Scott Humeniuk

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| played_for = Binghamton Whalers
Springfield Indians
Minnesota Moose
Portland Pirates
Rochester Americans
Providence Bruins
Lukko
Augsburger Panther

| position = Defence

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 190

| shoots = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| career_start = 1989

| career_end = 1999

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Scott "Hummer" Humeniuk is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, most notably with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League.

History

= Junior career =

Humeniuk started his major junior career in 1987 with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League, but saw limited action until the next season. Despite a separated shoulder and a short suspension for a spearing incident,{{cite news |title=Chiefs Celebrate Spot In Playoffs |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TagpAAAAIBAJ&pg=5640,2427735&dq=scott-humeniuk&hl=en |newspaper=Spokane Spokesman-Review |date=March 4, 1988 |access-date=3 March 2012}} he was a top-four defenseman.

The following year Humeniuk was traded to the Moose Jaw Warriors after Chiefs' coach Butch Goring expressed dissatisfaction concerning his training camp performance.{{cite news |title=Chiefs Busy With Moves As Regular Season Nears |author=Howie Stalwick |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=urcyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2057,3140708&dq=scott-humeniuk&hl=en |newspaper=Spokane Spokesman-Review |date=September 20, 1988 |access-date=3 March 2012}}

= Professional career =

Undrafted by any NHL team, Humeniuk signed a minor league contract with the Hartford Whalers. His first professional action was a short stint with their Binghamton Whalers farm team in the American Hockey League in the 1990 season. The following year, with the Whalers' new affiliation being with the Springfield Indians, he played most of the season with the Indians, participating in the team's seventh and final Calder Cup championship. Humeniuk played parts of four seasons in all with Springfield, his best year coming in 1994 when, paired with veteran defenseman and First Team All-Star Rob Cowie, he scored 15 goals and 42 points to rank fourth on the team in scoring.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000051994.html |title=1993-94 Springfield Indians |author=Ralph Slate |publisher=hockeydb.com |access-date=4 March 2012}}

An unrestricted free agent thereafter, Humeniuk played for four AHL teams in the next two years before playing two seasons in Europe, with Lukko of the SM-liiga in 1997 and the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 1998. He returned to North America to play for the Baton Rouge Kingfish of the East Coast Hockey League in 1999 and led the team in defense scoring that season, but suffered a serious stroke later in the year,{{cite news |title=Inside the NHL |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427367211.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+04%2C+1999&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Inside+the+NHL&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131210037/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427367211.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+04,+1999&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Inside+the+NHL&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=March 4, 1999 |access-date=3 March 2012}} which forced his retirement.

Humeniuk continued to make his home in Baton Rouge thereafter, and his #55 jersey was retired by the team in 2002.{{cite news |title=Kingfish comeback short; Sea Wolves claim 3-2 win |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F6BFE936BBAF264&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |newspaper=Baton Rouge Advocate |date=October 13, 2002 |access-date=3 March 2012}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1986–87 \| Spokane Chiefs \| WHL \| 10	2	0	2	2 \| 1	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1987–88 \| Spokane Chiefs \| WHL \| 58	6	20	26	154 \| 8	1	0	1	19
1988–89 \| Moose Jaw Warriors \| WHL \| 56	18	39	57	159 \| 7	5	0	5	32
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1989–90 \| Moose Jaw Warriors \| WHL \| 71	23	47	70	141 \| —	—	—	—	—
1989–90 \| Binghamton Whalers \| AHL \| 4	0	1	1	11 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1990–91 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 57	6	17	23	69 \| 14	2	2	4	18
1991–92 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 28	2	3	5	27 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1991–92 \| Louisville Icehawks \| ECHL \| 26	7	21	28	93 \| 13	1	11	12	33
1992–93 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 16	0	3	3	28 \| 14	1	3	4	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Louisville Icehawks \| ECHL \| 36	14	31	45	117 \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Springfield Indians \| AHL \| 71	15	42	57	91 \| 6	0	3	3	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Minnesota Moose \| IHL \| 47	10	15	25	55 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 8	3	1	4	30 \| 7	3	3	6	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 29	4	10	14	50 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 12	0	2	2	19 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Providence Bruins \| AHL \| 18	3	7	10	15 \| 4	2	1	3	4
1996–97 \| Lukko \| Liiga \| 42	6	11	17	108 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Augsburger Panther \| DEL \| 36	9	11	20	88 \| 6	1	1	2	16
1998–99 \| Baton Rouge Kingfish \| ECHL \| 53	9	27	36	88 \| —	—	—	—	—
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 243 ! ALIGN="center" \| 33 ! ALIGN="center" \| 86 ! ALIGN="center" \| 119 ! ALIGN="center" \| 340 ! ALIGN="center" \| 45 ! ALIGN="center" \| 8 ! ALIGN="center" \| 12 ! ALIGN="center" \| 20 ! ALIGN="center" \| 30