Scott Walker (ice hockey player)
 Scott Walker 
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| Date of birth | 19th July 1973 |
| place of birth | Cambridge , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 178 cm |
| Weight | 89 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1993 , 5th lap, 124th position Vancouver Canucks |
| Career stations | |
| 1991-1993 | Owen Sound Platers |
| 1993-1994 | Hamilton Canucks |
| 1994-1995 | Syracuse crunch |
| 1995-1998 | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1998-2006 | Nashville Predators |
| 2006-2010 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2010 | Washington Capitals |
Scott Walker (born July 19, 1973 in Cambridge , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach and functionary, who has played 869 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Nashville Predators , Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals in the course of his active career of the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Walker celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 2005 World Cup . Since summer 2018 he has been Director of Player Development at Vancouver Canucks.
Career
Scott Walker began his career in 1991 with the Owen Sound Platers in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . After he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1993 in the fifth round at position 124 by the Vancouver Canucks , he played the following two years mainly in the second-rate American Hockey League for the farm teams of the Canucks.
In the 1995/96 season he was part of the Vancouver NHL squad for the first time . While he mainly showed his physically tough game there, he was able to prove his skills as a solid scorer after his move to the Nashville Predators , who had selected him in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft . He had his best season in 2003/04 when he scored 67 points with 25 goals and 42 assists.
In the summer of 2006, the Predators transferred him to the Carolina Hurricanes , where he was able to build on his good performance. After the 2006/07 season , he received a three-year contract extension. In March 2010 he was transferred to the Washington Capitals . After the 2009/10 season he ended his career as an active player.
On December 23, 2010, Walker was named the head coach of the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League . He filled this position until summer 2015, after which he bought the franchise . After his coaching activity in Guelph, he was hired by the Vancouver Canucks, where he was promoted to Director of Player Development in summer 2018 after three years as a development coach .
Achievements and Awards
- 1993 OHL Second All-Star Team
- 1995 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
- 2005 silver medal at the world championship
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1991/92 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 53 | 7th | 31 | 38 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 7th | 8th | ||
| 1992/93 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 57 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 110 | 8th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 16 | ||
| 1993/94 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 77 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 272 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25th | ||
| 1994/95 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 74 | 14th | 38 | 52 | 334 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 15th | 3 | 12 | 15th | 52 | 16 | 9 | 8th | 17th | 39 | ||
| 1995/96 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 63 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 137 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 64 | 3 | 15th | 18th | 132 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 164 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 71 | 15th | 25th | 40 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999/00 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 69 | 7th | 21st | 28 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 74 | 25th | 29 | 54 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001/02 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 28 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 60 | 15th | 18th | 33 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 75 | 25th | 42 | 67 | 94 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2004/05 | Cambridge Hornets | OHA | 5 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Dundas Real McCoys | Allan Cup | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005/06 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 33 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
| 2006/07 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 21st | 30th | 51 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 58 | 14th | 18th | 32 | 115 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15th | 39 | 18th | 1 | 6th | 7th | 19th | ||
| 2009/10 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2009/10 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| OHL total | 110 | 30th | 99 | 129 | 238 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| AHL total | 166 | 27 | 79 | 106 | 658 | 20th | 9 | 9 | 18th | 64 | ||||
| NHL overall | 829 | 151 | 246 | 397 | 1162 | 30th | 1 | 7th | 8th | 31 | ||||
International
Represented Canada to:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 1999 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| 2001 | Canada | WM | 5th place | 7th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 10 | |
| 2005 | Canada | WM |
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
| Men overall | 26th | 5 | 6th | 11 | 30th | ||||
( 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
- Scott Walker at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Scott Walker at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Scott Walker at hockeydb.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Walker, Scott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th July 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , Ontario |