USA HOCKEY:
2010:
• Participated in the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, logging six points (3-3) in six games against teams from Finland, Sweden and the U.S.

COLLEGE HOCKEY:
2010-11:
• Playing freshman season at the University of North Dakota of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association

HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY:
2009-10:
• Voted most valuable player of Warroad (Minn.) High School after scoring 53 goals and adding 42 assists in 31 games
• Finalist for the Mr. Hockey Award as the top high school hockey player in Minnesota
• Scored the game-winning goal in the third overtime of the Minnesota Class A third-place game
2008-09:
• In 31 games with Warroad High School, earned MVP honors after scoring 45 goals and recording 31 assists

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
• Son of Roc and Jeri Nelson
• Selected in the first round (30th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders
• Uncle, Dave Christian, was a member of the “Miracle on Ice” 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team and enjoyed a long NHL career spanning over 1,000 games
• Grandfather, Billy Christian, and great uncle, Roger Christian, were members of the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team
• Great uncle, Gord Christian, won a silver medal as a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team