Scott Hartnell Biography.

Scott Wesley Hartnell (born April 18, 1982) is a Canadian retired acknowledged ice hockey left winger who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets. Hartnell was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, but was bred in Lloydminster, Alberta

Scott Hartnell Age.

Scott is 37 years as of 2019. He celebrates his birthday every  April 18th.

Scott Hartnell Height.

The player is 6 Feet 2 Inches tall

Scott Hartnell Networth.

Hartnell has an estimated net worth of $30 million which accumulated since his career in the 2000s.

Scott Hartnell Wife.

Scott was married to Lisa Renneke in 2003. They later went into a bitter divorce in 2009 which the player describes as his hardest year. Scott is now married to Katie and welcomed their son in 2018.

Scott Hartnell Personal Life.

The Canadian’s parents, Joy, and Bill Hartnell are both teachers in Lloydminster, Alberta. His alias is Bird Dogg. Hartnell is, together with his former Flyers players Kimmo Timonen and Sami Kapanen, one of the proprietors of the Finnish Liiga hockey team KalPa. Hartnell was crowned as the NHL Poker Champion in 2009, defeating Roberto Luongo in the final of the tournament. He performed in the movie This is 40 besides James van Riemsdyk, Ian Laperrière and Matt Carle in 2012.

Philanthropy

In early 2012, Hartnell established the #HartnellDown Foundation as a way to contribute support to donations that promote hockey, children, and societies throughout the United States and Canada. It began as Twitter followers to keep track of the number of times Hartnell would fall down while in the NHL season. When he himself connected to Twitter, preferably than taking resentment, he adopted the catchphrase and began to sell commodities that had it published on it with the gains going to Hartnell’s favorite hockey-related donations. At the 2012 NHL All-Star Game, Hartnell granted $1,000 to charity for every “#hartnelldown” naming that was tweeted throughout the competition.

Scott Hartnell Career.

Junior

Antecedent to joining the NHL, Hartnell performed two seasons of Canadian Junior-A hockey for the Lloydminster Blazers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). He then took two seasons playing for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Hartnell, as captain, led the team with 82 points and was named team MVP in the 1999–2000 season. He was also preferred to play for Bobby Orr in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Top Prospects Game.

Professional

Nashville Predators

Scott was the 6th overall pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. Regarded a determined power forward at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, the left winger was the most youthful player in concession history to play for the Predators, as well as the youngest player in the NHL in the 2000–01 season. Hartnell’s initial NHL game was played in Japan versus the Pittsburgh Penguins as part of a two-game set planned by the NHL to promote worldwide excitement in the League. He has said that this game marks his favorite NHL moment.

Hartnell as a Predator.

Through six seasons with the Predators, Hartnell played in 453 games, accumulating 118 assists and 93 goals. During the 2003–04 season, Hartnell had three game-winning goals, two of which came in overtime. In his initial career playoff series facing the Detroit Red Wings in 2004, he tied the team-high with three points. During the 2004–05 NHL lock-out, Scott improved Vålerenga win the Norwegian Championship, scoring 12 goals in 11 playoff games.

Hartnell accumulated a career-high 25 goals and 23 assists for a total of 48 points in the 2005–06 season. Additionally, He totaled his original occupation hat-trick on February 4, 2006, in a game versus the Chicago Blackhawks. The 1st two goals of the trifecta were obtained against Adam Munro, with the last goal happening against Craig Anderson. The following season, Hartnell proceeded to produce similar terrible numbers, also setting franchise records for career penalty minutes (461) and for the wildest two goals by an individual (23 seconds). All of this was notwithstanding a fractured foot, which ended in Hartnell missing all of March.

Philadelphia Flyers

Hartnell, along with Kimmo Timonen, was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a first-round pick previously acquired from Nashville for Peter Forsberg on June 18, 2007. He nearly promptly signed a six-year agreement worth $25.2 million.

