Matt Scherer
Encyclopedia
Matt Scherer is an American professional ice hockey
winger
who currently plays for the South Carolina Stingrays
of the ECHL
.
of the USHL
, where he played from 1999 to 2000, scoring 2 points in goals and assists and spending a combined 23 minutes in the penalty box in 19 games of regular season play.
In 2000, Scherer joined the newly-formed Tri-City Storm
of the USHL, where he remained until 2003. While with the Storm, he scored 48 points in combined goals and assists and earned 154 penalty minutes during regular season play.
From 2003 to 2007, Scherer attended the University of Connecticut
, where he played all four years. While with the Huskies
, Scherer earned a combined 105 points in goals and assists and spent 183 minutes in the penalty box. He was named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie team his freshman year. Scherer was selected to be team captain his senior year, leading the Huskies to the Atlantic Hockey tournament semifinals, where they suffered a 3–1 loss to Army
. Scherer was selected for the All-Atlantic Second Team that year, ranking second in the conference
and tenth nationally
.
Scherer turned pro in 2007, moving to the ECHL
's South Carolina Stingrays
, where he currently plays. While with the Stingrays, he has scored 79 points during regular season play and spent 175 minutes in the penalty box. In the 2008–09 post-season, Scherer earned 12 points in goals and assists, helping lift the Stingrays to their third Kelly Cup
championship. Scherer was named team captain in January 2010, a position he currently holds.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
who currently plays for the South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
of the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
.
Playing career
Scherer started his junior career with the Sioux City MusketeersSioux City Musketeers
The Sioux City Musketeers is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Musketeers' home ice is Tyson Events Center.The Musketeers have had 15 players reach the NHL...
of the USHL
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger...
, where he played from 1999 to 2000, scoring 2 points in goals and assists and spending a combined 23 minutes in the penalty box in 19 games of regular season play.
In 2000, Scherer joined the newly-formed Tri-City Storm
Tri-City Storm
The Tri-City Storm is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .-History:Following the worst single season record by the team, it was announced that head coach Tom Rudrud was informed that he would not remain as the Storm head coach...
of the USHL, where he remained until 2003. While with the Storm, he scored 48 points in combined goals and assists and earned 154 penalty minutes during regular season play.
From 2003 to 2007, Scherer attended the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
, where he played all four years. While with the Huskies
Connecticut Huskies
The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice...
, Scherer earned a combined 105 points in goals and assists and spent 183 minutes in the penalty box. He was named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie team his freshman year. Scherer was selected to be team captain his senior year, leading the Huskies to the Atlantic Hockey tournament semifinals, where they suffered a 3–1 loss to Army
Army Black Knights
Army Black Knights is the name of the athletics teams of the United States Military Academy. They participate in NCAA Division I-A as a non-football member of the Patriot League, a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school, and a member of Atlantic Hockey, the Collegiate Sprint...
. Scherer was selected for the All-Atlantic Second Team that year, ranking second in the conference
Atlantic Hockey
The Atlantic Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey–only conference. Unlike several other college athletic conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's...
and tenth nationally
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
.
Scherer turned pro in 2007, moving to the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
's South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
, where he currently plays. While with the Stingrays, he has scored 79 points during regular season play and spent 175 minutes in the penalty box. In the 2008–09 post-season, Scherer earned 12 points in goals and assists, helping lift the Stingrays to their third Kelly Cup
Kelly Cup
The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the play-off champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning...
championship. Scherer was named team captain in January 2010, a position he currently holds.
Awards
- Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie Team, 2004
- All-Atlantic Second Team, 2007
- Stingrays' Jerry ZuckerJerry ZuckerJerry Zucker may refer to:* Jerry Zucker , American film director/producer* Jerry Zucker , Israeli-born American businessman...
Community Service Award, 2010
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–00 | Sioux City Musketeers Sioux City Musketeers The Sioux City Musketeers is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Musketeers' home ice is Tyson Events Center.The Musketeers have had 15 players reach the NHL... |
USHL United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger... |
19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Tri-City Storm Tri-City Storm The Tri-City Storm is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .-History:Following the worst single season record by the team, it was announced that head coach Tom Rudrud was informed that he would not remain as the Storm head coach... |
USHL | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Tri-City Storm | USHL | 55 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Tri-City Storm | USHL | 60 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | University of Connecticut Connecticut Huskies The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice... |
AHA Atlantic Hockey The Atlantic Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey–only conference. Unlike several other college athletic conferences, Atlantic Hockey has no women's... |
35 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | University of Connecticut | AHA | 32 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | University of Connecticut | AHA | 36 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | University of Connecticut | AHA | 35 | 22 | 24 | 36 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 2007-08 ECHL season The 2007–08 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.Two teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006–07 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm... |
South Carolina Stingrays South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
55 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 2008–09 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 69 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 72 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 65 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 58 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| ECHL totals | 237 | 57 | 50 | 107 | 238 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 47 | ||||