Scott Beattie

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 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. 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 57 35 23 58 49 — — — — — 1987–88 Melville Millionaires SJHL 58 48 54 102 92 — — — — — 1988–89 Melville Millionaires SJHL 59 63 64 127 52 — — — — — 1989–90 Northern Michigan University WCHA 36 30 29 59 24 — — — — — 1990–91 Northern Michigan University WCHA 46 48 41 89 66 — — — — — 1991–92 Northern Michigan University WCHA 40 28 46 74 80 — — — — — 1992–93 HC Bolzano ITA 16 9 14 23 20 11 8 5 13 19 1992–93 HC Bolzano AL 31 26 34 60 49 — — — — — 1993–94 Detroit Falcons CoHL 3 2 4 6 2 — — — — — 1993–94 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 29 20 28 48 40 — — — — — 1993–94 Saint John Flames AHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1993–94 HC Bolzano AL — — — — — 10 8 8 16 8 1994–95 HC Milano Saima ITA 36 23 22 45 40 7 11 4 15 6 1994–95 HC Milano Saima AL 11 6 5 11 10 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Bolzano ITA 32 26 38 64 6 13 12 9 21 14 1995–96 HC Bolzano AL 10 5 5 10 14 — — — — — 1996–97 Star Bulls Rosenheim DEL 49 23 35 58 103 3 2 1 3 20 1996–97 HC Bolzano ITA — — — — — 5 2 3 5 16 1997–98 ZSC Lions NDA 32 10 11 21 24 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Thurgau SUI.2 40 28 38 66 72 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Davos NDA — — — — — 5 2 1 3 8 1999–2000 Genève-Servette HC SUI.2 35 19 35 54 24 9 5 3 8 8 2000–01 Genève-Servette HC SUI.2 40 24 45 69 56 7 6 8 14 8 2001–02 Milano Vipers ITA 25 12 18 30 38 10 7 12 19 14 2002–03 Milano Vipers ITA 32 18 31 49 34 9 5 9 14 8 2003–04 Milano Vipers ITA 30 17 37 54 28 12 5 9 14 10 2004–05 HC Bolzano ITA 21 9 15 24 18 8 5 1 6 10 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 5 0 0 0 0 1999 Italy WC Q 3 0 2 2 4 2000 Italy OGQ 3 0 1 1 2 2001 Italy WC 6 0 1 1 2 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