Just months after playing in the Stanley Cup final with the San Jose Sharks, local native Nick Spaling has signed on to play hockey in Switzerland next season.
Various media outlets reported last week that Spaling, 27, has signed a one-year contract with Geneve-Servette HC of the Swiss-A league.
The team confirmed the signing via twitter and the forward is listed on the team’s roster on its website.
Spaling collected 52 goals and 124 points playing in 437 career NHL games over seven seasons with teams in Nashville, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and San Jose.
Spaling, who began last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, joined the Sharks in a Feb. 22 trade.
Prior to the trade, Spaling had recorded one goal and six assists in 35 games with Toronto. During the rest of the regular season in San Jose he added two goals and four assists in 23 games.
Spaling came within two wins of having his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup last spring.
He played in all 24 playoff games with the Sharks, recording an assist and six penalty minutes and playing a prominent role on the team’s penalty killing unit. The Sharks were eliminated in the final series in six games by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
