#otters hockey

[mcd9v7ds]

me when T-Rad scores his 1st as a Cap, technically wins the game, and scores back to back off Stromer… Erie Otters for life, eh?

[kitnita]

otter watches a save —   UTA vs DAL   —   01.04.24 

“jake’s probably enjoying this one, there’s a little bit of action. he faced under twenty shots in four of the last nine complete games that he’s played in.”

[annieqattheperipheral]

HER STORY IS INCREDIBLE EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND LEARN FROM THIS QUEEN ⤵️

Kiana Scott, who played minor hockey system for 11 seasons, including four seasons on boys teams, gravitated to scouting from watching her brother’s games and critiquing his strengths and weaknesses.

Unaware of jobs available in hockey, she enrolled in makeup artistry college after high school, but knew her heart was in the sport.

She eventually enrolled in an online hockey general manager scouting course.

Scott joined the International Scouting Service Hockey mentorship program in 2018 and scouted for the service for two years while holding down two jobs.

“I love scouting future prospects, and the evaluation process,” she said. “I think that's kind of where my passion lies. It's just the evaluation process. And it's exciting, building a team.”

Scott spent two seasons as a full-time scout for Erie before she took a bold step and left the organization to move to Calgary and became an independent scout in June 2022.

“I just kept practicing my craft and kind of paid my own way, like, throughout the whole year,” she said. “All of the tickets to every game, all of my travel expenses, everything. I just put all my money into scouting and trying to evolve and then I ended up getting my (Avalanche) internship the next year.”

Scott had some financial help from her family for the move and she supplemented her income by working as a bartender at a Calgary casino, a job with hours that allowed her to scout games.

If all that wasn’t enough, she also enrolled in the University of Florida’s online sports management program.

“I've always had the mindset to just keep betting on myself and working hard and evolving,” she said. “I think I've taken a lot of risks to get to where I am, but I wouldn't try to change the journey for anything.”

Scott said she hopes women, women of color and people who don’t come from a so-called “traditional” hockey background will follow her on the journey.

“I grew up playing hockey, but I didn’t play professional hockey, I didn’t go to college or university for hockey,” she said. “I just had a passion for it. I love scouting. I worked at it, and I continue working at my craft.

“People that don’t necessarily come from the traditional background, I hope they see themselves in me and believe that they can put their minds to it and get it done.”

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The 2024 NHL Draft was as eventful for Kiana Scott as it was for the players who were selected in the seven-round event at Sphere in Las Vegas last month.

The 25-year-old Barrie, Ontario, native signed with the Colorado Avalanche at the draft to become a full-time amateur scout, fulfilling a goal she has had since she was a teenager.

“This is something that I've worked really hard for my whole career to be able to sign my first NHL contract,” Scott said. “I was elated. The Avs have been really good for me the past year, and I’m excited to keep building with them.”

Scott joined the Avalanche after working as an intern for the organization.

Colorado general manager Chris MacFarland said he and executive director of hockey operations Suzanne Borchert “were impressed with her work ethic and her passion."

MacFarland said: “Kiana was on our radar when she was scouting in major junior circuits ... and it worked that a few years ago we had an internship opportunity for her.

“She did a good job in that role and was an integral part of our amateur scouting department. We’re excited to see her contributions moving forward in her full-time role as an amateur scout.”

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Scott made history when she became the first woman scout in the Ontario Hockey League with Erie in March 2020.

She was among the initial of a wave of women who were hired in recent years as scouts at all levels of hockey, including Cammi Granato (Seattle Kraken), Blake Bolden (Los Angeles Kings), Krissy Wendell-Pohl (Pittsburgh Penguins), Meghan Hunter (Chicago Blackhawks), Gabriella Switaj (Anaheim Ducks) and Brigette Lacquette (Chicago Blackhawks).

Granato moved on from Seattle to become an assistant general manager for the Vancouver Canucks on Feb. 10, 2022, and Hunter was promoted to assistant GM by the Blackhawks on June 22, 2022.

“When I first started scouting, I didn’t know of any women in the industry already,” she said. “Cammi Granato got her job with the NHL a year after I started scouting. That’s when I kind of knew it was possible. But I never had anyone to look up to. I just had this dream and the passion for hockey. I knew that I had to the talent and skill to do it, and to try to keep building on them.

"That’s what I’ve always gone off on -- keep evolving, never give up on what you love.”

[mcd9v7ds]

the way he’s always just wanted to be held… I’m fine

[unch4rted-territ0ry]

When I think of Ully and Sway, I think of this

Sway, respectively, snuggled into Ully's bigger body(I know Ully is only two inches taller than him, idgaf)

[kitnita]

jake oettinger pre-game   —   DAL vs CHI   —  12.29.24

[saw an old friend of yours, today? did you happen to see joe pavelski?]   i did.   [just kind of walking around?}   yeah, yeah.   [just, what — was that … expected, did you expect to see him?]   i did not expect that, no. it’s a nice surprise, um … you know, obviously everyone in here, you know, loves him and misses him a lot and, uh, it’s nice when, you know, a guy like that can come back and — not lighten the mood, but just, you know — everyone’s happy to see him and, uh, it’s the impact he had on all the guys here is, you know, still felt to this day, and, uh. just good to see him.   [i assume he’s back in wisconsin, so, was an easy trek down here for him?]   i believe so, yeah, so, hopefully, uh, we’ll see a little bit more of him, hopefully.   [ not too late to — for him to jump in for one more game?]   yeah, i asked him if he had his gear, maybe he could come suit up tonight, but, uh, i think he left it at home.

[noried]

thats my goat!!

[deaddumblbumble]

“Phenomen-otter” 😭 thanks Razor I love it. I will be saying that every time Jake is in goal now

[gensjunia]

girls who love the star-crossed goalie tandem

[chippergoose]

oh how I love a happy Otter

[msmargaretmurry]

mcstrome2.0 is enemies to lovers, only in dylan's head, because he can't believe that his new bf played for the london knights

SCREAM. some rivalries never die ok!!!! he has to go on a real character journey to accept this!!!

[pensfan4lfe2]

Then&Now || Jake Oettinger

[mcd9v7ds]

so high school but make it WJC 2015

[ethan-bears]

Ethan Bear's Wedding 7.30.23

[kitnita]

smiley otter   —   DAL vs NYR   —   01.07.24

[starscelly]

we the big three, don’t need a big speech / we made the biggest impact, check the spreadsheet

or: 2017 draft class appreciation !! (individuals under cut)