Brendan Shanahan

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2013
Brendan Shanahan
Date of birth 23rd January 1969
place of birth Mimico , Ontario , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 102 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 1st round, 2nd position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1985-1987 London Knights
1987-1991 New Jersey Devils
1991-1995 St. Louis Blues
1995-1996 Hartford Whalers
1996-2006 Detroit Red Wings
2006-2008 New York Rangers
2009 New Jersey Devils

Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born January 23, 1969 in Mimico , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current official who played 1708 games for the New Jersey Devils , St. Louis Blues , Hartford in the course of his active career between 1985 and 2009 Whalers , Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Shanahan, who was selected in second overall position in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft and won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 , was honored in 2013 with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . He has been a member of the Triple Gold Club since 2002 . He is currently the President of the Toronto Maple Leafs .

Career

Player career

Brendan Shanahan played in the Ontario Hockey League for the London Knights since 1985 and proved what potential he had. In two years he reached 154 points in 115 games. In the 1987 NHL Entry Draft , the New Jersey Devils were selected in the first round at position 2. In October 1987 he made his debut in the National Hockey League at the age of 18 . At the end of the season he came to 26 points and moved with the Devils for the first time in their history in the playoffs , where they advanced to the conference finals.

In the game year 1989/90 he came to 72 scorer points in the season. However, due to his very physical style of play, he also received many penalty minutes. He also let himself be carried away to one or the other fight on the ice.

In 1991 Shanahan signed with the St. Louis Blues . But Shanahan was a restricted free agent and the Blues had to compensate the New Jersey Devils. Usually such compensation is paid in the form of draft picks, but the Blues had already given the Washington Capitals four first-round draft picks for Scott Stevens . The blues offered Curtis Joseph , Rod Brind'Amour and two draft picks that could not have been used until a few years later. But the New Jersey Devils were more interested in Scott Stevens, so Shanahan came in for Stevens.

The first year in St. Louis brought Shanahan the consistent performance that he had already shown in New Jersey. In the 1992/93 season Shanahan really got going and set a new personal record with 94 points, which he improved to 102 points the following year.

The start of the 1994/95 NHL season was postponed because the NHLPA players' union , the league and the team owners could not agree on new salary modalities. Many players went to Europe to play ice hockey anyway. Brendan Shanahan moved to Germany to join the Düsseldorfer EG . But after only three games in which he scored five goals and prepared three, he had to return to the United States because the season could now begin. It was his last season in St. Louis.

In late July 1995 Shanahan was transferred to the Hartford Whalers in an exchange deal for Chris Pronger . He became captain of the team and scored 78 points. But the team missed the playoffs. He started the 1996/97 season with the Whalers, but after two games he was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings .

In Detroit he played a very good season, as one was used to from him, and he scored 88 points, the third best value of his career. In the playoffs, he had a large share of the Red Wings' first Stanley Cup victory since 1955 with 17 points . Nevertheless, the Red Wings were able to win the Stanley Cup again. In the 1998/99 season he could not improve compared to the previous year and Detroit was eliminated against arch rivals from Colorado in the playoffs.

In the following two years the old form returned and Shanahan scored hard again. The 2001/02 season should be a particularly successful season for Shanahan. In February 2002, he won the gold medal in the final against the US team with the Canadian national team at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . Reinforced by Dominik Hašek and Brett Hull , the Red Wings played a very good season, which ended with the third Stanley Cup success since 1997.

In 2003 Shanahan was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership and community engagement. Things didn't go as well on the ice as in previous years. He scored less and the Red Wings did not get past the second playoff round.

The 2004/05 season was completely canceled due to another lockout . Brendan Shanahan started the next season in full freshness. In 82 games, he collected 81 points, his best performance in nine years. Despite a great regular season for the Red Wings, the disappointing ending came in the first round of the playoffs. It was also the farewell to Brendan Shanahan after ten successful years in Detroit.

In the summer of 2006, Shanahan decided to leave Detroit to start over with another team. He was on the verge of signing a deal with the Montréal Canadiens when he received an offer from the New York Rangers to sign a four-million-dollar one-year deal. In his first game for the Rangers, he scored twice and was only the 15th player to reach 600 NHL goals. Over the course of the season, he was among the broader circle of candidates for the Maurice Richard Trophy , which is awarded to the top scorer, but his hit rate has not been consistent enough to keep up with the best. At the end of February 2007 he suffered a severe concussion in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers when he collided with opponent Mike Knuble and had to be carried off the ice. After a month he was able to return to the team. At the end of the season he came back with 62 points in 67 games to a decent result and also in the playoffs he convinced with five goals, but the Rangers failed in the second round. With his 29 goals this season Shanahan reached the 20-goal mark for the 18th time in a row, which apart from him only Gordie Howe achieved.

