Scott Mellanby

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Scott Mellanby
Date of birth June 11, 1966
place of birth Montréal , Québec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 2nd round, 27th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1984-1986 University of Wisconsin – Madison
1986-1991 Philadelphia Flyers
1991-1993 Edmonton Oilers
1993-2001 Florida panthers
2001-2004 St. Louis Blues
2004-2007 Atlanta Thrashers

Scott Edgar Mellanby (born June 11, 1966 in Montréal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach as well as current official who played 1565 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Edmonton Oilers , Florida during his active career between 1984 and 2007 Panthers , St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers played in the National Hockey League on the right winger position . Mellanby, who embodied the grinder player type , was team captain of the Florida Panthers for four years and the Atlanta Thrashers for two years.

Career

Scott Mellanby began his career in the MTJHL and was selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round at position 27. He then went to the University of Wisconsin – Madison , where he played for their ice hockey team for two years. At the end of the sophomore year he came to his first two appearances in the National Hockey League .

Mellanby (right) is following Stephen Weiss

From the 1986/87 season he was a regular for the Flyers and was able to move into the Stanley Cup finals with them that season , where they were subject to the Edmonton Oilers . In the 1989/90 season he occurred for a long time because he was seriously injured in a bar fight when he wanted to help a friend. With a broken beer bottle, he made a deep cut in his arm that severed four tendons, a nerve, and an artery. In the hospital, permanent damage could be prevented with an operation, but Mellanby was on the verge of having his arm amputated.

In 1991 he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers, for whom he played two years. In the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft , he was not banned by the Oilers, so he was selected by the Florida Panthers . There he had the best time of his career. He became a crowd favorite when he killed a rat with his hockey stick in the team dressing room. When it became public, fans threw plastic rats on the ice every time the Panthers scored. The best season of his career Mellanby had in the 1995/96 season when he scored 70 points and came with the Panthers to the Stanley Cup final, where they lost to the Colorado Avalanche . He also got his first and only participation in the NHL All-Star Game .

In 1997 he became team captain of the Panthers and remained so until he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in 2001 . After his point yield went downhill over the years, he was able to pull himself up again in St. Louis and achieved another 57 points in 2002/03 . After the failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , he did not receive a new contract from the Blues, which is why he moved to the Atlanta Thrashers , who named him directly as team captain. In the summer of 2006 he received a new one-year contract in Atlanta. In the 2006/07 season , Mellanby again showed a solid performance with 36 points and, together with his young teammates, such as Marián Hossa , Ilja Kowaltschuk and Kari Lehtonen , led the Thrashers into the playoffs for the first time in their history. But there they were clearly defeated by the New York Rangers in four games. A few weeks later, Mellanby ended his career at the age of 40. At the end of his career, he was among the active players with 1,431 games, the second most games. Despite the large number of games played, he could never win the Stanley Cup. Only Mike Gartner (1,432 games) and Phil Housley (1,495 games) were more often in the NHL without having won the Stanley Cup.

After retiring, Mellanby worked as an expert on the ice hockey show Hockey Night in Canada during the 2007/08 season , which his father Ralph Mellanby ran for a long time as executive producer. In May 2008, Mellanby joined the Vancouver Canucks where he was an advisor to General Manager Mike Gillis . On June 1, 2010 it was announced that he will take over the position of assistant coach at his former club, the St. Louis Blues, from the 2010/11 season. Together with the two ice hockey goalkeepers Olaf Kölzig and Byron Dafoe , he is a founding member of Athletes Against Autism , an organization of athletes who are affected by autism in their families or friends . Mellanby's son Carter has a developmental disorder. After working as a scout and consultant for the Vancouver Canucks after his year at HNIC , he worked as an assistant coach for his ex-team from St. Louis between 2010 and 2012. Since 2012 he has been working for the Canadiens de Montréal from his hometown. Initially he was Director of Player Personnel there for two years and has been Assistant General Manager since 2014.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 40 14th 24 38 60
1985/86 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 32 21st 23 44 89
1985/86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 11 21st 32 94 24 5 5 10 46
1987/88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 25th 26th 51 185 7th 0 1 1 16
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 21st 29 50 183 19th 4th 5 9 28
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 57 6th 17th 23 77 - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 20th 21st 41 155 - - - - -
1991/92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 23 27 50 197 16 2 1 3 29
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 69 15th 17th 32 147 - - - - -
1993/94 Florida panthers NHL 80 30th 30th 60 149 - - - - -
1994/95 Florida panthers NHL 48 13 12 25th 90 - - - - -
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 79 32 38 70 160 22nd 3 6th 9 44
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 82 27 29 56 170 5 0 2 2 4th
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 79 15th 24 39 127 - - - - -
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 67 18th 27 45 85 - - - - -
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 77 18th 28 46 126 4th 0 1 1 2
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 40 4th 9 13 46 - - - - -
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 23 7th 1 8th 25th 15th 3 3 6th 17th
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 64 15th 26th 41 93 10 7th 3 10 18th
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 26th 31 57 176 6th 0 1 1 10
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 68 14th 17th 31 76 4th 0 1 1 2
2004/05 Atlanta Thrashers NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 71 12 22nd 34 55 - - - - -
2006/07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 69 12 24 36 63 4th 0 0 0 4th
NCAA overall 72 35 47 82 149
NHL overall 1431 364 476 840 2479 134 24 29 53 220

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 6th 4th 9 6th
Juniors overall 7th 6th 4th 9 6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Scott Mellanby  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ blues.nhl.com, Mellanby Hired as Assistant Coach
personal data
SURNAME Mellanby, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mellanby, Scott Edgar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Québec