Skellefteå AIK Re-Sign Vipers Alumni Nowick:

Skellefteå AIK has re-signed former Vernon Vipers forward Darren Nowick.

Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey (SHL) club from Skellefteå, Sweden. The SHL is the highest level of ice hockey in Sweden.

Nowick split last season between Västerviks IK & Skellefteå AIK. Västerviks IK is a Swedish ice hockey club, based in Västervik. The club, founded in 1971, had spent decades yo-yoing between the third and fourth tiers of Swedish ice hockey.

After playing four years at Northern Michigan University Nowick signed his first professional contract with the ECHL Missouri Mavericks March 16 2016. From 2016-2018 Nowick spent three seasons playing in the American Hockey League & ECHL with three different teams ( Missouri-Kansas City Mavericks, Stockton Heat and Bridgeport Sound Tigers) before signing with Västerviks IK in May 2019.

Nowick played two years in Vernon (2010-2012) played in 109 games with the Vipers collected (36-goals-50-assists-86-points). 

Darren Nowick's Player Profile:

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=93823

This was posted on the Skelleftea AIK website:

https://www.skellefteaaik.se/

Nowick has extended

July 29 2020

He joined in fantastic February and made it even more memorable with his sacrificial style of play. We will now see more of this as he has extended his contract until 2022. 'The supporters and the city in general are outstanding so it was a no-brainer to sign,' said Darren Nowick.

Nowick was brought in from Västervik just before the transfer window closed in mid-February. He quickly left an imprint with his large work capacity and frenetic forechecking. Now it is clear that the forward will be skellefteå AIK faithful for two more seasons.

'It feels amazing! Just being there last season was a great experience and I just have great things to say about the organization. 'The supporters and the city in general are outstanding so it was a no-brainer to sign an extension,' said Darren.

'Made a very good impression'

He came into the team quickly and accounted for 4 points in the 11 games he made in the black and yellow jersey 19/20.

– I'm pretty happy with what I had time to accomplish and to get another two years to build on this group feels incredibly exciting. I'm really looking forward to it.

GM Forssell is pleased to retain the hard-working American who joins in mid-September.

– We're glad we've put together a solution with Darren over two years. He made a very good impression during the short time he was here, both as a player and as a person. He is useful in many ways but I think his intensity and forechecking is what stands out the most,' says Erik.

The new contract with Darren Nowick extends over the 2021/2022 season.