Shawn McEachern
| Shawn McEachern | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 28, 1969 Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings Boston Bruins Ottawa Senators Atlanta Thrashers Kiekko-Espoo Malmö IF | ||
| National team |
 United States | ||
| NHL draft |
110th overall, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| Playing career | 1991–2006 | ||
Shawn Kenneth McEachern (born February 28, 1969) is an American ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is the current head men's ice hockey coach at Suffolk University, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
[edit]As a youth, McEachern played in the 1981 and 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.[1]
During his stint as a professional, he tallied 254 goals and 317 assists during a 13-year NHL career with the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators and Atlanta Thrashers. He scored over 30 goals in two different seasons and his best point total came in 2000–01, when he notched 32 goals and 40 assists for the Ottawa Senators. He won a Stanley Cup championship in 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. On August 27, 2006, he announced his retirement.[2]
Before entering the NHL, McEachern was a standout ice hockey player at Boston University and at Matignon High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he won two state championships. He has previously served as an assistant hockey coach at University of Massachusetts Lowell, as well as Northeastern University and Salem State University. He is also the coach for the East Coast Wizards U16 team in Bedford, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
He currently resides in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-Hockey East Second team | 1989–90 | |
| All-Hockey East First Team | 1990–91 | |
| AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1990–91 | |
| Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 1991 | [3] |
| Stanley Cup championship (Pittsburgh) | 1992 |
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Matignon High School | HS-MA | 20 | 32 | 20 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Matignon High School | HS-MA | 16 | 29 | 28 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Matignon High School | HS-MA | 22 | 52 | 40 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Boston University | HE | 36 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Boston University | HE | 43 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Boston University | HE | 41 | 34 | 48 | 82 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | United States | Intl | 57 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1992–93 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 84 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1993–94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 49 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 27 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-l | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 44 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 82 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 65 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 81 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 77 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 69 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 82 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 80 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 46 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 82 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Malmö IF | SEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 28 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 911 | 256 | 323 | 579 | 506 | 97 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 62 | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | United States | WC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1992 | United States | OG | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1996 | United States | WCH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "He fits the role to the letter". The Boston Globe. August 27, 2006. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1969 births
- American men's ice hockey left wingers
- Atlanta Thrashers captains
- Atlanta Thrashers players
- Boston Bruins players
- Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players
- Espoo Blues players
- Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Los Angeles Kings players
- Malmö Redhawks players
- Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
- Ottawa Senators players
- Sportspeople from Waltham, Massachusetts
- Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- Pittsburgh Penguins players
- Providence Bruins players
- Stanley Cup champions
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- Ice hockey players from Massachusetts