Former Anaheim Ducks Player Nic Kerdiles Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Kerdiles, once engaged to reality television’s Savannah Chrisley, ran a stop sign and crashed into a BMW early Saturday, police in Nashville, Tennessee, said.
Nic Kerdiles, a former Anaheim Ducks player, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Nashville, Tennessee, early Saturday morning. He was 29 years old.
Metro Nashville Police identified Kerdiles as the motorcyclist killed after colliding with an SUV at the intersection of 14th Avenue North and Wheless Street around 3:30 a.m.
A preliminary investigation shows that Kerdiles was driving his Indian Motorcycle west on Wheless Street when he ran a stop sign and struck the driver’s side of a BMW SUV. Police say there were no signs of impairment from either driver.
Kerdiles was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died.
Kerdiles was drafted by the Ducks in the second round of the 2012 NHL Draft. He played two seasons with the Ducks between 2016 and 2018. He also played for the Manitoba Moose, the minor league affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, in 2018-19.
Kerdiles was a native of Irvine, California, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he played hockey for the Badgers.
