John Scott’s 5 best NHL All-Star Game highlights

Conveniently enough, he was traded from HIS team to Montreal, but Montreal really didn’t need him, thus they put him in their AHL team…which ships him off to Canada’s East Coast.

That was where the league’s brass at least suffered karmic comeuppance for what truly qualified as its persecution of the big lug, John Scott, who was selected to play in the All-Star game as an inspired, goofy joke.

MCEVERS: All right, so how often do goons like John Scott actually make the All-Star game?

It was the fans who voted Scott onto the All-Star team; they also voted him the game’s MVP, even though he wasn’t on the NHL’s ballot.

The night belonged to John Scott, there was no question about it. The crowd exploded each time he found the back of the net, and cheered him on as he got in a mock fight with Patrick Kane.

Scott wasn’t one of the three choices fans were given for the MVP award, but the league said he got an “overwhelming”, number of votes via Twitter. But the handsome irony of this whole thing is, none of this happens – none of this cult heroism and folk heroism and fans chanting MVP when John Scott touched the puck in the All-Star game happens if there isn’t a villain. He also posed with teammates behind their $1 million check. Scott stated this belief in an eloquent column for The Players’ Tribune. “So when someone from the National Hockey League calls me and says, ‘Do you think this is something your kids would be proud of?’…” “Yeah, nerve wracking, especially (since) Burnzie is such a spaz”. It’s just a dream weekend for him, I’m sure. A groundswell of fan support helped put Junio in the saddle that year after he selflessly gave up his spot at the Olympics to Morrison.

The NHL got a memorable moment on a major stage, and Scott went from being a relatively unknown hockey player to an athlete that perhaps transcends the sport. This time, the All-Stars combined for 116 shots and 23 goals.

John Scott looks into the stands during the NHL hockey all-star championship game against the Atlantic Division on Sunday in Nashville. The players in the league seemed to want that as well, and I thought he even did a great job even in the 3-on-3.

He hoped his unlikely all-star experience might open a few doors, and it appears it has. I was skeptical at first as I thought the fans made a mockery of the game and John.

Using Scott’s now-iconic goal celebration from his first of two scores in Team Pacific’s semifinal win over Team Central as his muse, Mace created a larger-than-life (or maybe in Scott’s case, a full scale) snowman complete with the necessary equipment and a spray-painted jersey. He was behind the bench coaching the Metropolitan Division along with celebrity coach Gill, though his stint lasted just 20 minutes because the Atlantic Division beat his team 4-3. He played for the Arizona Coyotes when he was named an All-Star, but was later stunned by a trade to Montreal, which sent him to its American Hockey League affiliate in Newfoundland. And securing the Honda SUV that goes to the MVP, which will come in handy with his wife, Danielle, expecting twins this week.

“I loved it. It was fun to watch”, Andrew Shaw said. Scott captained the Pacific to a 1-0 win over the Atlantic in the championship.