Ben Scrivens

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Ben Scrivens
Born (1986-09-11) September 11, 1986
Spruce Grove, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams 		Edmonton Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Los Angeles Kings
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Benjamin John Scrivens (born September 11, 1986) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers organization of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings.

Scrivens played four years with the Cornell Big Red of the ECAC. After his senior season, Scrivens was named a first team All-American, ECAC Goaltender of the Year, and was one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. He started his professional career with the Reading Royals of the ECHL, before being called up to join the Marlies at the end of the 2010–11 AHL season.

Playing career

Junior hockey

Scrivens played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for two seasons. He broke into the league with the Drayton Valley Thunder during the 2004–05 season, playing a single game with the team before moving on to the Calgary Canucks.[1] During his final year of junior hockey, Scrivens played with the Spruce Grove Saints. He won 27 games, while losing 12 and tying 3, finishing the year with a 2.43 goals against average (GAA) and .921 save percentage. He was named the Saints Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year for the 2005–06 season. Scrivens played in the AJHL All-Star game, and represented Team North at the 2006 Viking Cup, where they won the championship.[2]

Collegiate hockey

Scrivens joined the Cornell Big Red for the 2006–07 season.[1] He played in 12 games, starting eight and recording three wins. He recorded his first collegiate shutout in a 6—0 win against Union College.[2] During his sophomore season at Cornell, Scrivens established himself as the team's starting goaltender, playing in 35 of the team's 36 games. For the week of December 3, 2007, Scrivens was named the ECAC Hockey goaltender of the week. He was an honorable mention All-Ivy League after the season.[2] He won 19 games, and finished with a 2.30 GAA and .911 save percentage.[1] Scrivens retained his starting job with the Big Red during his junior season, and joined the ranks of top NCAA goalies across the country.[2] He played in 36 games with the Big Red, recording 22 wins, a GAA of 1.81 and a .931 save percentage.[1] Scrivens picked up many awards for his playing during the 2008–09 season, including being named the National Player of the Week for the first week of the season, as well as second team All-ECAC and an honorable mention All-Ivy League at the end of the season.[2]

Scrivens' senior season with the Big Red saw him earn First Team All-American honors,[2] while playing in 34 games and winning 21. He had a 1.87 GAA and a .934 save percentage.[1] Scrivens captured the Ken Dryden Trophy as ECAC goaltender of the year, and was named one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.[3] He finished his collegiate career with 19 shutouts, fourth all-time in NCAA history.[3]

Professional hockey

Toronto Maple Leafs

After completing his collegiate career, Scrivens had not been selected in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft, making him an unrestricted free agent, able to sign with any team in the league. The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Scrivens to a one-year contract on April 28, 2010.[4] Scrivens decision to sign with the Leafs was largely due to the presence of goaltending coach Francois Allaire, whom Scrivens had worked with during an off-season goalie camp.[5]

Scrivens started the 2010–11 season with the Reading Royals of the ECHL, the Maple Leafs second tier affiliate. He played in 13 games with the Royals, winning 10.[1] For his efforts he was selected to represent the Royals in the ECHL All-Star Classic.[6] His strong play at the ECHL level, and injuries to other goalies in the Maple Leafs systems earned Scrivens two separate callups to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL), one in November[7] and one in February.[8] Scrivens was one of two goalies on the Marlies Clear Day roster announced on March 8, 2011, meaning he would be spending the remainder of the season at the AHL level, barring injury or suspension.[9]

The Maple Leafs re-signed Scrivens on July 1, 2011. He was called up to the NHL as of October 24, 2011, in an emergency situation. After serving as backup for the previous games, he made his first regular season start on November 3, 2011, in Columbus against the Blue Jackets.[10] In that game, he recorded his first career win and stopped 38 shots in a 4-1 game.[11][12] As the NHL resumed play after the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Scrivens became a full-time NHL goaltender for the first time, as the backup to James Reimer, starting Toronto's first two games. Scrivens recorded his first NHL career shutout February 16, 2013 in a 3-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators.[13]

Los Angeles Kings

He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in June 2013, along with Matt Frattin, and a second round pick in exchange for Jonathan Bernier. Scrivens served as the backup goaltender to Jonathan Quick.[14]