In his first season with the Flyers, Hartnell was one of a series of five Flyers suspended for questionable on-ice hits. Particularly, Hartnell was excluded for two games as an event of a hit on Andrew Alberts of the Boston Bruins. Additionally, Hartnell’s aggressive production reduced initially. While he recorded his first point as a Flyer in the home opener, his first goal (an empty netter) did not come until the 16th game of the season. Nevertheless, his scoring started to raise around mid-season.  In a game against the Atlanta Thrashers, Hartnell scored his 100th career goal on January 8, 2007. Two days later, He was recognized with his first career natural hat-trick. He scored three goals in a row in a 6–2 victory over the New York Rangers, all against Henrik Lundqvist; The first and third were scored at even strength, while the second came on the power play. He managed yet another hat-trick on January 19, 2008, including the game’s winner, and an assist against Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders.

The 2008–09 season was prosperous for Hartnell. Playing frequently on the left-wing of center Jeff Carter, he posted a career-high in all offensive divisions, scoring 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points in 82 games. However, Hartnell also led the NHL in minor penalties that season, with 54. The season also saw him score two hat-tricks within nine days of each other; the first game against the Carolina Hurricanes on December 11, 2008, with the second coming against the Washington Capitals on December 20.

After a disappointing 2009–10 regular season that saw Hartnell’s numbers dip to 44 points (14 goals and 30 assists), Hartnell came alive in the playoffs when placed on a line with Daniel Brière and Ville Leino. This line helped lead the Flyers to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1997. Hartnell played in all 23 games for the Flyers and scored eight goals (including two in game six of the finals) and nine assists, good enough for sixth in the Eastern Conference-winning Flyers with 17 points.

Hartnell proceeded to produce on a line with Brière and Leino through the 2010–11 season with 24 goals and 25 assists in 82 games. However, the Flyers strived in the second half of the season and found an early playoff exit. Hartnell himself struggled at the beginning of the following season, with only two points in his first seven games, but would heat up after being placed on a line with Jaromír Jágr and Claude Giroux. On December 13, 2011, Hartnell scored his 200th career goal against Washington Capitals goaltender Tomáš Vokoun, which also was Hartnell’s sixth goal in six games.

Hartnell finished the 2011–12 season with a career-high 37 goals. In a late regular-season game against Pittsburgh, Hartnell mocked a Penguins fan dressed as Hulk Hogan sitting directly behind the Flyers bench. This prompted the Flyers organization to create a special T-shirt with Hartnell’s “Hogan” gesture on it, which was given to every fan in attendance for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the same Penguins.

The 2012–13 season proved to be one of the worst seasons Hartnell had experienced in his professional career. After a year in which he scored career highs in goals (37), points (67) and plus-minus rating (+19) and tied a then-career-high in assists (30), Hartnell produced just 8 goals and three assists for eleven points on the season. He was held scoreless in 25 out of the 32 games he played during the season, while also missing sixteen games due to an injury. In addition to his lower scoring, his play caused him to be taken off of his normal line at times, which was centered by Flyers captain Claude Giroux. Moreover, to cap off a disappointing individual season, the Flyers missed out on the year’s playoffs.

Columbus Blue Jackets

On June 23, 2014, Hartnell was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for R. J. Umberger and a fourth-round draft pick. In the 2014–15 season, on November 14, 2014, Hartnell made his come back with Columbus to Philadelphia. He relished a fruitful season with 28 goals and 32 assists in his first year with the Blue Jackets.

After his 3rd season with the Blue Jackets in 2016–17, and has accumulated 146 points in 234 games with the club, the Blue Jackets in need of additional cap space and aimed towards improving their depth opted to buy out Hartnell from the prevailing two years of his contract on June 29, 2017. On July 1, 2017, Hartnell returned to the Predators, signing a one-year, $1 million contract. In his reaction, Hartnell recorded 13 goals and 24 points in 62 games. On October 1, 2018, Hartnell announced his resignation from expert hockey after seventeen seasons.

Scott Hartnell Position.

Hartnell is a determined power forward who normally places himself in close to the net and scores the majority of his goals off deflections and rebounds. He does also present the occasional big hit and will fight if disputed. Though likely to taking minor penalties, he is also a carefully-sound player, capable of killing penalties and usually either plus or even at the end of most nights. He is also considered a decent player on a breakaway and has become a much better player in the shootout.

Hartnell is also known for his long, bushy hair. T-he Flyers held “Hartnell Wig Night,” where fans observing the game were given wigs matching his hair on March 26, 2009. On October 23, 2010, he showed he had cut his bushy hair off and gave it to Locks of Love.

Scott Hartnell Stats.

International

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