Scott Barney

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.

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. After just 13 games with Boleslav however, Barney returned to Finland on January 18, 2011, to complete the 2010–11 season with HPK.

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. 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. Barney was named head coach for the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League on June 27, 2024.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 North York Rangers MetJHL 41 16 19 35 88 — — — — — 1995–96 Peterborough Petes OHL 60 22 24 46 52 24 6 8 14 38 1996–97 Peterborough Petes OHL 64 21 33 54 110 9 0 3 3 16 1997–98 Peterborough Petes OHL 62 44 32 76 60 4 1 0 1 6 1998–99 Springfield Falcons AHL 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1998–99 Peterborough Petes OHL 44 41 26 67 80 5 4 1 5 4 2002–03 Manchester Monarchs AHL 57 13 5 18 74 — — — — — 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19 5 6 11 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Manchester Monarchs AHL 44 20 14 34 28 6 2 3 5 8 2005–06 Chicago Wolves AHL 53 32 19 51 54 — — — — — 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 40 4 8 12 26 — — — — — 2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL 11 6 4 10 6 19 10 9 19 14 2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 66 21 20 41 60 — — — — — 2008–09 Augsburger Panther DEL 51 12 32 82 4 0 0 0 2 2009–10 SC Bietigheim Steelers GER-2 4 0 3 3 0 — — — — — 2009–10 SaiPa FIN 43 16 14 30 60 — — — — — 2010–11 SaiPa FIN 21 9 9 18 18 — — — — — 2010–11 BK Mlada Boleslav CZE 13 2 2 4 8 — — — — — 2010–11 HPK FIN 18 5 1 6 20 2 0 0 0 2 2011–12 HPK FIN 20 2 3 5 8 — — — — — 2011–12 HC Thurgau NLB 5 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2011–12 Dornbirner EC AUT-2 20 2 3 5 8 — — — — — 2012–13 High1 AL 42 37 50 87 34 — — — — — 2013–14 HC Valpellice ITA 42 29 38 67 84 5 2 4 6 2 2014–15 EHC Lustenau AUT-2 28 22 25 47 48 11 6 6 12 6 2015–16 EHC Lustenau AUT-2 32 32 29 61 59 11 4 9 13 10 2016–17 China Dragon AL 48 14 42 56 62 — — — — — 2017–18 Anyang Halla AL 21 9 8 17 12 8 0 3 3 0 NHL totals 27 5 6 11 4 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 Canada IH18 5 0 1 1 18 Junior totals 5 0 1 1 18