The 25-year-old left winger, who can also play at center, spent the past season icing in the ECHL with Allen Americans and Cincinnati Cyclones, where across a total of 52 games he recorded 10 points (5G, 5A).
Born in Oakville, Ontario, Nick also had a loan spell in the AHL with Hershey Bears and iced for a total of five ECHL teams, including South Carolina Stingrays, Maine Mariners and Jacksonville Icemen.
Appearing in a total of 147 regular season ECHL games, the Canadian netted 47 points (22G, 25A) and also has his name on the OHL Gold Cup as he and his Mississauga Reps U16 team won the tournament back in 2014-2015, with Nick contributing three goals and a singular assist over four matches.
Nick, who stands at 6-foot and 3-inches tall, spent the two COVID-19 impacted campaigns with the University of Guelph in USports and due to the pandemic, his game time was limited to only six appearances.
Isaacson also played five seasons in Canada’s OHL with his time split between Peterborough Petes and Mississauga Steelheads, where he racked up 86 points (34G, 52A) across 240 matches.
LEFEBVRE ON ISAACSON
Once the deal was completed to make Isaacson a Star, Stars Director of Hockey Operations and Head Coach, Marc LeFebvre, said: “Nick is a big body that plays the game hard and brings more size, depth and sand paper to our lineup.
“He skates really well and is heavy on the forecheck, which takes away opponents time and space.
“He battles hard at the net front and will be an asset to us in many different areas, so I am excited to have him joining our group for this season.”
ISAACSON ON BECOMING A STAR
After he penned his first contract to play European hockey, Nick said: “I am super excited, hopefully we can have a really good season and I am excited to meet the rest of the team.
“Marc was great, I chatted to him a few times and he was very open and on honest with me, he told me a bit about the team and how they did last year but that we obviously want to improve this year.
“I was not sure what I wanted to do then this offer came up and I was super excited about it and from talking with Marc, everything sounded like it is a really nice place and I talked to a few friends who have played there in the past and they all loved their time there.
“I am super excited to meet all of you, I have heard the fans in Dundee are incredible and hopefully we can have a good regular season and make a playoff run.”
In his 12-year-career so far, Nick has featured in 468 matches, recorded 94 goals, 102 assists and collected 434 penalty minutes, while also playing in 16 playoff games, where he tallied 4 points (2G, 2A) and 11 penalty minutes.
Nick is our 12th signing of the summer and joins Drydn Dow, Jonathan McBean, Jarrett Fiske, Jackson Desouza, Craig Moore, Craig Garrigan, Keanu Yamamoto, Dominick Jaglar, Kris Inglis, Griffin Luce and Morten Jürgens on next season’s roster.
To see Nick’s career stats on Elite Prospects click HERE.
