User:Theilert/Scott Winkler

{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player }}
 * image =
 * image_size =
 * position = Center
 * shoots = Right
 * height_ft = 6
 * height_in = 2
 * weight_lb = 194
 * team = Colorado College Tigers
 * league = WCHA
 * former_teams = Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Russell Stover Stars Frisk Tigers
 * birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|2|23|df=yes}}
 * death_date = {{Birth date and age|2013|6|13|23|
 * birth_place = Asker, Norway
 * death_place = Asker, Norway
 * career_start = 2005
 * career_end = 2013
 * draft = 89th overall
 * draft_year = 2008
 * draft_team = Dallas Stars

Scott Kristian Winkler (born 22 February 1990 in Asker) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Colorado College Tigers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. He is the son of former Viking and Frisk Tigers player, Rod Winkler.

Playing career
He started his career in 2005, playing for Frisk Tigers. After the 2006–07 season he signed with Russell Stover Stars of Kansas City, Missouri, where he scored 40 goals and had 52 assists for 92 points in 70 games, in the Midwest Elite Hockey League.

21 June 2008, he was drafted by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League in the third round as the 89th overall pick. The Stars' North American scout described him as "...very determined offensively and defensively ... plays a physical game with a lot of detail and he has good vision of the rink".

The 2008–09 season, he played in the United States Hockey League for Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, where he scored 10 goals and 26 assists for 36 points in 55 games. The following year year he went on to play college hockey for Colorado College Tigers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. He is now in his second season with the Division I college team from Colorado Springs.

International play
Winkler was one of Norway's best players of the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships, when they got promoted to the Championship tournament. He scored 2 goals and had 5 assists. He also finished with a +6 rating. His former national team coach described him as "...a winger with excellent shooting skills, good attitude and moral, and a skater who finishes his checks properly".

The following year he had to play in the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, scoring 2 goals and adding 2 assists. In the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, he scored 6 goals and added 8 assists for 14 points in 5 games, making him the best forward of the tournament with most goals (tied with Jonas Djupvik Løvlie), most assists, and most points. The team won their division and secured promotion to the Championship tournament.