About Nigel Dawes
Nigel Alexander Dawes (born February 9, 1985) is a Canadian–Kazakhstani former professional ice-hockey winger. He played 212 games in five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, and Montreal Canadiens. After leaving the NHL, Dawes became known as a goalscorer in Europe particularly in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Barys Astana, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Ak Bars Kazan scoring 267 goals and 505 points in 543 games in the KHL - making him fifth all-time in KHL point scoring and second in goals. Dawes played for the Kootenay Ice in the Western Hockey League, with Kootenay he was part of the team that won the 2002 Memorial Cup. He was also part of Team Canada's IIHF World Junior Championship teams of 2004 and 2005, winning Gold at the latter. He spent his senior hockey career on the Kazakhstani national team, after earning naturalization status in the country. Dawes scored his first NHL goal against Andrew Raycroft on October 21, 2006, in the Rangers 5–4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Game six against the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Semifinals was Dawes's first NHL playoff game. In his first year, the Ice won the 2002 Memorial Cup after winning the President's Cup as champions of the WHL.
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