Ray Shero

Ray Shero
Date of birth	July 28, 1962
place of birth	Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Left wing
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1982 , 11th round, 216th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1980-1985	St. Lawrence University

Rejean "Ray" Shero (born July 28, 1962 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player and current - functional . He appeared in the National Hockey League (NHL) mainly as General Manager , so he previously worked in this role with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2006-2014) and the New Jersey Devils (2015-2020).

Career

Ray Shero began his career in 1980 as a left winger at St. Lawrence University . In the NHL Entry Draft 1982 he was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the eleventh round at position 216, but continued to go to the university, which he led in points in 1982/83 and 1983/84. He was also the team captain from 1983 to 1985 .

In 1985 he left university with degrees in economics and sociology and also ended his active ice hockey career without ever having played in the NHL . From 1986 he represented the interests of NHL players as their agent. In the summer of 1993, he was named assistant general manager of the Ottawa Senators and stayed there until November 1998, when he took up the same post with the Nashville Predators , who were in their first NHL season. He also had an impact on the success of the Milwaukee Admirals , the AHL - farm team of the Predators that in 2004 the Calder Cup won.

After almost eight years in Nashville, the Pittsburgh Penguins hired him as their new General Manager at the end of May 2006. Shero made a first important decision back in June when he selected Jordan Staal in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in the first round, who immediately made the jump into the Penguins' NHL roster. During the 2006/07 season he strengthened the team, among other things, with the commitment of Gary Roberts , so that the Penguins could reach the playoffs for the first time since 2001 .

In the summer of 2007, Shero continued to work on the development and above all on the future of the team when he signed a new contract with the young star Sidney Crosby until 2013 and extended it with the veterans Gary Roberts and Mark Recchi . He also signed the experienced Darryl Sydor and Petr Sýkora and coach Michel Therrien received a contract extension until 2009. He replaced Therrien in 2009 with Dan Bylsma , with whom the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in the following playoffs . He was personally honored with the 2013 NHL General Manager of the Year Award for his work in Pittsburgh .

In May 2014, Shero was released after eight years with the Penguins. After a year off, the New Jersey Devils hired him as General Manager in May 2015, where he succeeded Lou Lamoriello . In New Jersey he failed to build a competitive team in the years that followed, so he was fired after only one playoff participation in January 2020. His successor on an interim basis was his previous assistant, Tom Fitzgerald .

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 NHL General Manager of the Year Award

family

Ray Shero's father Fred Shero , a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2013 , was a player and coach in the NHL. As a coach, he led the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cup victories and was the first recipient of the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. He also won the Calder Cup and the championship of the Central Hockey League and was named the best coach in both leagues.

Ray Shero is married and has two sons.

Web links

• Ray Shero at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ray Shero at hockeydraftcentral.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: Shero named GM of Devils; Lamoriello still president. nhl.com, May 4, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015 .