Shean Donovan

Canada Shean Donovan

Date of birth	22nd January 1975
place of birth	Timmins , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	93 kg

position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1993 , 2nd lap, 28th position San Jose Sharks

Career stations

1990-1991	Kanata Valley Lasers
1991-1995	Ottawa 67's
1995-1997	San Jose Sharks
1997-1999	Colorado Avalanche
1999-2002	Atlanta Thrashers
2002-2003	Pittsburgh Penguins
2003-2006	Calgary Flames
2006-2007	Boston Bruins
2007-2010	Ottawa Senators

Shean Patrick Donovan (born January 22, 1975 in Timmins , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played a total of 1000 games for the San Jose Sharks , Colorado Avalanche , Atlanta Thrashers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Calgary Flames between 1995 and 2010 , Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League on the right winger position . Donovan celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the 1997 World Cup .

Career

Donovan played four years from 1991 to 1995 during his junior years with the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time he participated in the 1995 World Junior Championship and won the gold medal with the Canadian national team.

After he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1993 in the second round in 28th position by the San Jose Sharks , they took him during the 1994/95 season under contract. The Canadians remained the team to the 1997/98 season faithful in and also played in the 1997 World Series , where he won the second gold medal of his career, before he, together with the first-round draft pick of the Sharks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft for Mike Ricci to Colorado Avalanche has been submitted. In 1999/00 he was transferred to the newly founded Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for goalkeeper Rick Tabaracci . This put him on the waiver list towards the end of the 2001/02 season, from where the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him. After another move to the Calgary Flames in March 2003, Donovan's best NHL year followed in the 2003/04 season with 42 points in 82 games and reaching the final series of the Stanley Cup , where the Flames were subject to the Tampa Bay Lightning .

Due to the lockout in the NHL during the 2004/05 season , Donovan moved to Europe. There he played for a year for HC Servette Genève in the Swiss National League A before returning to the Flames for the 2005/06 season . After the season you did not extend his expiring contract, whereupon the Canadian went as a free agent to the Boston Bruins . From the 2007-08 season he played for the Ottawa Senators . After three seasons, however, his contract in Ottawa was not extended.

In November 2010, he ended his career after initially participating in the Syracuse Crunch training camp .

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	Sp	V	Pt	SM
1995	Canada	June World Cup	7th	0	0	6th
1997	Canada	WM	10	1	1	31
Juniors overall			7th	0	0	6th
Men overall			10	1	1	31

( 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 )

personal data
SURNAME	Donovan, Shean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Donovan, Shean Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	22nd January 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Timmins , Ontario