Ray Sheppard

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CanadaCanada  Ray Sheppard Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 27, 1966
place of birth Petawawa , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 3rd round, 60th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1982-1983 Brockville Braves
1983-1986 Cornwall Royals
1986-1987 Rochester Americans
1987-1990 Buffalo Sabers
1990-1991 New York Rangers
1991-1995 Detroit Red Wings
1995-1996 San Jose Sharks
1996-1998 Florida panthers
1998-1999 Carolina Hurricanes
1999-2000 Florida panthers
2000-2001 SCL Tigers

Raymond Garfield "Ray" Sheppard (born May 27, 1966 in Petawawa , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 898 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Detroit Red Wings , New York Rangers , San Jose Sharks , Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Sheppard, who can look back on an extremely successful last junior year, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Rochester Americans by winning the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League in 1987. In the NHL, he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers -Playoffs 1996 .

Career

Sheppard began his career in 1983 in the Ontario Hockey League with the Cornwall Royals . After his first season there he was selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabers in the third round in 60th position. However, the Canadian played for the Royals for another two years. In his last season he scored 142 points in 63 games, which was rewarded at the end of the season with the Red Tilson Trophy for the most valuable player in the OHL, the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy for the OHL top scorer and the appointment to the All-Star Team.

His first professional season played the right winger initially the American Hockey League - the farm team of the Buffalo Sabers, the Rochester Americans . For the 1987/88 season Sheppard then moved to the NHL for the Sabers. There he played until the end of the 1989/90 season , in which he only played 18 due to a joint injury. In the summer of 1990 he moved to the New York Rangers for a year . As a free agent , he went to the Detroit Red Wings the following summer , where he remained until October 1995, when Detroit gave him in exchange for Igor Larionow to the San Jose Sharks . With the Red Wings he had the best season of his career in the 1993/94 season with 93 points in 82 games. Since the Sharks could not qualify for the playoffs in the 1995/96 game year , Sheppard moved to the Florida Panthers after only 51 games , with whom he reached the final games for the Stanley Cup in the same year . However, the team was clearly defeated by the Colorado Avalanche . In March 1998, the Canadian moved to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Kirk McLean . After the 1998/99 season , Sheppard did not find a new team until he returned to Florida in November 1999 to join the Panthers.

He left his career in the 2000/01 season with the SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League A finish. During this season he also took part in the Spengler Cup 2000 with Team Canada .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Cornwall Royals OHL 68 44 36 80 69 3 2 4th 6th 0
1984/85 Cornwall Royals OHL 49 25th 33 58 51 9 2 12 14th 4th
1985/86 Cornwall Royals OHL 63 81 61 142 25th 6th 7th 4th 11 0
1986/87 Rochester Americans AHL 55 18th 13 31 11 15th 12 3 15th 2
1987/88 Buffalo Sabers NHL 74 38 27 65 14th 6th 1 1 2 2
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 22nd 21st 43 15th 1 0 1 1 0
1989/90 Rochester Americans AHL 5 3 5 8th 2 17th 8th 7th 15th 9
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 18th 4th 2 6th 0 - - - - -
1990/91 New York Rangers NHL 59 24 23 47 21st - - - - -
1991/92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 36 26th 62 27 11 6th 2 8th 4th
1992/93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 32 34 66 29 7th 2 3 5 0
1993/94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 52 41 93 26th 7th 2 1 3 4th
1994/95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 30th 10 40 17th 17th 4th 3 7th 5
1995/96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
1995/96 San Jose Sharks NHL 51 27 19th 46 10 - - - - -
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 14th 8th 2 10 4th 21st 8th 8th 16 0
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 68 29 31 60 4th 5 2 0 2 0
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 61 14th 17th 31 21st - - - - -
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 10 4th 2 6th 2 - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 25th 33 58 16 6th 5 1 6th 2
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 47 10 10 20th 4th - - - - -
2000/01 SC Langnau NLA 13 13 4th 17th 0 4th 3 3 6th 2
OHL total 180 150 130 280 145 15th 9 16 25th 4th
AHL total 60 21st 18th 39 13 32 20th 10 30th 11
NHL overall 817 357 300 657 212 81 30th 20th 50 17th

( 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 Sheppard, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sheppard, Raymond Garfield (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Petawawa , Ontario