Matt Nieto
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Birthday:
1992-11-05 |
Position:
RW |
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Eligible for draft:
2011 |
Shoots:
Right |
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Drafted:
2011 |
Height:
5-11 |
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Acquired:
2nd round (47th overall), 2011 |
Weight:
183 lbs. |
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
- C
2007-08: Played for Salisbury Prep, scoring 8 goals and adding 10 assists for 18 points in 23 games.
2008-09: Nieto split time between the U.S. NTDP Under-17 and Under-18 squads this season. In 51 games for the U-17 team, he scored 20 goals and chipped in 33 assists for 53 points. In 13 games for the U-18 squad, Nieto scored 6 goals and added 8 assists for 14 points. Nieto earned the first of two consecutive gold medals at the U-18 World Junior Championship as a member of Team USA. In 7 games, he scored 4 goals and added 12 penalty minutes.
2009-10: Nieto split time between the U.S. squad playing in the USHL and the national program. In 24 USHL games, he scored 15 goals and added 14 assists for 29 points. In 54 games for the Under-18 team, Nieto scored 28 goals and added 26 assists for 54 points. He also picked up 1 goal in 3 games for the Under-17 squad. At the 2010 U-18 World Junior Championship, Nieto again earned a gold medal, scoring 1 goal and adding 3 assists for 4 points in 7 games.
2010-11: Nieto played his freshman season at Boston University. In 39 games, he scored 10 goals and added 13 assists for 23 points.
Video interview with Matt Nieto from the 2011 NHL Combine
