Jeff Shantz

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Jeff Shantz
Date of birth October 10, 1973
place of birth Duchess , Alberta , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1992 , 2nd round, 36th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1989-1993 Regina Pats
1993-1998 Chicago Blackhawks
1998-2002 Calgary Flames
2002-2003 Colorado Avalanche
2003-2005 SCL Tigers
2005-2008 Adler Mannheim
2008-2011 EC KAC

Jeffrey Dale "Jeff" Shantz (born October 10, 1973 in Duchess , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 686 games for the Chicago Blackhawks , Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche in the National between 1989 and 2011 Hockey League on the position of the center . He was also active for a considerable part of his career in Europe, where he won national championship titles in Germany and Austria as well as the prestigious Spengler Cup .

Career

Shantz in the face-off against Aaron Gavey from Cologne

Shantz played during his junior years between 1989 and 1993 with the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League . In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft , the right-handed shooter was drawn as No. 36 in the second round by the Chicago Blackhawks , his first NHL game he completed in the 1993/94 season , in which he scored his first three goals in 52 games in the North American professional league scored. After he was repeatedly used in the International Hockey League at Indianapolis Ice , Shantz was a permanent member of the Blackhawks' squad from the 1995/96 season .

Other NHL stations were the Calgary Flames between 1998 and 2992 and the Colorado Avalanche in the 2002/03 season , before the Canadian moved to the SCL Tigers in Switzerland in the summer of 2003 . During the playoffs of the 2003-04 season he reinforced the EHC Biel in the National League B . In 2005 Shantz moved on to the Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League . Due to a cartilage injury in his knee and a meniscus damage, the Canadian was out for several months in the summer of 2006, but returned to the ice in the middle of the season, won the German championship with the Eagles and was named Most Valuable Player of the play-offs . His contract in Mannheim runs until 2008. On May 5, 2008, the EC KAC announced the commitment of Jeff Shantz for the 2008/09 season. The 34-year-old center signed a one-year contract with the Austrian record champions and ended his career with the KAC in 2011.

International

For the Canadian U20 national team , Shantz was active in seven games at the Junior World Cup in 1993 and scored two goals. At the end of the tournament, he and the team won the gold medal. For the men's association selection he competed in the Spengler Cup in 2003 and 2004 . At the 2004 World Cup , the striker was part of the squad, but remained unused when he won the world title alongside Jamie Heward as one of two players in the squad.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Regina Pats WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1990/91 Regina Pats WHL 69 16 21st 37 22nd 8th 2 2 4th 2
1991/92 Regina Pats WHL 72 39 50 89 75 - - - - -
1992/93 Regina Pats WHL 64 29 54 83 75 - - - - -
1993/94 Indianapolis Ice IHL 19th 5 9 14th 20th - - - - -
1993/94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 52 3 13 16 30th 6th 0 0 0 6th
1994/95 Indianapolis Ice IHL 32 9 15th 24 20th - - - - -
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 45 6th 12 18th 33 16 3 1 4th 2
1995/96 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 6th 14th 20th 24 10 2 3 5 6th
1996/97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 9 21st 30th 28 6th 0 4th 4th 6th
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 61 11 20th 31 36
1998/99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 7th 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 69 12 17th 29 40 - - - - -
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 74 13 18th 31 30th - - - - -
2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 73 5 15th 20th 58 - - - - -
2001/02 Saint John Flames AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Calgary Flames NHL 40 3 3 6th 23 - - - - -
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 74 3 6th 9 35 6th 0 0 0 4th
2003/04 SCL Tigers NLA 48 18th 27 45 40 2 0 0 0 0
2003/04 EHC Biel NLB - - - - - 4th 1 0 1 4th
2004/05 SCL Tigers NLA 43 9 19th 28 28 6th 0 4th 4th 4th
2004/05 Friborg-Gottéron NLA - - - - - 5 1 5 6th 8th
2005/06 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 18th 20th 38 72 - - - - -
2006/07 Adler Mannheim DEL 36 7th 19th 26th 64 11 7th 0 7th 14th
2007/08 Adler Mannheim DEL 45 8th 18th 26th 64 5 0 1 1 4th
2008/09 EC KAC EBEL 53 17th 31 48 78 13 2 2 4th 8th
2009/10 EC KAC EBEL 41 6th 26th 32 78 7th 2 2 4th 8th
2010/11 EC KAC EBEL 50 16 19th 35 100 5 2 4th 6th 6th
WHL overall 206 84 125 209 172 21st 4th 14th 18th 16
IHL total 51 14th 24 38 40 - - - - -
NHL overall 642 72 139 211 341 44 5 8th 13 24
NLA total 91 27 46 73 138 13 1 9 10 43
DEL total 133 33 57 90 200 16 7th 1 8th 18th
EBEL total 144 39 76 115 256 25th 6th 8th 14th 22nd

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1993 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 4th 6th 2
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold Without any effort
Juniors overall 7th 2 4th 6th 2

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laola1.tv, KAC hires Jeff Shantz ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Shantz, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shantz, Jeffrey Dale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Duchess , Alberta , Canada