Scott Beattie
Born (1968-05-16) May 16, 1968
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for Bolzano
Detroit Falcons
Hershey Bears
Saint John Flames
South Carolina Stingrays
Milano
Star Bulls Rosenheim
HC Thurgau
HC Davos
Genève-Servette HC
National team  Italy
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1987–2005

Scott Beattie (born May 16, 1968) is a Canadian-Italian former professional ice hockey player and coach. Beattie led the NCAA in scoring during his sophomore season with Northern Michigan, earning several accolades to go along with the 1991 National Title.

Career

Beattie joined Northern Michigan in 1989 as a 21-year-old. A few years older than a typical freshman, Beattie's small size was a contributing factor in late arrival to the college ranks. His chance came after recording 224 points in the SJHL over the previous two seasons. Beattie brought instant offense to the Wildcats, leading the team in scoring as a freshman with 59 points. The next year Beattie exploded for 48 goals and 89 points to lead the entire NCAA in scoring[1] and was named WCHA Player of the Year for his efforts (the only such award for Northern Michigan). With Beattie leading the attack the Wildcats won the WCHA regular season title for the first and (as of 2018) only time as well as capturing the WCHA tournament for the second time in three seasons. In the NCAA tournament Northern Michigan dominated upstart Alaska–Anchorage in both games before dispatching top eastern-seed Maine. The Wildcats netted 18 goals in the three games and they would need every bit of that offense in the title tile against Boston University as the Terriers put up 7 goals in regulation. Beattie was there to help the Wildcats match BU and the game went into overtime.[2] The highest-scoring championship game in 34 years went the Wildcats way in the third extra frame and gave Northern Michigan its first National Title. Beattie played another year in Marquette as team captain, winning a second conference tournament, but was unable to recapture the same magic as in '91 and turned pro after his junior campaign.

Beattie had little interest from teams across North America so he played his first professional game for HC Bolzano of the Serie A in Italy. After a good season and a half he returned to the States and spent a brief time with the Detroit Falcons, Hershey Bears, South Carolina Stingrays and Saint John Flames before heading back to Italy. After a year with Milan Saima SG he was back with HC Bolzano and joined the Italian national team for the 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Beattie spent the following year mostly with Rosenheim Star Bulls in Germany's DEL before beginning a four-year stint with four separate teams across two Swiss national leagues. During the time Beattie appeared twice more for Team Italy in international tournaments before signing on with Milano and winning three consecutive league titles. Beattie played one more year with HC Bolzano before retiring as a player in 2005.

Beattie was not idle for long as he became the GM/head coach for his hometown Kimberley Dynamiters before joining the Kootenay Ice as an assistant coach in 2008. He was an associate coach with the Tri-City Americans in 2010–11 and a year later EHC Olten named him as their head coach. Beattie was fired in November 2014 but just over a year later got his second top job with EHC Visp. That job lasted only a few months before he was promoted to the parent club SCL Tigers which, too, kept him around for only a few months before he was let go in October 2016.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Melville Millionaires SJHL 5735235849 —————
1987–88 Melville Millionaires SJHL 58485410292 —————
1988–89 Melville Millionaires SJHL 59636412752 —————
1989–90 Northern Michigan University WCHA 3630295924 —————
1990–91 Northern Michigan University WCHA 4648418966 —————
1991–92 Northern Michigan University WCHA 4028467480 —————
1992–93 HC Bolzano ITA 169142320 11851319
1992–93 HC Bolzano AL 3126346049 —————
1993–94 Detroit Falcons CoHL 32462 —————
1993–94 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 2920284840 —————
1993–94 Saint John Flames AHL 20002 —————
1993–94 HC Bolzano AL ————— 1088168
1994–95 HC Milano Saima ITA 3623224540 7114156
1994–95 HC Milano Saima AL 11651110 —————
1995–96 HC Bolzano ITA 322638646 131292114
1995–96 HC Bolzano AL 10551014 —————
1996–97 Star Bulls Rosenheim DEL 49233558103 321320
1996–97 HC Bolzano ITA ————— 523516
1997–98 ZSC Lions NDA 3210112124 —————
1998–99 HC Thurgau SUI.2 4028386672 —————
1998–99 HC Davos NDA ————— 52138
1999–2000 Genève-Servette HC SUI.2 3519355424 95388
2000–01 Genève-Servette HC SUI.2 4024456956 768148
2001–02 Milano Vipers ITA 2512183038 107121914
2002–03 Milano Vipers ITA 3218314934 959148
2003–04 Milano Vipers ITA 3017375428 12591410
2004–05 HC Bolzano ITA 219152418 851610
ITA totals 192 114 175 289 184 75 55 52 107 97
SUI.2 totals 115 71 118 189 152 16 11 11 22 16

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1996 Italy WC 50000
1999 Italy WC Q 30224
2000 Italy OGQ 30112
2001 Italy WC 60112
Totals 17 0 4 4 8

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 1990–91
AHCA West First-Team All-American 1990–91
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1991 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA 1990 - 1991 Regular Season Stats". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1991 NCAA National Championship". Northern Michigan Wildcats.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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