Scott Van der Linden

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
205
Hometown:
Antigonish, NS
High School:
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame

As a Junior in 2009: Appeared in nine games,including three at forward ... Represented Brown at the 2009National Student-Athlete Development Conference ... One of 24 Bearsnamed to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Squad.

As a Sophomore in 2008: Played in 19 games,pairing most regularly with David Robertson '08 as the Bears'second defensive pair ... Also paired up with Sean Hurley '08, MattPalmer '09, and Hunter Thunell '10 ... Finished the season withfour assists, all in ECAC Hockey contests ... Picked up his firstpoint of the season with an assist against Quinnipiac ... Earnedhis first multi-point game with two assists, including one on thegame-winning goal, in Brown's victory over St. Lawrence, earning3rd star honors ... Tallied an assist in 5-4 win at Dartmouth ...One of 21 Bears named to ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

As a Freshman in 2007: Played in 11 games as arookie, starting five of the last six regular season games ...Gained valuable experience splitting time with classmate HunterThunell as Brown's sixth defenseman after Mike Stuart ’09 wasside-lined with a season-ending injury ... Also saw time on theBrown penalty-kill ... Finished the year with a "+2" rating ...Made his collegiate debut in 4-2 win over AIC ... Earned his firstcareer point with an assist in 3-2 win over Mercyhurst ... One of20 Bears named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team.

Before Brown: Van der Linden played for the NotreDame Hounds for the three seasons prior to enrolling at Brown... Anassistant captain in 2005-2006, Van der Linden was the recipient ofthe team's Most Improved Player Award ... Finished the year with 18points (3g, 15a) to go along with 187 penalty minutes ... Recipientof the team's Top Academic Player Award in 2005 ... Was also anassistant captain for the Notre Dame Midget AAA team in 2004 ...Played for Team Nova Scotia at the 2003 Canada Games, serving as anassistant captain.

Personal: Scott John Van der Linden is the son ofHarry and Joanne Van der Linden of Antigonish, Nova Scotia ... Bornin 1986 ... Scott has two brothers, Jason and Daniel, and onesister, Jeanette ... Attended Athol Murray College of Notre Dame... Recipient of Math Award and University of Toronto Book Award... Interests: Sports, Working Out, Reading ...Concentration: Economics and History.