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Scott Munroe
Munroe
Born (1982-01-20)January 20, 1982,
Moose Jaw, SK, CAN
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Right
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Pittsburgh Penguins
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2006–present

Scott Munroe (born January 20, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Playing career[]

Munroe played NCAA Division I hockey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from 2002-2006. 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), 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.

Career statistics[]

Regular season[]

Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2002–03 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 20 11 6 - 1049 49 1 2.80 .917
2003–04 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 17 5 9 1 - 891 47 0 3.16 .903
2004–05 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 31 16 10 4 - 1805 69 3 2.29 .930
2005–06 Alabama-Huntsville Chargers CHA 31 17 11 2 - 1813 91 0 3.01 .916
2005–06 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 0 2 - 0 119 7 0 3.54 .901
2006–07 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 40 15 19 - 2 2298 117 2 3.05 .908
2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 36 18 8 - 2 1779 68 4 2.29 .918
2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 56 31 19 - 4 3271 134 4 2.46 .926
2009–10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 40 19 16 - 3 2310 97 3 2.52 .920
AHL Totals 174 83 64 - 11 9777 423 13 2.60 .919
CHA Totals 99 49 36 7 - 5558 256 4 2.76 .918

Playoffs[]

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 12 5 7 784 29 2 2.22 .921
2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 3 180 12 0 4.01 .867
2009–10 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 3 0 3 110 10 0 5.46 .825
AHL Totals 18 5 13 1074 51 2 2.85 .900

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