Scott Wedgewood
Canadian ice hockey player
Scott Wedgewood (born August 14, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Wedgewood was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the third round (84th overall) of the 2010 NHL entry draft.
Playing career
Junior
During the 2009–10 OHL season, Wedgewood served as a backup to goaltender Matt Hackett while playing for the Plymouth Whalers, posting a 5–9–0 record, along with a .909 save percentage and 3.26 goals against average with one shutout during the regular season. After Hackett was suspended in game three of the Western Conference semifinals against the Windsor Spitfires for deliberately injuring an opposing player, Wedgewood made his first career playoff start for the Whalers, making 70 saves in a 3–2 loss in overtime, which later became known as the "Wedgewood Game". His tremendous performance attracted the attention of NHL scouts, and Wedgewood was drafted 84th overall in the third round by the New Jersey Devils in the 2010 NHL entry draft. During his fourth and final year of major junior hockey in the 2011–12 season with the Whalers, Wedgewood was signed by the Devils to a three-year, entry-level contract on March 20, 2012.
New Jersey Devils
In the 2015–16 season, on March 20, 2016, he won his NHL debut for the Devils against the Columbus Blue Jackets. In his second game for the Devils, Wedgewood recorded his first NHL shutout against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On July 25, 2017, Wedgewood agreed to return for his sixth season within the Devils organization in agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract extension. He was assigned to begin the 2017–18 season, with inaugural AHL affiliate the Binghamton Devils.
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