On November 12 of the 2013-2014 season, Scrivens stepped in for Kings starting goaltender, Jonathan Quick, after Quick suffered a lower body injury with 1:20 remaining in overtime against the Buffalo Sabres. Scrivens then started the next three games, posting 23 saves in a 3-2 comeback victory over the New York Islanders November 14 and recording consecutive shutouts against the New Jersey Devils November 15 (26 saves) and New York Rangers November 17 (37 saves). However, in January, shortly after Quick's return, Scrivens became expendable due to the play of third goaltender Martin Jones, and was traded to Edmonton.[15]

Edmonton Oilers

On January 29, 2014, Scrivens set the NHL record for most saves by a goaltender in a regular season shutout, stopping 59 shots from the San Jose Sharks during 60 minutes of regulation time, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-0 victory. Scrivens also set an Oilers franchise record in the process for most saves in a game, surpassing the previous record of 56 set by Bill Ranford in 1993,[16] and, at the time, moved into first place in save percentage among qualified goaltenders for the 2013-14 season.

Personal life

Scrivens is from Spruce Grove, Alberta. He is the middle child of Wayne and Dawna Scrivens, with an older brother (Adam) and a younger sister (Bronwyn). While playing hockey at Cornell, Scrivens studied Hotel Administration.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2004–05 Drayton Valley Thunder AJHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.03 — — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Calgary Canucks AJHL 16 7 3 3 857 43 1 3.01 — — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Spruce Grove Saints AJHL 45 27 12 2 2469 100 3 2.43 — 13 9 4 777 37 2 2.86 —
2006–07 Cornell Big Red NCAA 12 3 6 2 574 22 1 2.30 .911 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Cornell Big Red NCAA 35 19 12 3 1965 66 4 2.02 .930 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Cornell Big Red NCAA 36 22 10 4 2152 65 7 1.81 .931 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Cornell Big Red NCAA 34 21 9 4 2018 63 7 1.87 .934 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Reading Royals ECHL 13 10 3 0 779 29 0 2.23 .938 3 0 1 107 9 0 5.04 .873
2010–11 Toronto Marlies AHL 33 13 12 5 1930 75 2 2.33 .924 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Marlies AHL 39 22 15 1 2293 78 4 2.04 .926 17 11 6 1030 33 3 1.92 .935
2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 4 5 2 672 35 0 3.13 .902 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 20 7 9 2 1025 46 2 2.69 .915 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19 7 5 4 975 32 3 1.97 .931 — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 51 18 19 6 2672 113 5 2.54 .917 — — — — — — — —

Awards and achievements

Junior hockey

Award Year
Spruce Grove Saints Most Valuable Player 2006[2]
Spruce Grove Saints Player of the Year 2006[2]
Alberta Junior Hockey League All-Star 2006[2]

College

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2008–09
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2009–10

AHL

Award Year
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award 2011–12

NHL

Records
Most shots faced by a goaltender, during a shutout in a game, 59 (29 January, 2014)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Ben Scrivens". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Ben Scrivens". Cornell University. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scrivens Earns Ken Dryden Award". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  4. ↑ "Maple Leafs Sign Goalie Scrivens to a One-Year Deal". The Sports Network. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  5. ↑ Hunter, Paul (2010-04-29). "Leafs sign another quality goaltender". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  6. ↑ "Ben Scrivens selected as ECHL All-Star". Reading Royals. 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  7. ↑ "Marlies Recall Benn Scrivens". Toronto Marlies. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  8. ↑ "Forward Justin Hodgman Assigned to Reading". Reading Royals. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  9. ↑ "2011 Clear Day Lists Announced". American Hockey League. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-29. 
  10. ↑ "Jonas Siegel Twitter". 
  11. ↑ Ex-Saint Scrivens lives the dream in his NHL debut - Spruce Grove Examiner - Alberta, CA
  12. ↑ "Toronto at Columbus". 
  13. ↑ "Scrivens Gets First Career Shutout as Leafs Beat Senators". The Sports Network. 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-02-21. 
  14. ↑ http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/29/scrivens-wins-kings-backup-job-garon-released-from-pto/
  15. ↑ "Oilers deal Dubnyk to Predators; Acquire Scrivens from Kings". The Sports Network. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-01-15. 
  16. ↑ http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=702966&navid=DL|EDM|home

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Awards and achievements
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Sean Backman		 ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
2010 		Succeeded by
Ryan Rondeau
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