Scott Humeniuk

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, 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.

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.

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, 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.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs 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 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 1989–90 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 71 23 47 70 141 — — — — — 1989–90 Binghamton Whalers AHL 4 0 1 1 11 — — — — — 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 — — — — — 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 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 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 1995–96 Portland Pirates AHL 29 4 10 14 50 — — — — — 1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 12 0 2 2 19 — — — — — 1995–96 Providence Bruins AHL 18 3 7 10 15 4 2 1 3 4 1996–97 Lukko Liiga 42 6 11 17 108 — — — — — 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 — — — — — AHL totals 243 33 86 119 340 45 8 12 20 30

Awards WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1990