Shane Churla

Shane Churla
Date of birth	June 24, 1965
place of birth	Fernie , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1985 , 6th lap, 110th position Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1983-1985	Medicine Hat Tigers
1985-1986	Binghamton Whalers
1986-1987	Hartford Whalers
1987-1988	Binghamton Whalers
1988-1989	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1989-1993	Minnesota North Stars
1993-1996	Dallas Stars
1996	Los Angeles Kings
1996-1997	New York Rangers

Shane Churla (born June 24, 1965 in Fernie , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and scout , who played 566 games for the Hartford Whalers , Calgary Flames , Minnesota North Stars , Dallas during his active career between 1983 and 1997 Stars , Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Churla, who embodied the player type of the Enforcer , has been employed by the Canadiens de Montréal as Director of Amateur Scouting since summer 2016 .

Career

Churla, who acted on the position of the right winger, was initially active from 1983 to 1985 for the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League . There he led the league in the 1984/85 season with 370 penalty minutes. Following this time the game was Enforcer at 1985 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round at a total of 110. Position of the Hartford Whalers selected. After he had spent the following season exclusively with the Binghamton Whalers in the American Hockey League , the Canadian played his first NHL games for the Hartford Whalers during the 1986/87 season . This transferred him in January 1988 together with Dana Murzyn in exchange for Neil Sheehy , Carey Wilson and the rights to Lane MacDonald to the Calgary Flames .

After a year in the organization of the Flames, the right-shooter was exchanged again, this time together with Perry Berezan for Brian MacLellan and a four-round vote in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft to the Minnesota North Stars . There he spent well over 200 minutes in the penalty box for four seasons in a row. During this time, Churla was selected in the 1991 NHL Dispersal Draft in first position by the San Jose Sharks , but was transferred back to the Minnesota North Stars a few days later. After the franchise was relocated to Dallas , Texas in 1993 , Churla went on hold for three more years for the team now known as Dallas Stars . Here he set up his career record in the 1993/94 season with 333 penalty minutes in 69 games of the regular season. After another transfer in the spring of 1996, the Enforcer acted briefly in the dress of the Los Angeles Kings before he was transferred to the New York Rangers a month later . There he let his active career fade away and ended his playing career in 1997.

Churla holds the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars franchise record for the most penalty minutes in the regular season (1883), as does that of the Binghamton Whalers (723).

After finishing his playing career Churla hit a career as a scout in the National Hockey League. He initially served in this role with the Phoenix Coyotes from 2000 to 2002 and 2003 to 2005 . He then held the same position in the Dallas Stars organization until 2013. For the 2013/14 season , the Canadian was hired by the Canadiens de Montréal and after three years promoted to Director of Amateur Scouting .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1983/84	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		48	3	7th	10	115		14th	1	5	6th	41
1984/85	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		70	14th	20th	34	370		9	1	0	1	55
1985/86	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		52	4th	10	14th	306		3	0	0	0	22nd
1986/87	Hartford Whalers	NHL		20th	0	1	1	78		2	0	0	0	42
1986/87	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		24	1	5	6th	249		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Hartford Whalers	NHL		2	0	0	0	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		25th	5	8th	13	168		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Calgary Flames	NHL		29	1	5	6th	132		7th	0	1	1	17th
1988/89	Calgary Flames	NHL		5	0	0	0	25th		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	IHL		32	3	13	16	278		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		13	1	0	1	54		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		52	2	3	5	292		7th	0	0	0	44
1990/91	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		40	2	2	4th	286		22nd	2	1	3	90
1991/92	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		57	4th	1	5	278		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		73	5	16	21st	286		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Dallas Stars	NHL		69	6th	7th	13	333		9	1	3	4th	35
1994/95	Dallas Stars	NHL		27	1	3	4th	186		5	0	0	0	20th
1995/96	Dallas Stars	NHL		34	3	4th	7th	168		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		11	1	2	3	37		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	New York Rangers	NHL		10	0	0	0	26th		11	2	2	4th	14th
1996/97	New York Rangers	NHL		45	0	1	1	106		15th	0	0	0	20th
WHL overall				118	17th	27	44	485		23	2	5	7th	96
AHL total				101	10	23	33	723		3	0	0	0	2
NHL overall				488	26th	45	71	2301		78	5	7th	12	282

( 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

• Shane Churla at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Shane Churla at eliteprospects.com (English)