Shawn Chambers

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United StatesUnited States  Shawn Chambers Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 11, 1966
place of birth Sterling Heights , Michigan , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Supplemental Draft 1987 , 1st round, 8th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1985-1986 University of Alaska Fairbanks
1986-1987 Seattle Thunderbirds
1987 Fort Wayne Comet
1987-1991 Minnesota North Stars
1991-1992 Washington Capitals
1992 Atlanta Knights
1992-1995 Tampa Bay Lightning
1995-1997 New Jersey Devils
1997-2000 Dallas Stars

Shawn Randall Chambers (born October 11, 1966 in Sterling Heights , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach who played 719 games for the Minnesota North Stars , Washington Capitals , Tampa Bay Lightning , New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars has played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . Chambers celebrated his greatest career success by winning the Stanley Cup in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils and in 1999 with the Dallas Stars. In addition, he won with the US national team at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey .

Career

Shawn Chambers began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of Alaska Fairbanks , for which he was active from 1985 to the middle of the 1986/87 season. This season he finished with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League and the Fort Wayne Komets from the International Hockey League . He also made his professional ice hockey debut for the Komets. Subsequently, the defender was selected in the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft as the eighth player by the Minnesota North Stars . For the North Stars he played in the National Hockey League for the next four years , where he ran parallel for their IHL farm team , the Kalamazoo Wings . In the 1990/91 season he failed with the North Stars in the finals for the prestigious Stanley Cup in the best-of-seven series with 2-4 at the Pittsburgh Penguins .

In the 1991/92 season Chambers was only able to play a total of seven games for his new club, the Washington Capitals from the NHL, and their farm team, the Baltimore Skipjacks from the American Hockey League , due to a serious knee injury . In the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft , he was selected as the seventh player by the Tampa Bay Lightning . After he had started the 1992/93 season with their IHL farm team Atlanta Knights , he was the next three years for the team from Florida in the NHL on the ice. On March 14, 1995, the left shooter was given together with Danton Cole in exchange for Alexander Semak and Ben Hankinson to the New Jersey Devils , with whom he won the Stanley Cup for the first time at the end of the season.

On July 17, 1997, Chambers signed as a free agent a contract with the Dallas Stars , the successor team to his ex-club Minnesota North Stars. With the Texans he succeeded in the 1998/99 season after a final victory over the Buffalo Sabers, the second Stanley Cup victory of his career. After suffering a knee injury after just a few match days and only being able to play four games, the American ended his career at the age of 33 after the 1999/2000 season .

International

For the USA , Chambers took part in the 1994 World Cup and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . In the latter, he won the gold medal with Team USA.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 University of Alaska Fairbanks GWHC 25th 15th 21st 36 34
1986/87 University of Alaska Fairbanks GWHC 17th 11 19th 30th 84
1986/87 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 28 8th 25th 33 58 - - - - -
1986/87 Fort Wayne Comet IHL 12 2 6th 8th 0 10 1 4th 5 5
1987/88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 19th 1 7th 8th 21st - - - - -
1987/88 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 19th 1 6th 7th 22nd - - - - -
1988/89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 72 5 19th 24 80 3 0 2 2 0
1989/90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 8th 18th 26th 81 7th 2 1 3 10
1990/91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 29 1 3 4th 24 23 0 7th 7th 16
1990/91 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1991/92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 5 2 3 5 9 - - - - -
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 55 10 29 39 36 - - - - -
1992/93 Atlanta Knights IHL 6th 0 2 2 18th - - - - -
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 66 11 23 34 23 - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 24 2 12 14th 6th - - - - -
1994/95 New Jersey Devils NHL 21st 2 5 7th 6th 20th 4th 5 9 2
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 64 2 21st 23 18th - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 4th 17th 21st 19th 10 1 6th 7th 6th
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 57 2 22nd 24 26th 14th 0 3 3 20th
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 61 2 9 11 18th 17th 0 2 2 18th
1999/00 Dallas Stars NHL 4th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
NCAA overall 42 26th 40 66 118
WHL overall 28 8th 25th 33 58 - - - - -
IHL total 34 4th 13 17th 22nd 10 1 4th 5 5
NHL overall 625 50 185 235 364 94 7th 26th 33 72

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 United States WM 4th Place 8th 0 3 3 4th
1996 United States World cup 1st place, gold 1 0 0 0 0
Men overall 9 0 3 3 4th

( 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 )

Others

Shawn Chambers is the worst rated athlete in a video game of all time. He was the only athlete in the world to receive a single skill point as an overall ranking (in NHL 93 from EA ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ uk.sports.ign.com, The Worst Player in Video Game History
personal data
SURNAME Chambers, Shawn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chambers, Shawn Randall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Sterling Heights , Michigan , USA