Scott Drevitch (born 9 September 1965) is an American former

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and

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defenseman.

Ice hockey

Following a collegiate career with the

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Black Bears and the

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Riverhawks, Drevitch was assigned to the Boston Bruins'

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affiliate

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. He played a full season for the Mariners, showing the offensive flair he would enjoy throughout his playing days, but concerns about size in an era where smaller, more mobile defensemen were not the norm saw him spending four of his first five professional seasons almost entirely in the ECHL. Drevitch ultimately spent most of 18 seasons in the mid- to low-minor leagues. He played five seasons with the

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of the

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, and was the career leader in games played, assists and scoring for the franchise; he also played three seasons for the

Adirondack Frostbite The Adirondack Frostbite were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Glens Falls, New York, and were a member of the United Hockey League (UHL). They played their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The Adirondack IceHawks UHL t ...

of the

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, as well as playing for a number of teams in the ECHL, the IHL, UHL,

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, and WCHL, but never the NHL. He also played in Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands. His final season was in 2007 with the

Elmira Jackals The Elmira Jackals were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Elmira, New York. They were members of the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007 and the ECHL from 2007 to 2017. The Jackals played their home games at First Arena. ...

of the UHL; at the time of his retirement, he was the final player for the

Albany Choppers The Albany Choppers were an independent professional ice hockey team in Albany, New York, which existed for the first 55 games (of 82) in the 1990–91 season of the International Hockey League. Creation The Fort Wayne Komets had been mainst ...

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and

franchises active in pro hockey.

Roller hockey

Drevitch played five seasons of major league inline hockey with

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playing with the Atlanta Fire Ants (1994),

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(1995 and 1996),

Los Angeles Blades The Los Angeles Blades were a professional inline hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. The Blades played in Roller Hockey International from 1993–1997 and played their home games at the Great Western Forum. Two other franchises have u ...

(1997) and

San Jose Rhinos The San Jose Rhinos were an inline hockey team in Roller Hockey International from 1994-97 and 1999 (the RHI did not operate in 1998). In its second year, the team won the Murphy Cup with a victory over the Montreal Roadrunners in the championshi ...

(1999). Drevitch currently runs a series of hockey camps in upstate New York and Cape Cod, is a coach for the

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Tier II organization in the

Eastern Junior Hockey League The Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL had fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL champion then competed for t ...

, and briefly the Division 3 Middleboro Sachems high school hockey team.

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Drevitch's Play Like a Pro hockey camp
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Ice hockey

Roller hockey

Career statistics

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