Nic Platter Signs With Carolina

Official Press Release

RailHawks sign GK Platter
Platter has spent the last five seasons with Minnesota

CARY, N.C. (March 1, 2025) - The Carolina RailHawks today announced the signing of goalkeeper Nic Platter.

“It was just a fantastic opportunity to come to the RailHawks,” Platter said. “I’m coming to a great organization with a very good coach, and it’s a good opportunity for me to get better as a goalkeeper. I want to win a championship, and I think this organization has shown it’s dedicated to doing that.”

Platter comes to the RailHawks after five seasons with the Minnesota Thunder. Upon becoming the No. 1 goalkeeper in 2008, Platter played 58 of the Thunder’s 60 games over the next two seasons. In 2008, he backstopped the Thunder to the USL First Division playoffs with 107 saves and seven shutouts. In 2009, he ranked second among USL-1 goalkeepers in minutes played (2,520) and third in saves (115), and he had six shutouts. During his five seasons with the Thunder, Platter appeared in 83 matches, with 18 shutouts and a 1.36 goals against average.

Platter played collegiately at the University of California-Davis, where he still holds school records for career shutouts (17) and saves (195) and his 1.01 goals against average rates third all-time.

“Over the last couple seasons, I feel like Nic’s one of the better keepers in our league,” said Carolina coach Martin Rennie. “At times, he kept Minnesota in games. He’s been put under a lot of pressure, so he’s a guy who’s got a lot of experience in the league. He’s a good athlete, and someone we hopefully will help improve. He’s going to help us. Now we have another quality goalkeeper to push Eric Reed, and we feel like we’ve got two guys who are going to be competing really hard.”