As the hockey season is right around the corner icehockey.hu will be catching up with a number of players and coaches.
Krisztián Nagy really burst on to the Hungary hockey scene back in 2013 when he made the senior national team at the age of 18, after playing his first season with the MOL League side Miskolc. He had only just came back from playing in Finland and was on a student contract with Miskolc to keep his NCAA eligibility alive.
A lot has happened with him since the spring of 2013. He had an opportunity to try out for some teams in the NAHL and started the season with the Minot Minotours (6 points in 24 games). After a couple of smaller injuries he moved on to the El Paso Rhinos (26 in 15) of the WSHL where he was teamed up with fellow Hungarian Ádám Vay, and the Rhinos ended up winning the league title. Nagy made it back to the national team for a second World Championship run this past spring. At one point head coach Rich Chernomaz had Nagy centering the top line in an exhibition game before the Worlds, and he looked like it was second nature to him.
Nagy had a lot going during this past summer, during the off season he stayed in shape by training with his former youth team MAC Budapest and also played in the clubs colors in the inline championship. Just like the previous summer his goal was to play in the NAHL but an injury early in the camp ended that idea.
“Unfortunately I got injured at the beginning of the try outs and had troubles with the insurance so they told me I should go and play for another team but I said that I would rather come home,” said Nagy.
“I was keeping in touch with coach Gergely Majoross during the summer since he wanted me to play for his team from day one but I wanted to have the opportunity to try out overseas.”
In the end he decided to come back and play for Miskolc during the upcoming season. Like previously he is under a contract that keeps him eligible to play college hockey which is still very much his goal.
“My dream is the same, to play for an NCAA team which is quite possible because I'm still in contact with a few of them (schools) so im not burying it.”
Photo: László Mudra