Nick Bootland

Nick Bootland (born July 21, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He later served as the head coach and director of hockey operations of the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL, a position he has held from May 29, 2008. In August, 2022, it was announced that would be leaving to take the assistant coaching position with the Hershey Bears of the AHL. His brother, Darryl, played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings and New York Islanders.

Bootland was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 9th round (220th overall) of the 1996 NHL entry draft.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Guelph Storm OHL 64 8 7 15 90 16 1 0 1 21 1996–97 Guelph Storm OHL 64 35 23 58 117 18 11 7 18 36 1997–98 Guelph Storm OHL 64 23 37 60 128 13 7 6 13 22 1998–99 Hershey Bears AHL 62 3 6 9 122 — — — — — 1999–00 Hershey Bears AHL 59 5 13 18 108 14 2 2 4 26 2000–01 Hershey Bears AHL 71 6 8 14 110 12 1 3 4 2 2001–02 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 60 25 30 55 102 3 0 1 1 11 2001–02 Cleveland Barons AHL 19 2 3 5 15 — — — — — 2002–03 Cleveland Barons AHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2002–03 Hershey Bears AHL 16 1 0 1 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 54 19 24 43 114 15 10 7 17 10 2003–04 Columbus Stars UHL 34 21 17 38 17 — — — — — 2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 25 5 4 9 16 9 1 2 3 17 2003–04 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 17 6 9 15 47 — — — — — 2004–05 Cleveland Barons AHL 76 7 9 16 92 — — — — — 2005–06 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 76 39 39 78 133 13 10 6 16 16 2006–07 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 75 40 45 85 100 20 12 10 22 29 2007–08 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 73 46 36 82 71 — — — — — AHL totals 329 29 43 72 475 35 4 7 11 45