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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| team = [[Barys Astana]]
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| image = Nigel Dawes.png
| image_size = 
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 200
| ntl_team = KAZ
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|9}}
| birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| draft = 149th overall
| draft_year = 2003
| draft_team = [[New York Rangers]]
| career_start = 2004
| former_teams = [[New York Rangers]]<br />[[Phoenix Coyotes]]<br />[[Calgary Flames]]<br />[[Atlanta Thrashers]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]
}}

'''Nigel Alexander Dawes''' (born February 9, 1985) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i-[[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|winger]] for [[Barys Astana]] of the [[KHL]]. Before joining Barys, he played in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) for the [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Atlanta Thrashers]], [[Calgary Flames]], [[Phoenix Coyotes]] and [[New York Rangers]].

==Playing career==
Dawes played [[junior ice hockey]] for the [[Kootenay Ice]] in the [[Western Hockey League]]. In his first year, the Ice won the [[Memorial Cup]] after winning the [[Ed Chynoweth Cup|President's Cup]] as champions of the WHL.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1024857772091_20266972 | title=Kootenay down Tigres to win Memorial Cup | publisher=[[Canadian Press]] | date=2002-05-27 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> Dawes improved his play in his next two seasons in the WHL, and, for the [[2003–04 WHL season|2003–04 season]], he was named a first team All-Star in the Western Conference, the winner of the [[Brad Hornung Trophy]] (most sportsmanlike),<ref name="signing">{{cite news| url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=97136 | title=Rangers sign Nigel Dawes | publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN.ca]] | date=2004-09-01 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> and the Ice's [[Most Valuable Player|most valuable player]].

[[File:Dawes.jpg|thumb|left|Dawes with the Rangers]]
Dawes was drafted in the fifth round, 149th overall, in the [[2003 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Rangers]], after two seasons in the WHL. After three seasons of junior hockey and four games in the [[American Hockey League]] for the [[Hartford Wolf Pack]] at the end of the [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04 season]], the Rangers signed Dawes to his first professional contract on September 1, 2004, when he was 19 years old.<ref name="signing"/> Dawes went on to play another season with the Ice, recognized for his talent as a finalist for the [[Four Broncos Memorial Trophy]] (WHL player of the year), before breaking into the professional game in the AHL. Dawes finished his Kootenay Ice career as the franchise leader in goals, with 159 scored in 245 games.

Dawes scored his first NHL goal against [[Andrew Raycroft]] on October 21, 2006, in the Rangers 5–4 win over the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.10news.com/nhl133/10129252/detail.html | title=Shanahan's Shootout Goal Carries Rangers Past Leafs | publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]] | date=2006-10-21 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> After playing in seven games then being a healthy scratch for seven of the next eight, Dawes was sent down to play with the Wolf Pack for the rest of the [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142006/sports/rangers/rangers_give_darius_call_up_rangers_justin_terranova.htm |title=Rangers Give Darius Call-up |publisher=''[[New York Post]]'' |last=Terranova |first=Justin |date=2006-11-14 |accessdate=2008-07-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125174908/http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142006/sports/rangers/rangers_give_darius_call_up_rangers_justin_terranova.htm |archivedate=January 25, 2007 }}</ref> He returned to play in the Rangers' final game of the playoffs on May 6, 2007. Game six against the [[Buffalo Sabres]] in the [[2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs#(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers|Eastern Conference Semifinals]] was Dawes's first NHL playoff game. While Dawes was trying to block a shot, the first Sabres goal deflected off of his body to go into the net past goalie [[Henrik Lundqvist]]. The Rangers lost the game 5–4 to lose the series 4–2.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2862307 | title=It wasn't easy, but Sabres finish job in Game 6 | publisher=[[ESPN.com]] | last=Hradek | first=E.J. | date=2007-05-06 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref>

