Ahren Spylo

Ahren Spylo (né Nittel; born December 6, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Davos in the National League.

Playing career Born in Waterloo, Ontario to a German mother and Canadian father, Nittel (at the time) played junior hockey for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. His play attracted the attention of the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, who drafted him in the third round, 85th overall in the 2002 NHL entry draft. In his final junior season of 2002-03, he was traded to the Oshawa Generals of the OHL.

After spending most of three pro seasons with the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League, he began playing in Europe and adopted his father's name, "Spylo." Since 2006, he has played for several teams in the Nationalliga A in Switzerland, Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, and the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia.

As a member of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, he was named the Hockey News player of the month in September 2007. He was also selected for the 2008 DEL All-Star Game.

In his third season with EHC Biel, Spylo was selected to participate in the Spengler Cup, representing Canada.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Streetsville Derbys OPJHL 11 1 5 6 10 — — — — — 2000–01 Windsor Spitfires OHL 46 6 4 10 56 7 3 1 4 16 2001–02 Windsor Spitfires OHL 52 19 11 30 100 9 4 1 5 23 2002–03 Windsor Spitfires OHL 22 5 4 9 30 — — — — — 2002–03 Oshawa Generals OHL 20 15 7 22 25 13 5 2 7 10 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 42 4 3 7 24 — — — — — 2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 50 25 11 36 18 — — — — — 2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 45 14 11 25 51 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Davos NLA 17 1 4 5 30 — — — — — 2006–07 SC Langnau NLA 3 2 1 3 8 — — — — — 2006–07 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NLA 4 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Hamburg Freezers DEL 13 5 1 6 8 7 2 2 4 18 2007–08 Sinupret Ice Tigers DEL 56 41 23 64 56 5 2 2 4 20 2008–09 Vityaz Chekhov KHL 28 12 7 19 59 — — — — — 2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Adler Mannheim DEL 34 14 17 31 50 2 1 1 2 0 2010–11 EHC Biel NLA 49 19 19 38 40 — — — — — 2011–12 EHC Biel NLA 45 15 15 30 43 5 4 0 4 18 2012–13 EHC Biel NLA 9 4 2 6 20 — — — — — 2013–14 EHC Biel NLA 47 16 22 38 30 — — — — — 2014–15 EHC Biel NLA 45 20 11 31 58 7 1 1 2 6 2015–16 EHC Biel NLA 35 10 12 22 8 — — — — — 2016–17 HC Davos NLA 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — NLA totals 257 89 86 175 241 12 5 1 6 24 AHL totals 137 43 25 68 93 — — — — —