Nicolas Hague

This article is about the Canadian ice hockey player. For the American astronaut, see Nick Hague.

Nicolas Hague (born December 5, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hague was selected 34th overall by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2023.

Nicolas Hague
Hague with the Vegas Golden Knights during the 2024 Winter Classic
Born	(1998-12-05) December 5, 1998 (age 26) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight	230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Nashville Predators Vegas Golden Knights
NHL draft	34th overall, 2017 Vegas Golden Knights
Playing career	2018–present

Playing career

Hague with the Mississauga Steelheads in 2017.

Hague was drafted by the Mississauga Steelheads in the second round of the 2014 OHL Draft.^[1] Hague was later drafted 34th overall by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.^[2]

Hague signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Golden Knights on September 29, 2017, and attended their training camp before rejoining the Steelheads for the 2017–18 season.^[3] Following a 2017–18 season where Hague led his team in scoring and set a Steelhead single season record for defencemen (78 points), Hague was awarded the Max Kaminsky Trophy, which is awarded to the OHL's Most Outstanding Defenceman of the Year.^[4] On April 8, following the Steelheads elimination from the 2018 OHL Playoffs, the Golden Knights assigned him to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Chicago Wolves.^[5]

On January 21, 2020, Hague scored his first career NHL goal against the Boston Bruins on goaltender Jaroslav Halák.^[6]

With the Golden Knights becoming known for aggressively trading draft picks and drafted players, Hague was notably the only player drafted by the organization to play in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals.^[7] Hague scored a goal in the series-clinching Game 5 against the Florida Panthers to help the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup.^[8]

On June 30, 2025, Hague was traded to the Nashville Predators alongside a conditional third-round pick in 2027, in exchange for Jeremy Lauzon and Colton Sissons, subsequently signing a 4-year, $22 million extension with Nashville.^[9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014–15	Kitchener Dutchmen	GOJHL		43	3	8	11	70		10	3	9	12	20
2015–16	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL		66	14	10	24	84		7	0	2	2	13
2016–17	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL		65	18	28	46	107		18	1	11	12	19
2017–18	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL		67	35	43	78	105		6	0	4	4	12
2017–18	Chicago Wolves	AHL		5	0	1	1	7		3	0	0	0	4
2018–19	Chicago Wolves	AHL		75	13	19	32	38		22	4	7	11	31
2019–20	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		38	1	10	11	32		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Chicago Wolves	AHL		21	1	9	10	12		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		52	5	12	17	31		10	1	1	2	6
2021–22	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		52	4	10	14	38		—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		81	3	14	17	51		22	2	4	6	37
2023–24	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		73	2	10	12	43		1	0	0	0	0
2024–25	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL		68	5	7	12	40		11	0	2	2	9
NHL totals				364	20	63	83	235		44	3	7	10	52

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014	Canada White	U17	5th		5	2	0	2	4
2016	Canada	U18	4th		7	0	2	2	4
Junior totals					12	2	2	4	8

Awards and honors

Award	Year
OHL
Max Kaminsky Trophy	2017–18	[4]
NHL
Stanley Cup champion	2023	[10]