In the summer of 2007 he received a new one-year contract from the Rangers, which was not extended after the expiry, because the Rangers could not lift the Canadian's salary demands at the beginning of the season. Therefore, on January 14, 2009, he signed a one-year contract with the New Jersey Devils, the team with which he began his NHL career in 1987. Shanahan, who was selected by the Devils as the second player in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, signed a contract worth $ 800,000 for the entire season or about $ 400,000 for the remaining games.

The contract was extended for another year on August 5, 2009, so that Shanahan was in the Devils squad at the beginning of the 2009/10 season . After various new signings over the summer, however, he only played a subordinate role, whereupon he left the team on October 1st - just before the start of the season - at his own request. On November 17, 2009, the Canadian finally announced his retirement from ice hockey.

Functionary career

Brendan Shanahan (2020)

In December 2009, Shanahan accepted the NHL's offer to serve as the NHL Vice President, Hockey and Business Development. On June 1, 2011, he succeeded Colin Campbell as NHL Senior Vice President. In this role he had to decide on player bans following illegal actions. Most of the time, he posted videos on the official NHL website, in which he explained in what way a rule violation existed (or not existed) and justified the duration of the ban.

On April 11, 2014, Shanahan was introduced as the new president and alternate governor of the Toronto Maple Leafs . At the same time, the NHL announced that Stéphane Quintal is taking over the post of chief criminal judge.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
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 7th 19th 26th 131 12 2 1 3 44
1988/89 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 22nd 28 50 115 - - - - -
1989/90 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 30th 42 72 137 6th 3 3 6th 20th
1990/91 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 29 37 66 141 7th 3 5 8th 12
1991/92 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 33 36 69 171 6th 2 3 5 14th
1992/93 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 51 43 94 174 11 4th 3 7th 18th
1993/94 St. Louis Blues NHL 81 52 50 102 211 4th 2 5 7th 4th
1994/95 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 3 5 3 8th 4th - - - - -
1994/95 St. Louis Blues NHL 45 20th 21st 41 136 5 4th 5 9 14th
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 20th 9 8th 17th 43
1997/98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 28 29 57 154 20th 5 4th 9 22nd
1998/99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 31 27 58 123 10 3 7th 10 6th
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 4th 0
2001/02 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 37 38 75 118 23 8th 11 19th 20th
2002/03 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 30th 38 68 103 4th 1 1 2 4th
2003/04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 25th 28 53 117 12 1 5 6th 20th
2004/05 Detroit Red Wings NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 40 41 81 105 6th 1 1 2 6th
2006/07 New York Rangers NHL 67 29 33 62 47 10 5 2 7th 12
2007/08 New York Rangers NHL 73 23 23 46 35 10 1 4th 5 8th
2008/09 New Jersey Devils NHL 34 6th 8th 14th 29 7th 1 2 3 2
OHL total 115 67 87 154 198 5 5 5 10 5
NHL overall 1524 656 698 1354 2489 184 60 74 134 279

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 Canada June World Cup disqualification 6th 4th 3 7th 4th
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 2 0 2 6th
1994 Canada WM 1st place, gold 6th 4th 3 7th 30th
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 7th 3 4th 7th 8th
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 2 0 2 0
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 0
2006 Canada WM 4th Place 8th 3 1 4th 10
Juniors overall 6th 4th 3 7th 4th
Men overall 41 14th 9 23 54

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Others

Family and private

Brendan Shanahan has been married to Catherine Janney, the ex-wife of his former teammate Craig Janney , since 1998. They have three children, twins Maggie and Jack and Catherine, who was born in October 2004.

Shanahan has had both Canadian and US citizenship since May 2002.

Special

  • Shanahan is a member of the Triple Gold Club . The Triple Gold Club is an exclusive group of ice hockey players who have won both the Stanley Cup, Olympic gold and the World Championship.
  • The London Knights , for whom he played in the OHL in his youth, banned the number 19, which he wore then, in his honor, which is no longer awarded.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kicker.de, Shanahan declares resignation
personal data
SURNAME Shanahan, Brendan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shanahan, Brendan Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Mimico , Ontario