Rob Scuderi

Rob Scuderi enters his sixth year coaching for the Nassau County Lions.

In his youth, Rob played for the Long Island Gulls and New York Applecore and played his high school hockey at St. Anthony’s in Huntington until his graduation in 1997.

Rob played four years of college hockey for the Boston College Eagles, where, as a freshman, pitched in with 24 assists in 42 games.

In 1998, Rob was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fifth round with the 134th overall pick of the NHL Entry Draft, but chose to remain and play out his entire four-year career with the Eagles. He played his final college game in 2001 at the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Finals, a game that the Eagles won in overtime to capture the National Championship. Rob was named to the 2001 NCAA All-Tournament Team.

In 2001, Scuderi began his professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Pittsburgh Penguins' AHL affiliate, and played his first career NHL game during the 2003-2004 season.

Rob went on to play 783 career regular season games in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, and the Chicago Blackhawks, and is a two-time Stanley Cup Champion, raising the Cup as a member of the Penguins in 2009, and again with the Kings in 2012.

Rob currently resides in Garden City, where he and his wife Courtney have four children.