Ryan Shannon
Ryan Shannon | ||||||
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Born |
Darien, Connecticut, U.S. | March 2, 1983|||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | |||||
Position | Center | |||||
Shot | Right | |||||
Played for |
Anaheim Ducks Vancouver Canucks Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning ZSC Lions | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||||
Playing career | 2005–2017 |
Ryan Patrick Shannon[1] (born March 2, 1983) is a former American professional ice hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently serving as the head coach of the boys varsity ice hockey team at the Taft School.
Playing career
College
Shannon was raised in Darien, Connecticut, and he played youth hockey with the Darien Youth Hockey Association (DYHA).[citation needed] He played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Connecticut Yankees minor ice hockey team.[2]
After four years of high school hockey at
Professional
Undrafted, Shannon was signed as a free agent by the
The following season, Shannon made his NHL debut, cracking the Ducks' 2006–07 roster. He scored his first NHL goal on October 22, 2006 in a shootout win against the Los Angeles Kings,[6] finishing his NHL rookie season with 11 points in 53 games. He then dressed for 11 playoff games as part of the Ducks' 2007 Stanley Cup-winning squad.[7]
That summer, Shannon was traded to the
A little more than a month later, on September 2, Shannon was traded to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Lawrence Nycholat.[10]
Shannon started the 2008–09 season in the minors with the Binghamton Senators. When Binghamton's coach, Cory Clouston, was elevated to the Ottawa job, he promoted Shannon to the Senators. He scored NHL career-highs in goals, assists and points in only 35 games and was re-signed immediately after the season to a one-year, one-way contract to stay with Ottawa for 2009–10.[11]
On July 7, 2011, Shannon signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning as an unrestricted free agent. Shannon remained with the Lightning for the duration of the
On May 22, 2012, without the offer of a new contract with the Lightning before free agency, Shannon signed a three-year deal with Swiss NLA team, ZSC Lions.[12] He won the Swiss championship with the Lions in 2014. In January 2015, he inked a new deal with the Lions, that will keep him in Zurich until the end of the 2016-17 season.[13]
Coaching career
On February 16, 2017, The Taft School, Shannon's Alma Mater, announced that he would be the school's next Head Hockey Coach, succeeding Daniel Murphy.[14]
International play
Shannon was named to
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2001–02 | Boston College | HE | 38 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Boston College | HE | 36 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Boston College | HE | 42 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Boston College | HE | 38 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 71 | 27 | 59 | 86 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 | ||
2006–07 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 53 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
2007–08 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 27 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 36 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 35 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 66 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 79 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 45 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | ZSC Lions | NLA
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42 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 49 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 49 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
2015–16 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 42 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 40 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 305 | 35 | 64 | 99 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2003 | United States | WJC | 4th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
2009 | United States | WC
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4th | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
2011 | United States | WC | 8th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Senior totals | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Awards and honors
Award | Year |
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All-Hockey East First Team | 2003–04 2004–05 |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2003–04 2004–05 |
Lamoriello Trophy | 2005 |
AHL Rookie of the Month - October | 2005 |
AHL All-Star Classic | 2006 |
AHL All-Rookie Team | 2006
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NHL Stanley Cup (Anaheim Ducks) | 2007 |
NLA Championship (ZSC Lions) | 2014 |
Transactions
- April 3, 2005 – signed by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent
- June 23, 2007 – traded to the 2009
- July 23, 2008 – re-signed by the Vancouver Canucks
- September 2, 2008 - Traded to the Ottawa Senators for Lawrence Nycholat
- April 15, 2009 – re-signed by the Ottawa Senators to a one-year contract.[11]
- July 7, 2011 – signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent to a one-year contract.
- May 22, 2012 – signed by the ZSC Lions to a three-year contract.
- February 16, 2017 – announced retirement
References
- ^ Society for International Hockey Research, accessed 2011-03-05
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ MacInnis, Matt. "Prospect Ryan Shannon". Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ a b "AHL announces 2005-06 All-Rookie Team". HockeysFuture.com. 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Team Canada beats Planet USA 21-12". Manitoba Moose. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- Washington Post. 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Ryan Shannon Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "The Shannon for King blockbuster". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "Canucks sign six". Vancouver Canucks. 2008-07-23. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "Canucks swap Shannon for Nycholat". Vancouver Sun. 2008-09-02. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ a b "Bulletin: Senators Sign Shannon to One-year Contract". Ottawa Senators. April 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ "Lions sign Ryan Shannon" (in German). ZSC Lions. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ "ZSC bindet Ryan Shannon bis 2017: Shannon bis 2017 bei den ZSC Lions". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ Berestecki, Laura (2017-02-16). "Ryan Shannon (BC Hockey Class of 2005) Announces Retirement". BC Interruption. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database