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Scott Munroe

b. 1982

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

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Born 1982. Scott Munroe is a Canadian ice hockey player and ice hockey coach.

Scott Munroe (born January 20, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominantly played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He is currently serving as an assistant coach with Trinity College.

Playing career Munroe played NCAA Division I hockey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from 2002 to 2006. Playing in 99 games for the Chargers, Munroe is the all-time career save percentage leader (.918) for UAH. Munroe also holds UAH season records for games played (31), most minutes (1812:54), most shots faced (1,084), and most saves (993). He also holds the Chargers' single-period record for saves and shots faced, stopping 33 of 34 shots against the University of Minnesota on Nov. 2, 2003.

Munroe earned College Hockey America co-Player of the Year honors following his senior year. He also earned CHA Rookie of the Year honors for his play as a freshman. Munroe signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on April 16, 2006.

On April 24, 2008, Munroe was the winning goaltender in the longest AHL game ever played. It was Game 5 of the East Division Semifinals where the Philadelphia Phantoms faced the Albany River Rats at Times Union Center in Albany. The game lasted 142:58 and ended in the fifth overtime, where the Phantoms won 3–2. Munroe had 65 stops in the victory while the losing goaltender, Michael Leighton, had 98 saves.

On July 1, 2009, he signed a one-year deal with the New York Islanders.

In the summer of 2011, he signed a one-year two-way deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The following off-season, on August 23, 2012, he signed a one-year AHL deal with the Adirondack Phantoms.

On June 17, 2013, Munroe signed a one-year contract with the VΓ€xjΓΆ Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). On April 16, 2014, VΓ€xjΓΆ announced that they will not renew Munroe's contract.

After a year in the SHL, Munroe signed for his final professional season to an AHL/ECHL two-way contract with the Springfield Falcons in the 2014–15 campaign.

Post-retirement On June 30, 2015, Munroe announced his retirement from professional hockey in serving as an assistant coach and goaltending co-ordinator with major junior team, the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

After two seasons with the Wildcats, Munroe left the team and continued his coaching career by accepting an assistant role with NCAA Division III participant, Trinity College of Connecticut for the 2017–18 season.

Career statistics Munroe during his tenure with the Springfield Falcons in 2014. Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000–01 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 25 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 4.06 .887 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2001–02 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 45 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2.27 .916 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2002–03 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 20 11 6 2 1049 49 1 2.80 .917 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2003–04 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 17 5 9 1 891 47 0 3.16 .903 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2004–05 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 31 16 10 4 1805 69 3 2.29 .930 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2005–06 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 31 17 11 2 1813 91 0 3.01 .916 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2005–06 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 0 2 0 119 7 0 3.54 .901 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2006–07 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 40 15 19 2 2298 117 2 3.05 .908 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 36 18 8 2 1779 68 4 2.29 .918 12 5 7 784 29 2 2.22 .921 2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 56 31 19 4 3271 134 4 2.46 .926 3 0 3 180 12 0 4.01 .867 2009–10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 40 19 16 3 2310 97 3 2.52 .920 3 0 3 110 10 0 5.46 .825 2010–11 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 31 9 12 3 1366 69 1 3.03 .896 1 0 1 47 4 0 5.08 .862 2011–12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 38 19 10 3 2024 85 5 2.52 .907 1 0 0 4 0 0 0.00 1.000 2012–13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 31 12 16 0 1745 81 1 2.78 .913 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2013–14 VΓ€xjΓΆ Lakers SHL 36 19 16 0 2108 72 3 2.05 .913 1 0 0 33 3 0 5.41 .800 2014–15 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 7 5 0 1 403 17 0 2.53 .910 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2014–15 Springfield Falcons AHL 27 11 11 2 1544 63 2 2.45 .912 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” AHL totals 270 125 101 16 15090 652 21 2.59 .916 19 5 13 1078 51 2 2.84 .901

Awards and honours Award Year College All-CHA Rookie Team 2002–03 All-CHA Second Team 2002–03 All-CHA First Team 2004–05 All-CHA First Team 2005–06

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University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Canadian ice hockey goaltender

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Scott Munroe was born on 20 January 1982 in Moose Jaw.

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