Nolan Pratt (born August 14, 1975, in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

[edit] Playing career

Nolan Pratt was selected in the 5th round, 115th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers from the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. Pratt made his NHL debut in the 1996–97 season with the Hartford Whalers, in the last year of the franchise. Pratt would then move with the team to the Carolina Hurricanes.

On June 24, 2000, he was traded along with a 2000 1st round pick (Vaclav Nedorost), a 2000 2nd round pick (Jared Aulin), and Philadelphia's 2nd round pick in 2000 (Argis Saviels) to Colorado for Sandis Ozolinsh and a second round pick (Tomas Kurka).^[1]

After the 2000–01 season, on June 24, 2001, Pratt was traded by the newly crowned Stanley Cup champions, the Colorado Avalanche, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2001 NHL Entry Draft 6th round pick (Scott Horvath).

Pratt would help the Lightning, in the 2003–04 season, win the Stanley Cup. This marked Pratt's second Cup win.

Pratt was signed as a free agent by the Buffalo Sabres on November 1, 2007.^[2] With the Sabres, Pratt was most often paired with Dmitri Kalinin.^[3]

On September 23, 2008, Pratt, a free agent, was invited to the Dallas Stars training camp however was released just three days later.^[4] With no other NHL opportunities, Pratt signed with Russian team Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL on October 10, 2008.^[5]

[edit] Awards and achievements

• 2000–01 NHL Stanley Cup (Colorado Avalanche)
• 2003–04 NHL Stanley Cup (Tampa Bay Lightning)

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nolan Pratt's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Nolan Pratt's NHL player profile
• Nolan Pratt at TSN.ca

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