Scottie Upshall
Scottie Upshall ( born October 7, 1983 in Fort McMurray, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League since July 2011.
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Playing career
The 1.83 m wide right- winger began his career in the Alberta Junior Hockey League in the McMurray Oil Barons as well as the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League before the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 as sixth in the first round by the Nashville Predators has been selected.
Since the Blazers had adopted early in the play-offs of the WHL, the links Sagittarius completed on 27 April 2003, ie even during the 2002/ 03 season, his first NHL game for the Predators against the San Jose Sharks. Throughout his time in Nashville Upshall came again and again in the AHL farm team the Predators, the Milwaukee Admirals, the vigor with which he Calder Cup, the championship could win the AHL, 2004. After the Nashville Predators were eliminated in the 2005/06 season very early in the NHL play-offs, he reached with the Admirals again the Calder Cup final, but this time it failed with two to four games to the Hershey Bears.
In the following season Upshall started as a player in the main squad of Predators, a groin injury knocked him back, however, very early, so he stood after his recovery again just for the Admirals on the ice. On 15 February 2007 the Canadians along with Ryan Parent and a first-round and a conditional third-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 was transferred in exchange for the NHL superstar Peter Forsberg to the Philadelphia Flyers. Even in his debut against the New York Rangers on February 17, he scored his first goal for the Flyers, the second two days later in the game against the Boston Bruins.
On 28 August 2011, shortly before the trade deadline, the Coyotes traded him along with Sami Lepisto Rostislav Klesla and Dane Byers from the Columbus Blue Jackets.
On 1 July 2011, Upshall was taken from the Florida Panthers under contract.
Internationally
Scottie Upshall played both for the Canadian U-18 as well as for the U20 national team, with the latter he won at the World Championships of 2002 and 2003 the silver medal.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 WHL All- Rookie Team
- 2001 Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
- 2001 CHL All- Rookie Team
- 2001 CHL Rookie of the Year
- 2002 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2002 WHL West Second All-Star Team
- 2004 Calder Cup win with the Milwaukee Admirals
Internationally
- 2002 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2003 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 Junior World Cup 2002
- U20 Junior World Championship 2003
- World Cup 2009
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Private life
Upshall is the Total College Sports hostess and former presenter Melanie Collins romantically involved.