Scott Metcalfe Explained

Position:Centre
Played For:Nova Scotia Oilers
Rochester Americans
Edmonton Oilers
Buffalo Sabres
ES Weißwasser
Dynamo/Eisbären Berlin
Knoxville Cherokees
Hannover Scorpions
Sheffield Steelers
Adirondack IceHawks
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:200
Birth Date:January 6, 1967
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1987
Career End:2002
Draft:20th overall
Draft Year:1985
Draft Team:Edmonton Oilers

Scott Metcalfe (born January 6, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played 19 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Metcalfe was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began his junior career playing with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 1983 to 1986, playing in 192 games, scoring 213 points (88 goals and 125 assists), and added 3 goals and 6 assists in 10 playoff games, before being traded to the Windsor Spitfires for the 1986–87 season, for whom he played 57 games, with 25 goals and 57 assists, plus 5 goals and 5 assists in 13 playoff games. He also played for Team Canada at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, scoring 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in six games. Metcalfe was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with their first pick, 20th overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Metcalfe began the 1987–88 season with the Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he had 28 points (9G-19A) in 43 games, and played 2 games with Edmonton, scoring no points, before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres, along with the Oilers' ninth-round draft pick in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, for Steve Dykstra and the Sabres' seventh-round pick in the 1989 NHL Draft, on February 11, 1988. Metcalfe spent the majority of his time in the Sabres system with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, scoring 15 points (2G-13A) in 22 games, and he played a single game with the Sabres, picking up his first NHL point, an assist. He chipped in with 4 points (1G-3A) in 7 playoff games with Rochester.

Metcalfe spent most of the 1988–89 season with Rochester, picking up 51 points (20G-31A) in 60 games, along with 241 penalty minutes, and he played 9 games in Buffalo, earning 2 points (1G-1A). He once again split his playing time between Rochester and Buffalo in 1989–90, scoring 29 points (12G-17A) in 43 games in Rochester, and no points in 7 games with the Sabres. Metcalfe recorded an assist in 2 playoff games with Rochester. He spent the entire 1990–91 season with the Americans, scoring 39 points (17G-22A) in 69 games, and had 5 points (4G-1A) in 14 post-season games.

In 1991–92, Metcalfe played for EHC Dynamo Berlin in Germany, picking up 35 points (19G-16A) in 25 games. He played the 1992–93 season with ES Weißwasser, also in Germany, scoring 7 points (4G-3A) in 8 games, before moving to Eisbären Berlin for the rest of the season, with 25 points (8G-17A) in 27 games. Metcalfe would get 4 points (2G-2A) in 4 playoff games.

He returned to North America in 1993–94 and played for the Knoxville Cherokees of the ECHL, scoring 81 points (25G-56A) in 56 games, and added an assist in 3 playoff games. He also spent 16 games with the Rochester Americans, earning 12 points (5G-7A), and 1 goal in 4 playoff games.

Metcalfe continued playing for the Americans from 1994 to 1998, recording 55 points (19G-36A) in 63 games in 1994–95, and 2 points (1G-1A) in 5 playoff games, then had a 45-point season (21G-24A) in 71 games in 1995–96, and then had his best playoff performance with 14 points (6G-8A) in 19 games. His best season was in 1996–97, registering 70 points (32G-38A) in 80 games, and he added 4 points (1G-3A) in 10 playoff games. Metcalfe's production slipped in 1997–98 to 33 points (9G-24A) in 75 games, and he went pointless in 4 playoff games.

Metcalfe returned to Germany in 1998–99, playing for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), earning 32 points (11G-21A) in 50 games. He returned to the Scorpions for the 1999–2000 season, picking up 28 points (10G-18) in 61 games. In 2000–01, Metcalfe joined the Sheffield Steelers of the Ice Hockey Superleague in Great Britain, getting 23 points (8G-15A) in 49 games, along with 9 points (7G-2A) in 11 playoff games.

He returned to North America once again in 2001–02, but only played in 3 games with the Adirondack IceHawks of the United Hockey League (UHL), scoring no points, and retired from hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1983–84Kingston CanadiansOHL68 25 49 74 154
1984–85Kingston CanadiansOHL58 27 33 60 100
1985–86Kingston CanadiansOHL66 36 43 79 21310 3 6 9 21
1986–87Kingston CanadiansOHL39 15 45 60 104
1986–87 Windsor Compuware SpitfiresOHL18 10 12 22 5213 5 5 10 27
1987–88Edmonton OilersNHL2 0 0 0 0
1987–88Nova Scotia OilersAHL43 9 19 28 87
1987–88Buffalo SabresNHL1 0 1 1 0
1987–88Rochester AmericansAHL22 2 13 15 567 1 3 4 24
1988–89Buffalo SabresNHL9 1 1 2 13
1988–89Rochester AmericansAHL60 20 31 51 241
1989–90Buffalo SabresNHL7 0 0 0 5
1989–90Rochester AmericansAHL43 12 17 29 932 0 1 1 0
1990–91Rochester AmericansAHL69 17 22 39 17714 4 1 5 27
1991–92EHC Dynamo BerlinGER-225 19 16 35 83
1992–93Eisbären BerlinGER27 8 17 25 454 2 2 4 8
1992–93ES WeißwasserGER-28 4 3 7 4
1993–94Knoxville CherokeesECHL56 25 56 81 1363 0 1 1 20
1993–94Rochester AmericansAHL16 5 7 12 164 1 0 1 31
1994–95Rochester AmericansAHL63 19 36 55 2165 1 1 2 4
1995–96Rochester AmericansAHL71 21 24 45 22819 6 8 14 23
1996–97Rochester AmericansAHL80 32 38 70 20510 1 3 4 18
1997–98Rochester AmericansAHL75 9 24 33 1924 0 0 0 0
1998–99Hannover ScorpionsDEL50 11 21 32 126
1999–00Hannover ScorpionsDEL49 8 12 20 69
2000–01Sheffield SteelersGBR46 8 14 22 917 0 2 2 4
2001–02Adirondack IceHawksUHL3 0 0 0 0
AHL totals542 146 231 377 151165 14 17 31 127
NHL totals19 1 2 3 18