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Small but smart. One of the lowest players in the NHL has ended his career

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American hockey striker Nathan Gerbe ended his active career at the age of 35. During this, he played a total of 446 games in the NHL, in which he collected 155 points. With a body height of 163cm, he was the shortest player in postwar NHL history.

In 2005 he was drafted from 142nd place by the Buffalo Sabers club, in whose organization he worked until 2013. He subsequently wore the Carolina Hurricanes jersey for three seasons. In 2016 he moved to Europe and played 49 games for Swiss club Servette Geneva. Since 2017 he has worked in the Columbus Blue Jackets organization, for which he played 43 games, but played mainly on the farm in the AHL, where he was the captain of the Cleveland Monsters team.

In the NHL, he achieved a balance of 66 goals and 89 assists. He represented Canada in four leagues for players under 18 respectively. 20 years. He has a gold and a silver medal in the “nineteenth century”, and he won a bronze in the “twenties”. After his playing career, he will work at the Nashville Predators club as a development coach specializing in strikers.

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