Nikos Tselios

Nikos Tselios (born January 20, 1979, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is a former American ice hockey defenseman.

Playing career
Tselios made his NHL debut with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2001–02 season, playing two games. Those would be the only NHL games he would play as he spent the next four seasons playing in the minor leagues. In October 2005, Tselios signed with KalPa of the Finnish SM-liiga and played with them until January 31, 2006, when he moved to Swedish Färjestads BK. He scored his first goal at Färjestad on March 25 in the semifinal of the Swedish Championship against HV 71. He then played in the United Hockey League with the Chicago Hounds before returning to Sweden, signing with HK Örebro in the Swedish First Division, the country's third-tier level.

Personal
Nikos is a cousin of long-time NHL defenseman Chris Chelios and their last names are pronounced the same.

Career statistics
--- Regular Season ---  Playoffs Season  Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM -- 1996-97 Belleville Bulls            OHL    64    9   37   46   61   6   1   1   2   2 1997-98 Belleville Bulls            OHL    20    2   10   12   16  --  --  --  --  -- 1997-98 Plymouth Whalers            OHL    41    8   20   28   27  15   1   8   9  27 1998-99 Plymouth Whalers            OHL    60   21   39   60   60  11   4  10  14   8 1999-00 Cincinnati Cyclones         IHL    80    3   19   22   75  10   0   2   2   4 2000-01 Cincinnati Cyclones         IHL    79    7   18   25   98   5   0   3   3   0 2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes         NHL     2    0    0    0    6  --  --  --  --  -- 2001-02 Lowell Lock Monsters        AHL    70    3   16   19   64  --  --  --  --  -- 2002-03 Springfield Falcons         AHL    13    0    2    2   12   6   0   0   0   4 2002-03 Lowell Lock Monsters        AHL    61    4    8   12   65  --  --  --  --  -- 2003-04 Springfield Falcons         AHL    75    5    8   13  105  --  --  --  --  -- 2004-05 Springfield Falcons         AHL    35    3    6    9   37  --  --  --  --  -- 2004-05 Utah Grizzlies              AHL     5    1    1    2    4  --  --  --  --  -- 2005-06 KalPa Kuopio                FNL    21    0    2    2   67  --  --  --  --  -- 2005-06 Farjestads BK Karlstad      SEL     7    0    0    0   10  11   1   0   1  12 2006-07 Chicago Hounds              UHL     4    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  -- --