Brendan Shanahan
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname | Shanny, Shan the Man |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
New York Rangers Detroit Red Wings Hartford Whalers St. Louis Blues New Jersey Devils |
| Nationality |  Canada & United States |
| Born | 23 January 1969, Mimico, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 2nd overall, 1987 New Jersey Devils |
| Pro Career | 1987 – present |
Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born 23 January 1969, in Mimico, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian ice hockey left wing and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. With his physical play and goal scoring ability, Shanahan has scored 600 goals in his career, and is the leader among active players for goals scored. He helped the Detroit Red Wings win three Stanley Cups. The son of Irish parents, Rosaleen and Donal, he played lacrosse while growing up in his home town of Mimico, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Toronto with his brothers Danny, Brian, and Shaun.
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[edit] Playing career
Shanahan was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. He was the second player selected, after Pierre Turgeon. Expectations for Shanahan were high after a stellar career with the London Knights of the OHL.
[edit] New Jersey Devils (1988 – 1991)
In the 1987-88 NHL season, he scored 26 points in 65 games as an 18 year-old. In the 1988-89 NHL season, he improved to 22 goals and 50 points. He scored 30 goals the next year and 29 in the 1990-91 NHL season. At the tender age of 22, Shanahan was already an established scorer in the NHL. He had also played well in the Devils' brief playoff runs.
[edit] St. Louis Blues (1991 – 1995)
On 25 July 1991, the St. Louis Blues signed Shanahan to a contract. According to the collective bargaining agreement, he was a restricted free-agent, and therefore, the Devils were due compensation. Ordinarily, this compensation would be in the form of draft picks, but the Blues already owed four first-round draft picks to the Washington Capitals for signing Scott Stevens the previous year. The Blues made an offer for compensation that was made up of Curtis Joseph, Rod Brind'Amour and two draft picks even further down the road. The Devils wanted Scott Stevens. An arbitrator eventually decided that Stevens was to be the compensation, and so Brendan Shanahan joined the Blues in exchange for Scott Stevens.
While Shanahan's first season for the Blues yielded similar statistics to his seasons with the Devils, he would explode in the 1992-93 NHL season. In 71 games, he scored 51 goals and added 43 assists for a total of 94 points. Next season, he scored 102 points, played in the NHL All-Star Game, and was named to the NHL First All-Star Team at the end of the year. During the strike, Shanahan played three games for Düsseldorf EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, managing to score five goals and tally 3 assists in his short stay overseas. When the NHL started back up, he came back and continued to play well for the Blues, especially in the playoff that year, where he scored 9 points in only 5 games.
[edit] Hartford Whalers (1995 – 1996)
On 27 July 1995, Shanahan was traded to the Hartford Whalers for Chris Pronger. In his only full season for Hartford, Brendan scored 44 goals. For his efforts, he got to play in another All-Star Game that year. Soon, though, he was traded again. On 9 October 1996, just two games into the season, Shanahan and Bryan Glynn were traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey, and a first-round draft pick.
[edit] Detroit Red Wings (1996 – 2006)
Shanahan finished off the season with his usual productivity, scoring a total of 48 goals for the season, and was again asked to play in the All-Star Game. In the playoffs, Shanahan helped the Red Wings with 9 goals and 8 assists as they won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1955. They won the cup again the next year, even though Shanahan struggled, scoring only 57 points. He only scored 58 in the 1998-99 NHL season, although he played in another All-Star Game. He also suffered defeat in the playoffs, as the Red Wings lost to their bitter rivals, the Colorado Avalanche. Shanahan scored 41 goals in the next season, indicating a return to his old form in the new, lower-scoring NHL. After the season, he was named to the First All-Star Team again. He put up 76 points in the 2000-01 NHL season although Detroit both lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Los Angeles Kings and watched their rivals win a second Stanley Cup.
The 2001-2002 NHL season was a banner one for both Shanahan and the Red Wings. Having picked up Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, and Dominik Hasek in the off-season, the team was primed to win its third Cup since 1997. They cruised to victory and Shanahan continued to play a big role in their success, scoring 37 goals during the regular season and 19 points in their victorious Stanley Cup run. Shanahan also picked up an Olympic Gold Medal in Salt Lake City with Team Canada and was named to the Second NHL All-Star Team. In the season following their third Stanley Cup, Shanahan only scored 30 goals and 68 points, low totals compared to his previous few seasons. However, he won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy at the end of the year for his humanitarian efforts. In the following season, he scored 25 goals and 53 points, his lowest totals in fifteen years. However, in the 2005-06 NHL season, the first season following the owner's lockout, Shanahan showed yet another return to form, scoring an impressive 40 goals and tallying 41 assists for 81 points, good for third among Red Wings in scoring.
During the free agent period following the 2005-06 NHL season, he signed a one-year $4 million deal with the New York Rangers. [1]
"It really came down to an instinct I had.. Detroit has a great past and a great future ahead of them as well, but I guess I just felt that maybe I was identified with the past a little bit more than the future." As Shanahan was quoted on The Sports Network's (TSN) website (via both the Canadian Press & Associated Press) on July 9, 2006 for leaving the Wings to become a Ranger.
[edit] New York Rangers (2006 – present)
Shanahan is currently an alternate captain with the Rangers, and was on track to score over 40 goals and 75 points for the 2006-07 season.[1] On February 1, 2007, he expressed well-publicized frustration in a press conference about his perception that NHL referees are biased against teammate Jaromir Jagr.[2]
On February 17, 2007 in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Shanahan was hospitalized after a hard collision with Philadelphia's Mike Knuble that left him unconscious, on the ice, for several minutes.
