Career
Brower was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 12th (243rd overall) in the 1984 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Brower was drafted with the 243rd overall pick by the New York Rangers in the 12th round of the 1984 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Although Brower never played in the National Hockey League, he played eight professional seasons in North America and Finland before finishing his career in Germany in 1996.
Brower also played one season of major league roller hockey in the RHI with the Las Vegas Flash.
Brower was planning a comeback into the Central Hockey League in 1999. At the time, he was the Director of Ticket Sales for the Corpus Christi IceRays.
While driving from Corpus Christi, Texas, to South Padre Island on October 21, 1998, Brower"s car was hit by an oncoming vehicle driven by Jose Luis Flores, who had just left a local Barometer
Although Brower attempted to swerve to miss the oncoming car, Flores"s vehicle struck Brower head on.
Brower died instantly from injuries related to the crash. Flores was found to have a blood-alcohol content level of.13 and traces of cocaine in his system. Although he never played an official game for the Ice Rays, Brower"s #35 (the number he was wearing at the time of his comeback) was retired by the Ice Rays in a pregame ceremony against the Shreveport Mudbugs
In honor of Brower, the Western Professional Hockey League renamed its top goaltender trophy the Scott Brower Memorial Trophy in his honor on November
7, 1998.
When the WPHL merged with the Central Hockey League in 2001, the trophy retained its name. In addition to the Ice Rays retiring Brower"s number, his number 31 has also been retired in Memphis by the CHL"s Memphis Riverkings.