Over a year after his first goal, Dawes recorded his first NHL assist on a goal by [[Brandon Dubinsky]] against [[Marc-André Fleury]] on November 8, 2007. That goal was also Dubinsky's first NHL goal, scored in the Rangers 4–2 win against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/810869/ | title=Dubinsky scores first goal in Rangers 4-2 win | publisher=''[[Newsday]]'' | date=2007-11-09 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> Dawes seemed to have a decided advantage against [[New Jersey Devils]] goaltender [[Martin Brodeur]] during the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], scoring four of his 14 goals against Brodeur and getting into Brodeur's head by scoring a winning shootout goal on March 19, 2008,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2008-03-19-rangers-devils_N.htm | title=Rangers get sixth straight win over Devils | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | last=Podell | first=Ira | date=2008-03-20 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> which Brodeur later called lucky. However, Dawes had become a good shootout option for the Rangers, scoring four times on seven attempts at that point. During regular play, played as high as the second line at points during the 2007–08 season.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/sports/hockey/24rangers.html?ex=1364011200&en=6cbd1e1bf4287396&ei=5088 | title=A Rangers Rookie’s Stature Grows With Each Shootout Goal | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | last=Zinser | first=Lynn | date=2008-03-24 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref>

On July 16, 2008, Dawes re-signed with the Rangers to a one-year, $587,500 contract.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=243556 | title=Rangers agree to terms with free agent Dawes | publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN.ca]] | date=2008-07-16 | accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref>  On March 4, 2009, Dawes was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes along with [[Dmitri Kalinin]] and [[Petr Průcha]] for [[Derek Morris (ice hockey)|Derek Morris]].<ref name="dawestophoenix">{{cite news| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3952538 | title=Rangers trade for Antropov, Morris | publisher=[[ESPN|ESPN.com]] | date=2009-03-04 | accessdate=2009-03-04}}</ref> On July 16, 2009, Dawes was claimed off waivers by the Calgary Flames.<ref name="dawestocalgary">{{cite news| url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=442886 | title=Flames Acquire Forward Nigel Dawes | publisher=[[NHL|NHL.com]] | date=2009-07-16 | accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

On September 8, 2010, Dawes signed a 1 year two-way contract with the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] worth $600,000 in the NHL and $105,000 in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]]. He was traded on February 24, 2011, to the Montreal Canadiens, along with [[Brent Sopel]] for [[Ben Maxwell]] and a 4th-round pick in the [[2011 NHL Entry Draft]].

On May 31, 2011, Dawes left the NHL and signed a one-year contract with [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] based KHL team, Barys Astana.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeysverige.se/article/11865470/khl-lag-varvar-montrealduo | title = Astana recruit Montreal duo | publisher = ''hockeysverige.se'' | language = Swedish | date = 2011-05-31 | accessdate = 2011-06-01}}</ref> He has continued the relationship into the 2016-17 season.

==International play==
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|ice hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2004 Finland]]| }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005 USA]]| }}
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Dawes played for [[Canada]] in the [[2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] and [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], winning silver and gold medals, respectively. In 2004, Dawes led all players with six goals to go along with five assists in six games, tying for first with 11 points.<ref name="signing"/> Two goals and one assist came in the gold medal game against the [[United States]], after which Dawes was named as Canada's player of the game. He registered two goals and four assists in six games in 2005.

On March 24, 2016, the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] announced it had approved a request to allow Dawes, [[Brandon Bochenski]], and [[Dustin Boyd]] to play for [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]] at the [[2016 IIHF World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohockey.com/article/4453-iihf-gives-green-light-to-brandon-bochenski-nigel-dawes-and-dustin-boyd-to-play-for-kazakhstan.html|title=IIHF gives green light to Brandon Bochenski, Nigel Dawes and Dustin Boyd to play for Kazakhstan|author=Davide Tuniz|publisher=eurohockey.com|date=2016-03-24|accessdate=2016-03-24}}</ref> All three players received [[Kazakhs|Kazakhstani]] citizenship via [[naturalization]], making them eligible.<ref name="IIHF">{{cite web|last1=Nasilevich|first1=Alexander|title=Kazakhstan gets boost|url=http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/kazakhstan-gets-boost/|website=IIHF Worlds 2016|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=23 May 2016|date=25 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="post">{{cite web|last1=Dixon|first1=Ryan|title=Nigel Dawes at peace with post-NHL life in Kazakhstan|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nigel-dawes-peace-post-nhl-life-kazakhstan/|publisher=Sportsnet.ca|accessdate=23 May 2016|date=18 May 2016}}</ref>

==Personal==
His mother is [[Canada|Canadian]] and his father is [[Jamaica]]n.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.upi.com/topic/Nigel_Dawes/wiki/ | title=Nigel Dawes Wiki | publisher=[[United Press International]] }}</ref> He hails from the city of [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]].

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3"  bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5"                    | [[Playoffs]]
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2000–01||Winnipeg Warriors||MMMHL||36||55||41||96||74||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2001–02 WHL season|2001–02]]||[[Kootenay Ice]]||[[Western Hockey League|WHL]]||54||15||19||34||14||22||9||6||15||8
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2002–03 WHL season|2002–03]]||Kootenay Ice||WHL||72||47||45||92||54||11||4||8||12||6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 WHL season|2003–04]]||Kootenay Ice||WHL||56||47||23||70||31||4||1||2||3||10
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]]||[[Hartford Wolf Pack]]||[[American Hockey League|AHL]]||4||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004–05 WHL season|2004–05]]||Kootenay Ice||WHL||63||50||26||76||30||12||5||10||15||5
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005–06 AHL season|2005–06]]||Hartford Wolf Pack||AHL||77||35||32||67||21||13||6||6||12||9
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]||[[New York Rangers]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||8||1||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]]||Hartford Wolf Pack||AHL||65||27||33||60||29||7||5||6||11||9
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]]||Hartford Wolf Pack||AHL||20||14||20||34||2||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]||New York Rangers||NHL||61||14||15||29||10||10||2||2||4||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]]||New York Rangers||NHL||52||10||9||19||15||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2008–09||[[Phoenix Coyotes]]||NHL||12||0||2||2||0||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]||[[Calgary Flames]]||NHL||66||14||18||32||18||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2010-11 NHL season|2010–11]]||[[Atlanta Thrashers]]||NHL||9||0||1||1||0||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 AHL season|2010–11]]||[[Chicago Wolves]]||AHL||47||27||17||44||17||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2010–11||[[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]||AHL||19||14||14||28||7||20||14||8||22||8
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||NHL||4||0||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2011-12 KHL season|2011–12]]||[[Barys Astana]]||[[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]||52||16||17||33||34||7||1||2||3||2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012-13 KHL season|2012–13]]||Barys Astana||KHL||51||20||14||34||28||7||7||2||9||4
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2013-14 KHL season|2013–14]]||Barys Astana||KHL||54||26||23||49||18||7||2||2||4||4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]]||Barys Astana||KHL||60||32||24||56||48||7||4||3||7||10
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2015-16 KHL season|2015–16]]||Barys Astana||KHL||55||31||22||53||16||—||—||—||—||—
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 212
! 39
! 45
! 84
! 43
! 11
! 2
! 2
! 4
! 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | KHL totals
! 272
! 125
! 100
! 225
! 144
! 28
! 14
! 9
! 23
! 20
|}
===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 2002 World U-17 Hockey Challenge|2002
| Canada Western
| [[World U17 Hockey Challenge|U17]]
| 5th
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] 
| [[Canada national junior hockey team|Canada]] 
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| {{sica}}
| 6
| 6 
| 5 
| 11 
| 10
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] 
| Canada
| WJC
| {{goca}}
| 6
| 2
| 4 
| 6 
| 6 
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2016 IIHF World Championship|2016]]
| [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]]
| [[IIHF World Championships|WC]]
| 16th
| 7
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 4
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification|2016]]
| Kazakhstan
| [[Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification|OGQ]]
| NQ
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="4" | Junior totals 
! 17 
! 10
! 11
! 21
! 20
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="4" | Senior totals 
! 9
! 5
! 5
! 10
! 4
|}

== Awards and honours ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
!
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
|-
| West First All-Star Team
| [[2003-04 WHL season|2004]], [[2004-05 WHL season|2005]]
|
|-
| [[Brad Hornung Trophy]]
| 2004
|
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
|-
| [[AHL All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]
| [[2007-08 AHL season|2008]]
|
|-
| Second All-Star Team 
| [[2010–11 AHL season|2011]]
| <ref>{{citeweb| url = http://theahl.com/2010-11-first-and-second-all-stars-named-p170408&t=mobile_news_article&bblh=other | title = 2010-11 First and Second All-Stars named | publisher = ''[[American Hockey League]]'' | date = 2011-05-04 | accessdate = 2011-05-04}}</ref>
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| colspan="3" | [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
|-
| All-Star Game
| [[2014-15 KHL season|2015]], [[2015-16 KHL season|2016]]
|
|}

==See also==
*[[List of black ice hockey players]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{hockeydb|62489}}
*{{nhlprofile|8470741}}
*{{eliteprospects|9503}}

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