Two-time Stanley Cup champion. Three-time U.S. Olympian. Inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017. Eighteen seasons in the NHL, followed by a second career on the bench.
Scott Allen Young grew up as a standout schoolboy player at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts, skating alongside future NHL players Doug and Greg Brown. He represented Team USA at three World Junior Championships — 1985, 1986, and 1987 — including the 1986 tournament, where Team USA won the bronze medal, the program's first-ever medal at the World Juniors. He then headed to Boston University, where he was named Hockey East Rookie of the Year in 1986 — the same year the Hartford Whalers made him their first-round pick, 11th overall.
He turned pro with the Whalers in 1988, made his Olympic debut that same year in Calgary, and became a full-time NHL scorer over the following seasons. A mid-career trade sent him to Pittsburgh, where he won his first Stanley Cup in 1991. A second followed in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche, after the Quebec Nordiques franchise relocated. His best offensive season came in 2000–01 with the St. Louis Blues, where he set career highs with 40 goals and 73 points.
Young represented the United States at three Winter Olympics — 1988, 1992, and 2002 — across a career that also took him through stints with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Dallas Stars before he closed it out back in St. Louis in 2006, finishing with 756 career points in 1,181 games.
St. Mark's School → World Juniors with Team USA (1985, 1986, 1987), including bronze in 1986 — the program's first World Junior medal → Boston University Rookie of the Year → drafted 11th overall by Hartford → NHL debut and 1988 Olympics → traded to Pittsburgh → first Stanley Cup, 1991.
A season in Italy and a second Olympic appearance in 1992 preceded a trade to Quebec. Young stayed with the franchise through its move to Colorado, winning a second Stanley Cup in 1996, before a trade to Anaheim.
Signed with the Blues and delivered a career-best 40-goal season in 2000–01. Represented the U.S. again at the 2002 Olympics, spent two seasons in Dallas, then returned to St. Louis to close out his playing career in 2006.
Returned to St. Mark's as head coach in 2011, then to Boston University in 2014, rising to assistant coach in 2015. Named to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017, the same year he became director of player development for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. Joined the Vancouver Canucks front office in 2022 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2025.
| Year | Honor |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Hockey East Rookie of the Year (Boston University) |
| 1986 | World Junior Championship bronze medal — Team USA's first-ever medal at the tournament |
| 1987 | World Junior Championship All-Star Team |
| 1991 | Stanley Cup champion — Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1996 | Stanley Cup champion — Colorado Avalanche |
| 2017 | Inducted, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame |