Wolves introduce OHL graduate Scott Barney as Head Coach

(Greater Sudbury, ON) – The Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club are pleased to announce that Scott Barney has accepted the role of Head Coach.

“We are very happy to name Scott Barney as our next Head Coach,” said Wolves VP and General Manager Rob Papineau. “He has had tremendous success as both a player and as a coach. His record of development over the past 6 seasons has been outstanding. He is a young coach who brings great knowledge, communication skills and the demonstrated ability to teach junior age players. His ability to do what he did in Humboldt was truly impressive and inspiring. We are excited for our players and fans to get the opportunity to get to know Scott and his commitment to Sudbury and the team.”

Sudbury Wolves CEO and team owner, Dario Zulich adds, “We are confident that under Scott’s leadership, the Sudbury Wolves will reach new heights and achieve great success.”

Scott, an alumnus of the OHL, played four seasons with the Peterborough Petes after being selected in the 1st round, 9th overall during the 1995 OHL priority selection. Through his first season with the Petes, they reached the Memorial Cup and won the OHL championship. In Scott’s final season in the OHL, he was named captain of the Petes.

Scott was drafted 29th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1997 NHL draft. He missed his first three seasons due to a back injury but went on to play 27 NHL games which was the start to a long pro career in North America, Europe and Asia.

In September of 2018 Scott accepted his first coaching job in Humboldt to help rebuild the team following the tragic accident. In January of 2019 Scott was promoted to Head Coach of the Broncos and has been with the hockey club for the past 6 seasons. During his time with the Broncos, Scott has had great success developing junior players and accumulated a record of 169 wins, 71 losses and 15 overtime losses for a winning percentage of 0.692. Under his guidance the team’s powerplay performed on average at 25.0% and the penalty kill at 82.1%. More recently Scott was named Head Coach of Canada West for the 2023 World Junior A Hockey Challenge where he led the team to a gold medal.

Rob Papineau adds, “Scott was a guy being highly sought after by teams in the WHL so we are very happy he chose to accept our job and move back to Ontario. We conducted a very thorough search which included the consideration of 45 applications. In the end, Scott just stood out at the top. We would like to thank all the applicants.  We now shift our attention to finalizing the remainder of our staff which Scott will play a large part in.”