Goaltender Reid set standard for early Griffins teams with nearly 3,000 career saves

Scott Reid

(Inducted 2024)

The starting goaltender on the inaugural Griffins men’s hockey team in 1998-99, Reid excelled in the first three seasons of men’s hockey at MacEwan, setting the stage for the success of the program.

As you can imagine with any new team breaking into a league, there were some growing pains. His first season, he faced an average of 44.4 shots per game as MacEwan won just three times.

Somehow, despite being on the last-place team, though, he was named CCAA Player of the Year as the best in Canada - an incredible and rare feat. In fact, he’s one of just three Griffins student-athletes in MacEwan’s history to win that award for their sport.

In three seasons, from 1998 to 2001, Reid made nearly 3,000 saves - a program career record that still stands to this day.

Although the Griffins won just 20 out of 84 regular season games during his tenure, Reid managed a career save percentage of .895.

With the San Angelo Saints in 2003-04, Scott Reid was named the Central Hockey League goaltender of the year (Courtesy, Scott Reid).

The experience set him up well for a 10-year pro career, which included winning a Central Hockey League goalie of the year award and playing in an NHL exhibition game for the Nashville Predators.

Since retiring in 2012, Reid attended the 2014 Olympics as the goalie coach for Team Japan’s women’s team, and was able to walk in the opening ceremonies with his wife Meaghan Mikkelson, who won a gold medal with Team Canada that year.

Reid later coached Meaghan on the Calgary Inferno and won a coach of the year award. These days, he’s loving life coaching his kids in hockey.

Read more about Reid in THIS ALUMNI FEATURE and this WALL OF DISTINCTION FEATURE.