersey worn during the Stingrays' February 2010 "Pink in the Rink" breast cancer awareness event, which was auctioned for $2,000 to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Kiser concluded his playing career following the 2010–11 ECHL season. On October 14, 2011, he was honored by induction into the South Carolina Stingrays Hall of Fame at North Charleston Coliseum.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Compuware Ambassadors | NAHL | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 63 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 2000–01 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 105 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||
| 2001–02 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2002–03 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 52 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 132 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||
| 2003–04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 63 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||||||
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP (PO) | G (PO) | A (PO) | Pts (PO) | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2004–05 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |58 |2 |11 |13 |173 |4 |0 |2 |2 |20 |- |
2005–06 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |61 |0 |12 |12 |174 |5 |1 |1 |2 |8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |
2005–06 | Albany River Rats | AHL |1 |0 |0 |0 |5 |— |— |— |— |— |- |
2006–07 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |64 |5 |15 |20 |222 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |
2007–08 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |53 |5 |22 |27 |169 |20 |1 |2 |3 |47 |- |
2008–09 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |56 |7 |13 |20 174 20 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
41 | ||
|
2009–10 |
South Carolina Stingrays |
ECHL |
50 |
1 |
10 |
11 |
94 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
2010–11 |
South Carolina Stingrays |
ECHL |
70 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
125 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
AHL totals |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
48 |
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— |
— |
— |
— | ||
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ECHL totals |
475 |
26 |
104 |
130 |
1275 |
53 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
130 | ||