Scott Pearson spent four seasons with the Kingston franchise, three as a member of the Canadians and one with the Raiders. Pearson played 184 games in Kingston, scoring 81 goals and 56 assists for 137 points in his career. Scott was not afraid to mix things up either, as he finished his Kingston career with 308 penalty minutes. Half way through the 1988-89 season, Pearson was traded from the Raiders to the Niagara Falls Thunder, where he put up 60 points in 32 games and another 24 points in 17 playoff games, helping to lead the Thunder to the OHL finals, where they were defeated by the Peterborough Petes.

Scott was selected in the first round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs and went on to play 292 games in the National League, scoring 56 goals and adding 42 assists for 98 career points and 615 career penalty minutes over 12 seasons in the NHL. Nearing the end of his NHL career, Pearson spent three seasons with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL and captured two Turner Cup Championships in the process.

Today Scott is the Vice-President of Corporate Facilities and Meetings with Med-Assets and lives in Alpharetta, Georgia with his wife Laura and their two kids Chase and Trinity. “My favorite memories were being drafted in the first round 6^th overall by the Leafs and winning two Turner Cup Championships with Chicago,” said Pearson. “As for Kingston, just playing there as a 15 year old and getting to play and learn from some great veteran player’s is something I’ll never forget.”

“The best team I ever played on was definitely the 1992-93 Quebec Nordiques and just because we had so many great players and future hall of famers, such as Sakic, Sundin, Nolan, Lafleur, Foote and Hextal. Just a lot of great players and I made many solid friendships,” said Pearson.

“I was fortunate enough to play for some great coaches over my hockey career. I had two great coaches in Kingston in Fred O’Donnell and Jacques Tremblay, two men I have a great deal of respect for and my favorite pro coach is John Anderson, whom I had in Chicago. Just a real player’s coach that related well to the players and I think that’s why we won two championships with him at the helm,” said Pearson.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Kingston. The passionate junior hockey fans in the city made it a lot of fun to come to the rink and it makes it exciting to be a player and to be able to play in front of such knowledgeable hockey fans,” concluded Scott Pearson.

BEST HOCKEY ADVICE:

“Never stop working to be better. Be determined, dedicated and play with desire”