He was taken off the ice, on a stretcher, and brought to St. Vincent's hospital where X-rays and a CT scan were taken. All the tests were negative, but Shanahan was being kept overnight for observation. The Rangers said he was awake, alert, and moving all his extremities. [2] He was discharged the following day. Shanahan made his return on March 21, 2007 in a game also against the Flyers after missing 15 games. [3]
[edit] Personality and legacy
Entering the 2006-2007 season, Shanahan had scored 598 goals and 1,232 points in his 18 year NHL career. These totals, alongside his 7 All-Star Game and 3 All-Star Team nominations, as well as his 3 Stanley Cups, indicate that Shanahan will likely be elected to the Hall of Fame after he retires. In addition to his goal-scoring, Shanahan has an impressive physical presence, and he stood as one of the premier power forwards in the league for most of his career. He has also always played a solid defensive game and worked hard for his teams. Despite the decline of his later years, he is still a standout player in the NHL and is still an integral part of one of the most successful teams in the league.
Shanahan is respected off the ice as well, a loquacious and witty interview subject who has become an elder statesman of hockey. The "Shanahan Summit," a two-day conference organized by the player in Toronto during the NHL lockout season (2004-2005), gathered players, coaches, and other influential voices to discuss improvements to the flow and tempo of the game. Ten recommendations were presented to the league and players association.
[edit] Accomplishments
With titles in the Olympics, World Championship and Stanley Cup he is member of the elite Triple Gold Club and one of only five (in May-06) to be a member of the unofficial "Quad Gold Club", adding a Canada Cup/World Cup of Hockey title to the other three. His number 19 has been retired by his junior team, the London Knights.
In the Rangers season opener at Madison Square Garden on October 5, 2006, Shanahan scored his 599th and 600th career goals against Washington Capitals goaltender Olaf Kolzig, with assists coming from Petr Prucha on both goals. He is the 15th player in NHL history to reach this milestone.
On Tuesday November 14, 2006, Shanahan received the inaugural Mark Messier Award, given to the player that demonstrates the most leadership in the NHL.
On January 18, 2007, Shanahan was named captain of the Eastern All Stars for the 2007 All-Star game, the first time in his seven previous career all-star appearances.
[edit] Personal life
Shanahan married Catherine Janney (ex-wife of former St. Louis teammate Craig Janney) on 4 July 1998; they have three children - twins Maggie and Jack were born on 23 November 2002, and daughter Catherine Rosaleen was born on 16 October 2004. Shanahan became a United States citizen on 17 May 2002, though Shanahan maintains that he will continue to play for Canada in international events, unlike former teammate Brett Hull, and did so during the 2006 World Hockey Championships.!
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985-86 | London Knights | OHL | 59 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 1986-87 | London Knights | OHL | 56 | 39 | 53 | 92 | 128 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987-88 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 65 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 131 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 44 | ||
| 1988-89 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 68 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 115 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1989-90 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 73 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 137 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 1990-91 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 75 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 141 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 1991-92 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 171 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1992-93 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 71 | 51 | 43 | 94 | 174 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 1993-94 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 81 | 52 | 50 | 102 | 211 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1994-95 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 45 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 136 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 1994-95 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 74 | 44 | 34 | 78 | 125 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 79 | 46 | 41 | 87 | 131 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | ||
| 1997-98 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 75 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 154 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | ||
| 1998-99 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 81 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 1999-00 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 78 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 105 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2000-01 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 81 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 80 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 118 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 2002-03 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 78 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 117 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 2005-06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 82 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| NHL Totals | 1350 | 598 | 634 | 1232 | 2378 | 157 | 53 | 66 | 119 | 257 | ||||
[edit] International play
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's ice hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team | |
Played for Canada in:
- 1987 World Junior Championships (Disqualified)
- 1991 Canada Cup (gold medal)
- 1994 World Championships (gold medal)
- 1996 World Cup of Hockey (silver medal)
- 1998 Winter Olympics (4th place)
- 2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
- 2006 World Championships (4th place)
[edit] See also
- Power forward (ice hockey)
- List of NHL statistical leaders
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players with 1000 points
- List of NHL players with 500 goals
- List of NHL players with 600 goals
[edit] References
- Shanahan's stats at tsn.ca
- Shanahan's stats at hockeydb.com
- ^ Brendan Shanahan. ESPN.com. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
- ^ Angry Shanahan says refs are biased against Jagr. AP (2007-02-01). Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
| Preceded by Pat Verbeek |
Hartford Whalers captains 1995-96 |
Succeeded by Kevin Dineen |
| Preceded by Ron Francis |
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy 2003 |
Succeeded by Jarome Iginla |
Categories: 1969 births | Canadian ice hockey left wingers | Detroit Red Wings players | Deutsche Eishockey-Liga players | Hartford Whalers players | Hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Ice hockey personnel from Ontario | Irish Canadians | King Clancy Memorial Trophy winners | Living people | London Knights alumni | National Hockey League 50-goal seasons | National Hockey League 100-point seasons | National Hockey League All-Stars | National Hockey League first round draft picks | Naturalized citizens of the United States | New Jersey Devils draft picks | New York Rangers players | Olympic ice hockey players for Canada | Olympic gold medalists for Canada | Ontario sportspeople | People from Toronto | St. Louis Blues players | Stanley Cup champions | Triple Gold Club | Winter Olympics medalists
