Darrin Shannon

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CanadaCanada  Darrin Shannon Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 8, 1969
place of birth Barrie , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 1st lap, 4th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1986-1989 Windsor Compuware Spitfires
1989-1991 Buffalo Sabers
Rochester Americans
1991-1996 Winnipeg Jets
1996-1998 Phoenix Coyotes
1999 Grand Rapids Griffins
1999-2000 St. John's Maple Leafs
Chicago Wolves

Darrin Arthur Shannon (born December 8, 1969 in Barrie , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 551 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Winnipeg Jets and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League between 1986 and 2000 ( NHL) on the position of the left winger . His older brother Darryl was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Shannon spent his junior years between 1986 and 1989 with the Windsor Compuware Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In the first two years he played there with his one year older brother Darryl . Together they won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Spitfires at the end of the 1987/88 season . In addition, Shannon was honored at the end of the season with the Bobby Smith Trophy , which was awarded to the player who best combined athletic and school performance during the season. His brother meanwhile received the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the best defensive player in the league. Darrin Shannon also received the CHL Scholastic Player of the Year Award from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). He prevailed against Kevin Cheveldayoff and Stéphane Beauregard , who had received equivalent awards in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ). At the end of the Memorial Cup in 1988 the brothers found themselves in the all-star team of the prestigious tournament. While Darrin Shannon was subsequently selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in fourth overall position by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL), Darryl switched to the professional field, so that his younger brother his third and final OHL year without him denied. At the end of the 1988/89 season he also gained his first experience in the professional field, but not in the organization of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but in the jersey of the Buffalo Sabers . The Sabers had acquired the talent as part of a transfer deal in November 1988 together with Douglas Bodger , while they had given their goalkeeper Tom Barrasso and a third-round vote in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft to Pittsburgh.

From the 1989/90 season, the striker found himself permanently in the organization of the Buffalo Sabers, but he did not manage to gain a regular place in the NHL in the following two years. So he was mostly in the squad of Buffalo's farm team , the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League (AHL). Shortly after the start of the 1991/92 season , Shannon was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets in October 1991 along with Mike Hartman and Dean Kennedy . The opposite way from Winnipeg to Buffalo, however, came Dave McLlwain , Gord Donnelly , a five-round suffrage in the NHL Entry Draft 1992 and almost six months later Greg Paslawski . It was only with the Jets that the winger finally managed to establish himself in the NHL. He was active for the team for the next five years and was also one of the players who committed the relocation of the franchise to Phoenix in the state of Arizona, USA . For the Phoenix Coyotes he played another two years, so that he was loyal to the franchise for a total of seven years. His best year in the NHL was in the jersey of the Jets, when he collected 60 scorer points in the 1992/93 season , followed by another year with 58.

After the 1997/98 season, Shannon's contract in Phoenix had expired and he then underwent knee surgery, which, however, led to the fact that the then 28-year-old should never again appear in the NHL. When he recovered, the attacker signed a contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the International Hockey League (IHL) in February 1999 , for which he only played ten games due to persistent knee problems. In August 1999 he received a new contract in the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise , but played exclusively and sporadically in the AHL and IHL for the St. John's Maple Leafs and Chicago Wolves in the course of the 1999/2000 millennium season , before he started his career due to injury Had to end summer 2000 prematurely at the age of 30.

International

At the international level, Shannon represented his home country with the Canadian U20 selection at the 1989 World Junior Championship in Anchorage, USA . He scored a goal in seven tournament appearances and prepared three more hits. At the end of the tournament, the Canadians placed fourth outside the medal ranks.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 60 17th 41 58 31 14th 4th 6th 10 8th
1987/88 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 43 33 41 74 49 12 6th 12 18th 9
1988 Windsor Compuware Spitfires Memorial Cup - - - - - 4th 4th 3 7th 10
1988/89 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 54 33 48 81 47 4th 1 6th 7th 2
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1989/90 Rochester Americans AHL 50 20th 23 43 25th 9 4th 1 5 2
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 17th 2 7th 9 4th 6th 0 1 1 4th
1990/91 Rochester Americans AHL 49 26th 34 60 56 10 3 5 8th 22nd
1990/91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 34 8th 6th 14th 12 6th 1 2 3 4th
1991/92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 68 13 26th 39 41 7th 0 1 1 10
1992/93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 84 20th 40 60 91 6th 2 4th 6th 6th
1993/94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 77 21st 37 58 87 - - - - -
1994/95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 19th 5 3 8th 14th - - - - -
1995/96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 63 5 18th 23 28 6th 1 0 1 6th
1996/97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 11 13 24 41 7th 3 1 4th 4th
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 58 2 12 14th 26th 5 0 1 1 4th
1998/99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 10 1 5 6th 12 - - - - -
1999/00 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 8th 2 0 2 2 - - - - -
1999/00 Chicago Wolves IHL 9 1 3 4th 6th - - - - -
OHL total 157 83 130 213 127 30th 11 24 35 19th
AHL total 107 48 57 105 83 19th 7th 6th 13 24
IHL total 19th 2 8th 10 18th - - - - -
NHL overall 506 87 163 250 344 45 7th 10 17th 38

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1989 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 3 4th 10
Juniors overall 7th 1 3 4th 10

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Shannon, Darrin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shannon, Darrin Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrie , Ontario , Canada