Scott Winkler

Scott Winkler (born Scott Kristian Winkler on February 22, 1990) was a Norwegian ice hockey player who played for the Colorado College Tigers and with the Norway men's national ice hockey team.

Playing Career
A third-round selection of the Dallas Stars in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Scott collected 38 points playing for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the United States Hockey League in 2008-09 before enrolling at Colorado College as a freshman. He compiled 63 points (24 goals, 39 assists) in 120 career games with the Tigers.

On May 20, 2013, he graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Scott also played three games for the Norway men's national ice hockey team during Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Slovenia in 2011.

Death
On June 12, 2013, Scott was found deceased in the home of his parents (whom he was visiting) in Asker, Norway.

The death was announced the following day with no cause of death determined & the police have ruled out foul play.

Personal Life
Scott was born to Rodney and Anne Karin Winkler in Asker, Norway. His father (who is of Canadian of Germanic descent) and a former ice hockey player for Frisk Asker while his mother is Norwegian.

He moved to the United States in 2007 where he graduated from Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas.