Scottie Upshall

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Scottie Upshall
Date of birth October 7, 1983
place of birth Fort McMurray , Alberta , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st round, 6th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2000-2003 Kamloops Blazers
2003-2007 Nashville Predators
2007-2009 Philadelphia Flyers
2009-2011 Phoenix Coyotes
2011 Columbus Blue Jackets
2011-2015 Florida panthers
2015-2018 St. Louis Blues
2019-2020 HC Ambrì-Piotta

Scott Upshall (born October 7, 1983 in Fort McMurray , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 813 games for the Nashville Predators , Philadelphia Flyers , Phoenix Coyotes , Columbus Blue Jackets , Florida between 2000 and 2018 Panthers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . At club level, Upshall celebrated by winning the Calder Cupof the American Hockey League in 2004 in the service of the Milwaukee Admirals his greatest career success, while he won the silver medal in the jersey of the Canadian national team at the 2009 World Cup .

Career

The 1.83 m tall right winger began his career in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the McMurray Oil Barons and the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League , before finishing sixth overall in the first round of the Nashville Predators in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft was selected from the National Hockey League .

Since the Blazers had said goodbye to the WHL play-offs early on , the left-handed shooter completed his first NHL game for the Predators against the San Jose Sharks on April 27, 2003 - during the 2002/03 season . During his entire time in Nashville, Upshall was also repeatedly used by the Predators' farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals , in the American Hockey League . With the Admirals, he won the Calder Cup , the championship of the AHL in 2004 , although he had missed large parts of the season due to a knee injury. After the Nashville Predators were eliminated very early in the 2005/06 season from the NHL playoffs, he reached the Calder Cup final again with the Admirals, but this time they failed with two to four games at the Hershey Bears .

In the following season Upshall started as a player in the Predators' regular squad, but a groin injury threw him back very early, so that after his recovery he was only on the ice for the Admirals. On February 15, 2007, the Canadian was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Peter Forsberg from Sweden, along with Ryan Parent and one first-round and one third-round option in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft . He scored his first goal for the Flyers on his debut against the New York Rangers on February 17, the second followed two days later in the game against the Boston Bruins . The striker stayed in Philadelphia for two years and was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Daniel Carcillo as part of the trade deadline in March 2009 with a second-round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft .

The Canadian also played in the service of the Coyotes for almost exactly two years, as he was transferred to the Columbus Blue Jackets on February 28, 2011 - again shortly before the trade deadline - together with Sami Lepistö against Rostislav Klesla and Dane Byers . There he fulfilled his contract, which expired in the summer. On July 1, 2011, the free agent was signed by the Florida Panthers and played there for the next four years. After his contract was not renewed after the 2014/15 season , he joined the St. Louis Blues on a trial basis (professional tryout contract) in September 2015 . After preparing for the season, the Canadian signed a fixed one-year contract there, which was extended for another year the following summer. In September 2017 he ended up with the Vancouver Canucks via a new trial contract , but was again signed by St. Louis at the end of September. At the end of the 2017/18 season, his contract was again not renewed.

After being without a club in the 2018/19 season, Upshall signed a provisional contract with HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss National League in November 2019 . This was not renewed after the turn of the year, before the Canadian announced the official end of his active career in February 2020.

International

Scottie Upshall played for both the Canadian U18 and U20 national teams, with the latter winning silver medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Championships . In addition, he represented his home country at the 2009 World Cup , where he also won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2003 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2009 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Kamloops Blazers WHL 70 42 45 87 111 4th 0 2 2 10
2001/02 Kamloops Blazers WHL 61 32 51 83 139 4th 1 2 3 21st
2002/03 Kamloops Blazers WHL 42 25th 31 56 113 6th 0 2 2 34
2002/03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 1 0 1 2 6th 0 0 0 2
2002/03 Nashville Predators NHL 8th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 31 13 11 24 42 8th 3 0 3 4th
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 7th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 62 19th 27 46 108 5 2 2 4th 8th
2005/06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 23 17th 16 33 44 14th 6th 10 16 20th
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 48 8th 16 24 34 2 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 5 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 14th 2 1 3 18th - - - - -
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18th 6th 7th 13 8th - - - - -
2007/08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 61 14th 16 30th 74 17th 3 4th 7th 44
2008/09 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 55 7th 14th 21st 63 - - - - -
2008/09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 19th 8th 5 13 26th - - - - -
2009/10 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 49 18th 14th 32 50 - - - - -
2010/11 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 61 16 11 27 42 - - - - -
2010/11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 21st 6th 1 7th 10 - - - - -
2011/12 Florida panthers NHL 26th 2 3 5 29 7th 1 2 3 4th
2012/13 Florida panthers NHL 27 4th 1 5 25th - - - - -
2013/14 Florida panthers NHL 76 15th 22nd 37 73 - - - - -
2014/15 Florida panthers NHL 63 8th 7th 15th 28 - - - - -
2015/16 St. Louis Blues NHL 70 6th 8th 14th 44 17th 1 2 3 10
2016/17 St. Louis Blues NHL 73 10 8th 18th 45 11 0 0 0 8th
2017/18 St. Louis Blues NHL 63 7th 12 19th 46 - - - - -
2018/19 without a contract not played
2019/20 HC Ambrì-Piotta NL 12 4th 3 7th 51 - - - - -
WHL overall 173 99 127 226 363 14th 1 6th 7th 65
AHL total 123 50 55 105 202 33 11 12 23 34
NHL overall 759 138 147 285 615 54 5 8th 13 66

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada Pacific U17-WHC 3rd place, bronze 5 4th 4th 8th 16
2002 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 3 3 6th 10
2003 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 4th 1 5 18th
2009 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 0 1 1 27
Juniors overall 18th 11 8th 9 44
Men overall 8th 0 1 1 27

( 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 : Scottie Upshall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sportingnews.com, Blue Jackets acquire Upshall, Lepisto
personal data
SURNAME Upshall, Scottie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Upshall, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort McMurray , Alberta