Shane Hnidy

Shane Hnidy
Date of birth	November 8, 1975
place of birth	Neepawa , Manitoba , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
number	# 34
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1994 , 7th round, 173rd position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1991-1993	Swift Current Broncos
1993-1996	Prince Albert Raiders
1996-1997	Saint John Flames
1997-1998	Grand Rapids Griffins
1998-1999	Adirondack Red Wings
1999-2000	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2000-2004	Ottawa Senators
2004	Nashville Predators
2004-2005	Florida Everblades
2005-2007	Atlanta Thrashers
2007-2008	Anaheim Ducks
2008-2009	Boston Bruins
2009-2010	Minnesota Wild
2011	Boston Bruins

Shane Michael Hnidy (born November 8, 1975 in Neepawa , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . During his active career between 1991 and 2011, he played 590 games for the Ottawa Senators , Nashville Predators , Atlanta Thrashers , Anaheim Ducks , Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

The 1.85 m tall defender began his career with the Swift Current Broncos in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League and then moved to league rivals Prince Albert Raiders in 1993 , before becoming 173rd in the seventh round of the Buffalo Sabers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft was selected from the National Hockey League .

However, the right-handed shooter never completed an NHL game for the Sabers, but played for various farm teams in minor leagues until he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators for a draft pick by the Detroit Red Wings , who had now signed him as a free agent . For the Senators, the Canadian finally completed his first games in the highest North American ice hockey league in the 2000/01 season , where he was able to establish himself as a regular player until 2004. During the 2003/04 season , Hnidy was transferred to the Nashville Predators , further NHL stations up to his move to the Boston Bruins in January 2008 were the Atlanta Thrashers and the Anaheim Ducks . After the defender had spent the 209/10 season with the Minnesota Wild , he found no new team for the following season.

In February 2011, Hnidy was signed by the Boston Bruins for a try-out, with whom he won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season. Since he had not played enough games, the NHL refused to ask the Bruins to also engrave Hnidy's name on the trophy. However, he received a Stanley Cup ring from the Bruins and was also featured on the official team photo. At the end of August 2011, he declared his active career over at the age of 35.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1991/92	Swift Current Broncos	WHL		56	1	3	4th	11		4th	0	0	0	0
1992/93	Swift Current Broncos	WHL		45	5	12	17th	62		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		27	2	10	12	43		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		69	7th	26th	33	113		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		72	5	29	34	169		15th	4th	7th	11	29
1995/96	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		58	11	42	53	100		18th	4th	11	15th	34
1996/97	Baton Rouge Kingfish	ECHL		21st	3	10	13	50		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Saint John Flames	AHL		44	2	12	14th	112		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		77	6th	12	18th	210		3	0	2	2	23
1998/99	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		68	9	20th	29	121		3	0	1	1	0
1999/00	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		68	9	19th	28	153		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Ottawa Senators	NHL		52	3	2	5	84		1	0	0	0	0
2001/02	Ottawa Senators	NHL		33	1	1	2	57		12	1	1	2	12
2002/03	Ottawa Senators	NHL		67	0	8th	8th	130		1	0	0	0	0
2003/04	Ottawa Senators	NHL		37	0	5	5	72		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Nashville Predators	NHL		9	0	2	2	10		5	0	0	0	6th
2004/05	Florida Everblades	ECHL		19th	1	4th	5	56		17th	0	4th	4th	6th
2005/06	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		66	0	3	3	33		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		72	5	7th	12	63		4th	1	0	1	0
2007/08	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		33	1	2	3	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Boston Bruins	NHL		43	1	4th	5	41		7th	1	1	2	9
2008/09	Boston Bruins	NHL		65	3	9	12	45		7th	1	0	1	0
2009/10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		70	2	12	14th	66		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Boston Bruins	NHL		3	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	7th
WHL overall				327	31	122	153	498		37	8th	18th	26th	63
ECHL total				40	4th	14th	18th	106		17th	0	4th	4th	6th
IHL total				79	6th	12	18th	212		3	0	2	2	23
AHL total				180	20th	51	71	274		3	0	1	1	0
NHL overall				550	16	55	71	633		40	4th	2	6th	34

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