Shawn Cronin

Shawn Cronin
Date of birth	20th August 1963
place of birth	Flushing , Michigan , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1982-1986	University of Illinois-Chicago
1986-1987	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1987-1988	Binghamton Whalers
1988-1989	Baltimore Skipjacks
1989-1992	Winnipeg Jets
1992-1933	Philadelphia Flyers
1993-1995	San Jose Sharks
1995-1997	Fort Wayne Comet

Shawn P. Cronin (born August 20, 1963 in Flushing , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 324 games for the Washington Capitals , Winnipeg Jets , Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose between 1982 and 1997 Sharks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Cronin initially played four years from 1982 to 1986 at the University of Illinois-Chicago in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Ungedraftet the defender joined after finishing his studies for season 1986/87 in the International Hockey League at the Salt Lake Golden Eagles . From there, the Hartford Whalers took him from the NHL under contract. However, they only use it in their farm team , the Binghamton Whalers .

After his contract after the season 1987/88 he signed for the following season as a free agent with the Washington Capitals . This put him in the National Hockey League once during the season. After only one year in the US capital, Cronin moved to the Philadelphia Flyers , who transferred him to the Winnipeg Jets after just one month during the summer break . In three seasons between 1989 and 1992 , the American established himself in the Jets squad and played over 190 NHL games. In August 1992 the Jets gave Cronin for Dan Lambert to the Quebec Nordiques , but they put him on the waiver list shortly before the start of the 1992/93 season . From the waiver list, the Philadelphia Flyers took over his contract for the rest of the season before he was sold to the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 1993 . There he played another two years. For the 1995/96 season, the defender moved to the IHL and played two seasons for the Fort Wayne Komets before he ended his career in 1997.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1982/83	University of Illinois-Chicago	CCHA		36	1	5	6th	52
1983/84	University of Illinois-Chicago	CCHA		32	0	4th	4th	41
1984/85	University of Illinois-Chicago	CCHA		31	2	6th	8th	52
1985/86	University of Illinois-Chicago	CCHA		35	3	8th	11	70
1986/87	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	IHL		53	8th	16	24	118		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		12	1	0	1	60		10	0	0	0	41
1987/88	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		66	3	8th	11	212		4th	0	0	0	15th
1988/89	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		75	3	9	12	267		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Washington Capitals	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		61	0	4th	4th	243		5	0	0	0	7th
1990/91	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		67	1	5	6th	189		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		65	0	4th	4th	271		4th	0	0	0	6th
1992/93	Hershey Bears	AHL		7th	0	1	1	12		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		35	2	1	3	37		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	San Jose Sharks	NHL		34	0	2	2	76		14th	1	0	1	20th
1994/95	San Jose Sharks	NHL		29	0	2	2	61		9	0	0	0	5
1995/96	Fort Wayne Comet	IHL		48	0	1	1	120		5	0	0	0	8th
1996/97	Fort Wayne Comet	IHL		13	0	1	1	27		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				134	6th	23	29	215
AHL total				160	6th	19th	25th	6th		14th	0	0	0	56
IHL total				114	8th	18th	26th	265		5	0	0	0	8th
NHL overall				292	3	18th	21st	887		32	1	0	1	38

( 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

• Shawn Cronin at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Shawn Cronin at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Shawn Cronin at hockeydb.com (English)