Scott Metcalfe

Scott "Metter" Metcalfe (January 6, 1967 – June 5, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played 19 games over four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). The majority of his career was spent with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, where he helped the team to a Calder Cup Championship in 1996 and over the course of nine seasons became a fan favorite.

Playing career Metcalfe was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began his junior career playing with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 1983 to 1986, playing in 192 games, scoring 213 points (88 goals and 125 assists), and adding three goals and six assists in 10 playoff games. While with Kingston, Metcalfe was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with their first pick, 20th overall in the 1985 NHL entry draft.

He played for Team Canada at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, scoring seven points (two goals, five assists) in six games.

Metcalfe began the 1987–88 season with the Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League (AHL), before making his NHL debut on January 4, 1988 in a tie with the Boston Bruins. The Oilers shipped him to along with the a ninth-round draft pick in the 1989 NHL entry draft, to the Buffalo Sabres for Steve Dykstra and the Sabres' seventh-round pick in the 1989 NHL Draft, on February 11, 1988. Metcalfe spent the majority of the remainder of the season with the Rochester Americans of the AHL, scoring 15 points (two goals and 13 assists) in 22 game. He played a single game with the Sabres in the NHL, picking up his first NHL point, an assist. He chipped in with four points (one goal and three assists) in seven playoff games with Rochester.

Metcalfe spent most of the 1988–89 season with Rochester, picking up 51 points (20 goals and 31 assists) in 60 games, along with 241 penalty minutes. He played nine games in Buffalo, scoring his first NHL goal and picking up as assist, as well. He once again split his playing time between Rochester and Buffalo in 1989–90, scoring 29 points (12 goals and 17 assists) in 43 games in Rochester, and no points in seven games with the Sabres, his last time in the NHL. Metcalfe recorded an assist in two playoff games with Rochester. He spent the entire 1990–91 season with the Americans, scoring 39 points (17 goals and 22 assists) in 69 games, and had five points (four goals and one assist) in 14 post-season games.

Metcalfe spent the next two seasons in Germany playing for EHC Dynamo Berlin, ES Weißwasser, and Eisbären Berlin. He returned to North America in 1993–94, scoring a career-high 81 points for the Knoxville Cherokees of the ECHL, while also skating 16 games with the Americans.

Metcalfe played exclusively for the Americans the next three seasons, which were highlighted by the team's championship in 1996. During the playoffs that season Metcalfe contributed 14 points (six goals and eight assists) in 19 games. He competed for Rochester at the 1996 Spengler Cup.

Metcalfe returned to Germany for the 1998–99 and 1999-2000 season, playing for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He then joined the Sheffield Steelers of the Ice Hockey Superleague in Great Britain for 2000-01

Metcalfe holds the Rochester record for penalty minutes

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1983–84 Kingston Canadians OHL 68 25 49 74 154 — — — — — 1984–85 Kingston Canadians OHL 58 27 33 60 100 — — — — — 1985–86 Kingston Canadians OHL 66 36 43 79 213 10 3 6 9 21 1986–87 Kingston Canadians OHL 39 15 45 60 104 — — — — — 1986–87 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 18 10 12 22 52 13 5 10 27 1987–88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 43 9 19 28 87 — — — — — 1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 22 2 13 15 56 7 1 3 4 24 1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 9 1 1 2 13 — — — — — 1988–89 Rochester Americans AHL 60 20 31 51 241 — — — — — 1989–90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 0 0 0 5 — — — — — 1989–90 Rochester Americans AHL 43 12 17 29 93 2 0 1 1 0 1990–91 Rochester Americans AHL 69 17 22 39 177 14 4 1 5 27 1991–92 EHC Dynamo Berlin GER-2 25 19 16 35 83 — — — — — 1992–93 Eisbären Berlin GER 27 8 17 25 45 4 2 2 4 8 1992–93 ES Weißwasser GER-2 8 4 3 7 4 — — — — — 1993–94 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 56 25 56 81 136 3 0 1 1 20 1993–94 Rochester Americans AHL 16 5 7 12 16 4 1 0 1 31 1994–95 Rochester Americans AHL 63 19 36 55 216 5 1 1 2 4 1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 71 21 24 45 228 19 6 8 14 23 1996–97 Rochester Americans AHL 80 32 38 70 205 10 1 3 4 18 1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 75 9 24 33 192 4 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Hannover Scorpions DEL 50 11 21 32 126 — — — — — 1999–00 Hannover Scorpions DEL 49 8 12 20 69 — — — — — 2000–01 Sheffield Steelers GBR 46 8 14 22 91 7 0 2 2 4 2001–02 Adirondack IceHawks UHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — AHL totals 542 146 231 377 1511 65 14 17 31 127 NHL totals 19 1 2 3 18 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 Canada WJC 6 2 5 7 12 Junior totals 6 2 5 7 12