Wolf Pack Sign Dave Scatchard to PTO
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 11:55 AM
Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim
Schoenfeld announced today that the Wolf Pack have signed center Dave
Scatchard to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement.
Scatchard, 31, appeared in 46 games with the Phoenix Coyotes last
season, registering three goals and five assists for eight points, along
with 72 penalty minutes. He missed the last 32 games of the season with
a concussion, suffered on January 27, 2007 vs. Pittsburgh.
The 6-3, 220-pounder, who made his NHL debut for Vancouver on October 4,
1997 vs. Anaheim in Japan, has skated in 635 career NHL contests with
Vancouver, the New York Islanders, Boston, and Phoenix, recording 125
goals and 138 assists for 263 points, along with 1,017 penalty minutes.
Scatchard posted his 250th career point with a goal on March 14, 2006 at
Los Angeles after suffering a broken nose earlier in the game. During
the 2001-02 season, he ranked eighth overall in the NHL in face-off
percentage with a 55.1 winning percentage and, during his first NHL
season, led the league in shooting percentage (15.3%) among rookies. He
has also posted two goals and two assists for four points, along with 34
penalty minutes in 17 career post-season appearances, all with the New
York Islanders.
In 1996-97, he played in his first full professional season with the
Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, registering eight goals
and seven assists for 15 points, along with 65 penalty minutes in 26
games. The season before, Scatchard joined Syracuse after the
conclusion of his junior career, playing in one scoreless contest and
posting seven points (two goals and five assists), along with 29 penalty
minutes in 15 playoff matches.
Prior to joining the professional ranks, Scatchard appeared in 177 games
over three seasons with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey
League (WHL), registering 48 goals and 69 assists for 117 points, along
with 340 penalty minutes. During the 1994-95 season, he achieved career
highs in games played (71), goals (20), assists (30), points (50), and
penalty minutes (148). In 25 career post-season appearances, the
two-way centerman registered three goals and 12 assists for 15 points,
along with 39 penalty minutes.
A native of Hinton, Alberta, Scatchard was originally drafted by
Vancouver in the second round, 42nd overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry
Draft. On December 19, 1999, he was traded from Vancouver to the New
York Islanders, along with Kevin Weekes and Bill Muckalt, for Felix
Potvin, a second round draft pick (later traded to New Jersey - Teemu
Laine) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and a third round selection (Thatcher
Bell) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. After five seasons in the Islanders'
organization, he was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Boston
Bruins on August 2, 2005. Scatchard played 16 games for Boston during
the 2005-06 season before being traded to Phoenix for David Tanabe on
November 18, 2005.
Individual tickets for Wolf Pack games are on sale now at the Hartford
Civic Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations including Macy's
at the Buckland Hills Mall and at the Westfarms Mall. Tickets may also
be charged by phone at (860) 525-4500, (203) 744-8100, (203) 624-0033 or
(413) 733-2500 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com. Season tickets, five, 10 and 20 game packages and group tickets are
also available. Contact 860-548-2000 for more details.
The AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack is newly operated by Northland AEG LLC, a joint partnership between Northland Investment Corporation and AEG Facilities. The team is owned by Madison Square Garden LP.
