MANITOBA MOOSE
The
Comeback Song
of Scott Glennie
Does the name Scott Glennie ring a bell ? For fans of the Brandon Wheat Kings , Dallas Stars , and now Manitoba Moose , it should . Glennie – the Manitoba Moose ’ s latest comeback kid – carries with him a story of perseverance and dedication . From can ’ t miss prospect to comeback veteran , Scott Glennie still loves the game of hockey .
50 GAME ON 2016 - 17 ROSTER DEADLINE EDITION
By Carter Brooks Photos by Will Borys and James Carey Lauder
Taking one ’ s game from minor hockey in Winnipeg to the Western Hockey League to the National Hockey League is a long climb up a seemingly never-ending ladder . Scott Glennie , one of the greatest bantam and midget players in Winnipeg history , a former junior star with the Brandon Wheat Kings and a first-round Dallas Stars draft pick , is still making his way up the steps – rung-by-rung .
It ’ s quite a story . A story of perseverance , dedication and the power of hockey . Somehow both Glennie and current Philadelphia Flyers forward , Brayden Schenn fell to Kelly McCrimmon and the Brandon Wheat Kings in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft . Both players went on to play four sensational seasons with the Wheat Kings , and in the process , heard their names called within the first 10 selections at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft . Schenn was taken by the Los Angeles Kings with the fifth overall selection , while Glennie went eighth overall to the Stars . Following the 2010-11 WHL season – a year in which Glennie played alongside fellow Manitobans Mark Stone , Michael Ferland , and Ryan Pulock – Glennie moved up to the Stars ’ American Hockey League affiliate in Texas . It was with the Texas Stars where things started to become , well , a little complicated . Glennie spent the next five seasons playing in the AHL for the Stars , only seeing action in the NHL once . While his former Wheat Kings teammates , Schenn and Stone helped lead their respective NHL clubs to playoff appearances , Glennie found himself in the minors . Although , in fairness , he was playing for a legitimate contender . After battling for , and eventually capturing , the Calder Cup with the Stars in 2014 , Glennie enjoyed one more solid season with Texas , putting up 39 points in 69 games . But that success did not come without struggle as Glennie constantly found himself in a sea of discomfort .