Scott Barney

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image= Scott Barney.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Los Angeles Kings
Atlanta Thrashers
Augsburger Panther
SaiPa
BK Mlada Boleslav
HPK
HC Thurgau
Dornbirner EC
High1
HC Valpellice
EHC Lustenau
China Dragon
Anyang Halla

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 29th overall

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_team = Los Angeles Kings

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2018

}}

Scott Barney (born March 27, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward, who played 27 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Atlanta Thrashers between 2003 and 2005. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2018, was mainly spent in Europe and Asia. Barney currently serves as the head coach for the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League, having been hired on June 27, 2024.{{Cite web |title= Wolves Introduce Scott Barney as Head Coach |url= https://chl.ca/ohl-wolves/article/wolves-introduce-scott-barney-as-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Sudbury Wolves |date= 27 June 2024 |language=en-CA}}

Playing career

Barney was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings 29th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He did not get to play in the National Hockey League until the 2002–03 season, because he missed three consecutive seasons due to a severe back injury. He also played for the Atlanta Thrashers. Barney played a total of 27 games in the NHL, scoring 5 goals and adding 6 assists for 11 points. He was loaned to the Hershey Bears in March 2007 from the Grand Rapids Griffins and was re-signed by the Bears for the 2007–08 season on July 31, 2007. For 2008–09 he moved to Germany to play for Augsburger Panther. In 2009–10 he started the season in SC Bietigheim-Bissingen, but was signed by Finnish team SaiPa in October. He continued with the team for 2010–11 season.

On November 21, 2010, he joined BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga.{{cite web| url = http://czechhockeyreport.blogspot.com/2010/11/scott-barney-arrives-in-boleslav.html | title = Scott Barney arrives in Boleslav | publisher = czechhockeyreport.com | date = 2010-11-21 | accessdate = 2010-11-21 }} After just 13 games with Boleslav however, Barney returned to Finland on January 18, 2011 to complete the 2010–11 season with HPK.{{cite web| url = http://www.hpk.fi/ajankohtaista/scott-barney-liittyy-joukkueeseen/ | title = Scott Barney linked to HPK | publisher = HPK | date = 2011-01-18 | accessdate = 2011-01-18 | language = Finnish}}

Barney returned to HPK for the 2011–12 season. He was briefly loaned to EC Red Bull Salzburg for the non-regulation European Trophy, but returned to play for HPK. He then left HPK part-way through the season to help out the second-tier teams HC Thurgau and Dornbirner EC of the Swiss National League B and Austrian National League, respectively.

Barney played the 2012–13 season in the Asian Ice Hockey League with South Korean team High1. On August 8, 2013 Barney signed with HC Valpellice of the Italian Elite.A.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohlalumnicentral.com/scott-barney-valpellice/|title=Former Petes Captain Scott Barney to Play In Italy for 2013-14|publisher=OHL Alumni Central|date=2013-08-10|accessdate=2014-01-28}} For the 2014-15 season, he signed with Austrian team EHC Lustenau of the Inter-National League, where he played for two seasons before ending his playing career.

Coaching

Barney joined the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season, and became their head coach and general manager a few months later. He remained in those positions until the 2023-24 season.{{Cite web |title=Coach Scott Barney Is Advancing To The Next Stage Of His Career. |url=https://www.humboldtbroncos.com/coach-scott-barney-is-advancing-to-the-next-stage-of-his-career/ |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Humboldt Broncos|date=27 June 2024 }} Barney was named head coach for the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League on June 27, 2024.{{Cite web |title= Wolves Introduce Scott Barney as Head Coach |url= https://chl.ca/ohl-wolves/article/wolves-introduce-scott-barney-as-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Sudbury Wolves |date= 27 June 2024 |language=en-CA}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1994–95

| North York Rangers

| MetJHL

| 41

16193588

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Peterborough Petes

| OHL

| 60

22244652

| 24

681438
1996–97

| Peterborough Petes

| OHL

| 64

213354110

| 9

03316
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Peterborough Petes

| OHL

| 62

44327660

| 4

1016
1998–99

| Springfield Falcons

| AHL

| 5

0002

| 1

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Peterborough Petes

| OHL

| 44

41266780

| 5

4154
2002–03

| Manchester Monarchs

| AHL

| 57

1351874

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 5

0000

| —

2003–04

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 19

56114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Manchester Monarchs

| AHL

| 44

20143428

| 6

2358
2005–06

| Chicago Wolves

| AHL

| 53

32195154

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Atlanta Thrashers

| NHL

| 3

0000

| —

2006–07

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 40

481226

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 11

64106

| 19

1091914
2007–08

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 66

21204160

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Augsburger Panther

| DEL

| 51

20 | 123282

| 4

0002
2009–10

| SC Bietigheim Steelers

| GER-2

| 4

0330

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| SaiPa

| FIN

| 43

16143060

| —

2010–11

| SaiPa

| FIN

| 21

991818

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| BK Mlada Boleslav

| CZE

| 13

2248

| —

2010–11

| HPK

| FIN

| 18

51620

| 2

0002
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| HPK

| FIN

| 20

2358

| —

2011–12

| HC Thurgau

| NLB

| 5

0222

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Dornbirner EC

| AUT-2

| 20

2358

| —

2012–13

| High1

| AL

| 42

37508734

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| HC Valpellice

| ITA

| 42

29386784

| 5

2462
2014–15

| EHC Lustenau

| AUT-2

| 28

22254748

| 11

66126
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| EHC Lustenau

| AUT-2

| 32

32296159

| 11

491310
2016–17

| China Dragon

| AL

| 48

14425662

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Anyang Halla

| AL

| 21

981712

| 8

0330
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 27 !! 5 !! 6 !! 11 !! 4

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1996

| Canada

| IH18

| 5

01118
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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 5 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 18

References

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