LOS ANGELES _ A year removed from his 2016 NHL All-Star Game experience that made him the talk of the sport, John Scott still has difficultly processing the events that unfolded in Nashville, Tenn.
"It's crazy how it worked out," said Scott, who played for the Blackhawks for the better part of two seasons. "I've tried to think about it, 'Oh, it makes sense,' but it doesn't make sense to this day. It's something that always will be a weird situation."
That weird situation was Scott being voted into the 2016 All-Star Game on a lark by the fans. The NHL pressured him to withdraw but he decided to play an even was named the exhibition's most valuable player. That was the last time Scott wore any kind of NHL sweater. He retired from the game and now is living in Traverse City, Mich., with his family.
"My days are filled with driving kids to school, tying shoes and changing diapers _ a little less Hollywood stuff," Scott said.
Scott was in Los Angeles to sign copies of his new book, "A Guy Like Me: Fighting to Make the Cut" and said he is content with his new job of full-time father. As far as his career of 286 regular-season games during which he accumulated five goals and six assists with 544 penalty minutes, Scott said he was "satisfied with it."
"I went into (it) not expecting anything and it worked out where I played pro for 11 years and in the NHL for eight," Scott said. "It was a good career and to top it off at the All-Star Game was kind of a cherry on top."
