Nick Abruzzese

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Born
1999 (27 years old)
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Slate Hill, United States

Position
Center

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
26

Height
178cm

Weight
174 lbs

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Ice Hockey

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Tampa Bay Lightning

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Nicholas Abruzzese (born June 4, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Growing up in New York, Abruzzese played for numerous junior hockey teams before joining the Chicago Steel in the United States Hockey League (USHL) from 2017 to 2019. During his time with the Steel, Abruzzese thrived under new coach Greg Moore and led the league in scoring with 80 points in 69 games. As such, he was named to the 2018–19 All-USHL First Team and was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2019 NHL entry draft.

Following the draft, Abruzzese joined the Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team from 2020 to 2022 while majoring in psychology. His freshman season was the best under coach Ted Donato as Abruzzese accumulated 14 goals and 30 assists for 44 points through 31 games. As a result of his play, Abruzzese was named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He was also selected for ECAC First All-Star Team, First Team All-Ivy, and All-Rookie Team. In March 2020, Abruzzese was also selected for the AHCA Second Team All-American. After being drafted, he played a number of years in the Maple Leafs organization before signing with Tampa Bay in 2025.