Scott Parker (ice hockey player)

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United StatesUnited States  Scott Parker Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 29, 1978
place of birth Hanford , California , USA
Nickname The sheriff, Shrek
size 198 cm
Weight 101 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 3rd round, 63rd position
New Jersey Devils
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 1st round, 20th position
Colorado Avalanche
Career stations
1995-1998 Kelowna Rockets
1998-2003 Colorado Avalanche
2003-2007 San Jose Sharks
2007-2008 Colorado Avalanche

Scott Parker (born January 29, 1978 in Hanford , California ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 313 games for the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League in the course of his active career between 1995 and 2008 Has contested the position of the right winger . Parker, of the type of player the Enforcers personified, won in the service of the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 the Stanley Cup .

Career

Parker began his career in the Western Hockey League with the Kelowna Rockets . After a decent rookie season with seven points and 159 penalty minutes in 64 games he chose the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 out in the third round of the 63rd place. The Californian then spent the next two years in Kelowna. In the 1997/98 season he posted career highs in the categories goals, assists and points. Since the Devils had not offered him a contract by then, Parker was in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft for the second time. This time the Colorado Avalanche selected him in the first round in position 20 and took him under contract.

In the 1998/99 season Parker was for the first time in the National Hockey League on the ice, but remained pointless in a total of 27 games. The American spent the end of the season and the entire following with the Avalanche farm team , the Hershey Bears , before playing the entire 2000/01 regular season and the start of the playoffs again in the NHL. There he won the Stanley Cup with Colorado that year . Another two seasons followed in Colorado until he was transferred to the San Jose Sharks on June 21, 2003 for a fifth-round draft pick in his home state of California . On March 11, 2006, Parker was suspended for two games because he wanted to jump over the Plexiglas gang between the team benches during a game against the Nashville Predators to beat defenseman Brendan Witt .

After numerous minor injuries and only a few stakes in the 2006/07 season , the San Jose Sharks transferred him back to the Colorado Avalanche on February 27, 2007. There he first spent the entire 2007/08 season and was used there a little more regularly than last time in San Jose. After the management of the Avalanche decided in November 2008 that Parker should appear again after a recovered injury in the American Hockey League with the Lake Erie Monsters , he refused. The Avalanche then terminated the contract with the striker due to insubordination . After spending over a season as a clubless player, Parker declared his playing career ended in September 2009.

Parker, who was very limited in his style of play and was considered an enforcer , was praised by his teammates primarily for his team-friendly character.

Achievements and Awards

Scott Parker's name on the Stanley Cup (3rd row from bottom, 1st name from left)

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Kelowna Rockets WHL 64 3 4th 7th 159 6th 0 0 0 12
1996/97 Kelowna Rockets WHL 68 18th 8th 26th 330 6th 0 2 2 4th
1997/98 Kelowna Rockets WHL 71 30th 22nd 52 243 7th 6th 0 6th 23
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 27 0 0 0 71 - - - - -
1998/99 Hershey Bears AHL 32 4th 3 7th 143 4th 0 0 0 6th
1999/00 Hershey Bears AHL 68 12 7th 19th 206 11 1 1 2 56
2000/01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 69 2 3 5 155 4th 0 0 0 2
2001/02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 63 1 4th 5 154 - - - - -
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 43 1 3 4th 82 1 0 0 0 2
2003/04 San Jose Sharks NHL 50 1 3 4th 101 - - - - -
2004/05 San Jose Sharks NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 San Jose Sharks NHL 10 1 0 1 38 - - - - -
2006/07 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 0 0 0 22nd - - - - -
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 10 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 25th 0 0 0 70 - - - - -
WHL overall 203 51 34 85 732 19th 6th 2 8th 39
AHL total 100 16 10 26th 349 15th 1 1 2 62
NHL overall 308 7th 14th 21st 699 5 0 0 0 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Parker, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanford , California, USA