Kraig Nienhuis

Kraig Nienhuis (born May 9, 1961) is a Canadian-Austrian former professional ice hockey player who played 87 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) over parts of three seasons for the Boston Bruins. After three years at RPI, he was signed as a free agent by the Bruins in 1985. Nienhuis played in 13 leagues over the course of his career and enjoyed most of his success in Europe. After becoming an Austrian citizen, he played for the Austria national ice hockey team at the 1996 IIHF ice hockey world championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 Sarnia Bees WOHL 34 7 10 17 24 — — — — — 1981–82 Sarnia Bees WOHL — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 24 9 11 20 34 — — — — — 1983–84 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 35 10 12 22 26 — — — — — 1984–85 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 36 11 10 21 55 — — — — — 1985–86 Boston Bruins NHL 70 16 14 30 37 2 0 0 0 14 1986–87 Boston Bruins NHL 16 4 2 6 2 — — — — — 1986–87 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 54 10 17 27 44 — — — — — 1987–88 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Maine Mariners AHL 36 16 17 33 57 — — — — — 1988–89 ESV Kaufbeuren GER 35 23 28 51 80 — — — — — 1989–90 EHC Uzwil NLB 12 11 14 25 34 — — — — — 1989–90 EHC Chur NLB 6 8 9 17 11 — — — — — 1989–90 Mannheimer ERC GER 13 7 4 11 18 — — — — — 1990–91 Albany Choppers IHL 3 3 1 4 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Klagenfurter AC AUT 30 31 22 53 66 — — — — — 1991–92 Klagenfurter AC AUT 43 35 28 63 69 — — — — — 1992–93 Klagenfurter AC AUT 48 40 46 86 38 — — — — — 1993–94 Klagenfurter AC AUT 33 19 27 46 42 — — — — — 1994–95 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 36 53 38 91 93 — — — — — 1995–96 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 46 40 37 77 44 — — — — — 1996–97 Eisbären Berlin DEL 48 12 22 34 79 8 0 0 0 10 1997–98 Nottingham Panthers BISL 42 21 24 45 43 6 0 5 5 8 1998–99 Milano Vipers ITA 7 4 6 10 12 — — — — — 1998–99 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 29 15 22 37 12 7 3 4 7 4 1999–00 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 37 13 22 35 33 — — — — — 2000–01 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 16 9 10 19 28 — — — — — NHL totals 87 20 16 36 39 2 0 0 0 14