Kyle Wilson (born December 15, 1984) is a

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former professional

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who played in the

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(NHL) with the

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Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...

and the

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. Wilson played collegiate hockey for Colgate University, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics.

Playing career

Kyle Wilson was selected in the ninth round, 272nd overall, by the

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in the

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. He made his NHL debut in 2009–10 season with the

where he scored 2 assists in 2 games and finished with a +1 rating. On July 2, 2010, Wilson signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He started the

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season with Columbus and after being scratched for the first 5 games he made his Blue Jackets debut on October 22 where he took 2 penalties and ended with a -2 in the first period during a 6-2 loss to Calgary. Wilson was moved to the fourth line taking the place of the injured Ethan Moreau and he picked up his first NHL goal on October 25 against

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of the

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. On July 5, 2011, Wilson signed a two-year contract with the

. The first season of the contract is worth $550,000 in the

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and $105,000 in the AHL. The second season is a one-way contract worth $550,000. After his first season with the Predators on June 15, 2012, Wilson was traded along with Anders Lindback and a seventh-round draft pick to the

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for

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, two second-round draft picks and a third-round draft pick. In the midst of a disappointing

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season scoring only 5 goals in 22 games with Lightning affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, Wilson was traded by Tampa Bay to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Dan Sexton on March 11, 2013. On June 12, 2013, Dinamo Riga of the

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(KHL) announced that they have signed a contract with Kyle Wilson. After spending the 2013-14 season in Riga, he split the following campaign between Dinamo and fellow KHL side

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. He started the 2015-16 campaign with

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of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and parted company with the team in December 2015. He then represented German team Adler Mannheim at the 2015

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, before signing a deal for the remainder of the season with the

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of the Swiss

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(NLA) in March 2016. As a free agent on July 21, 2016, Wilson moved to Germany to sign a one-year contract with Eisbären Berlin of the DEL.

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