Nikos Tselios

Nikos Tselios (born January 20, 1979, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an American ice hockey defenseman. He is a cousin of long-time Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios.

=Playing career=

Tselios made his NHL debut with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2001-02 season. Those would be the only NHL games he would play as he spent the next four seasons playing in theminor 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.