Doug Shedden

For the Australian politician, see Doug Shedden (politician).

Doug Shedden
Born	(1961-04-29) April 29, 1961 (age 64) Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs HC Bolzano HC Davos
NHL draft	93rd overall, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	1981–1993

Douglas Arthur Shedden (born April 29, 1961) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He played in the National Hockey League between 1981 and 1991. After his playing career he became a coach, and worked in the minor leagues for several years. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships. Shedden is currently coaching HC '05 Banská Bystrica in the Slovak Tipos extraliga.

Playing career

As a youth, Shedden played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Barrie. ^[1]

Shedden, who played the position of centre, spent eight seasons playing in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted 93rd overall by the Penguins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. In 416 career NHL games, Shedden recorded 139 goals and 186 assists for 325 points. Shedden had a brief stint in Europe as he played in Italy for two seasons but returned to North America and retired from playing in 1993.

Coaching career

Shedden's Career as head coach started when he was hired to take over the Wichita Thunder in 1992. After leading Wichita to back-to-back CHL championships in 1993-94 and 1994–95, Shedden coached several teams in UHL, CHL and ECHL before becoming the head coach for St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL, where he guided the team to their best record for wins in franchise history in their final year in St. John's.

After that Shedden was hired by Finnish SM-liiga team HIFK to replace Dave King, who had decided to go to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Superleague instead of HIFK. Shedden's single season at the helm of HIFK was good and the team fought its way to the bronze medal game. HIFK however lost to HPK.

After his debut in the SM-liiga, Shedden was acquired by HIFK's local rivals Jokerit, where Shedden made an impact during his first season as the head coach of the team. Jokerit survived all the way to the Finals but were defeated by Kärpät. Shedden's second season as the head coach of Jokerit was a bit of a disappointment. Jokerit did advance to the playoffs, but were defeated four games to three by Espoo Blues in the Semifinals even though Jokerit had a 3–1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The 2007–08 Season with Jokerit was Shedden's last, as he was contracted by EV Zug, a Swiss professional ice hockey team playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A (NLA). He spent six years at the Zug helm and coached EVZ to five playoff semifinal appearances. When Zug finished the 2013-14 regular season in 10th place and missed the playoffs, Shedden was relieved of his duties. ^[2]

In October 2014, Shedden took over the reins at Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ^[3] and parted ways with the team at the end of the 2014–15 season. He returned to Switzerland, accepting the head coaching job at NLA side HC Lugano in October 2015. ^[4] He coached the team to an appearance in the NLA finals in his first year, where they were defeated by SC Bern. In 2015 and 2016, he led HCL to the Spengler Cup final, where they fell short to Team Canada twice. On January 16, 2017, Shedden was fired by HC Lugano. ^[5]

He was appointed as ERC Ingolstadt head coach on December 22, 2017, signing a deal for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with the German DEL team. ^[6]

In October 2025, Vaasan Sport announced Shedden as their new coach for the 2025–26 Liiga season.

National team coaching

During his time at Jokerit, Shedden was also contracted by the Finnish National Team as head coach to replace Erkka Westerlund. Under Shedden's coaching, Finland won the bronze medal in the 2008 World Championships. Shedden's one-year contract ended after 2008 World Championships and he was replaced by his assistant coach, Jukka Jalonen.

He served as assistant coach of Team Canada at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Spengler Cup. In 2012 and 2013, he was named head coach, guiding Canada to victory in the prestigious tournament in 2012.

Shedden was also a member of Canada's coaching staff at the 2013 IIHF World Championships. ^[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977–78	Kitchener Rangers	OMJHL		18	5	7	12	14		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Hamilton Fincups	OMJHL		32	1	9	10	32		9	1	2	3	2
1978–79	Kitchener Rangers	OMJHL		66	16	42	58	29		10	3	0	3	6
1979–80	Kitchener Rangers	OMJHL		16	10	16	26	26		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OMJHL		45	30	44	74	59		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		66	51	72	123	78		19	16	22	38	10
1981–82	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		38	10	15	25	12		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Erie Blades	AHL		17	4	6	10	14		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		80	24	43	67	54		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		67	22	35	57	20		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		80	35	32	67	30		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		67	32	34	66	32		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		11	2	3	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		33	6	12	18	6		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		5	2	2	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		16	0	2	2	8		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Fredericton Express	AHL		15	12	6	18	0		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		80	37	51	88	32		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Newmarket Saints	AHL		29	14	26	40	6		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Newmarket Saints	AHL		47	26	33	59	12		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		23	8	10	18	10		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Newmarket Saints	AHL		47	15	23	38	16		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	HC Bolzano	ITA		13	6	10	16	16		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	HC Davos	NLB		7	10	9	19	22		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Muskegon Fury	CoHL		21	16	21	37	18		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				416	139	186	325	176		—	—	—	—	—

Coaching statistics

				Coaching statistics
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	OTL	Result
1992–93	Wichita Thunder	CHL		34	19	13	2	0	Out of playoffs
1993–94	Wichita Thunder	CHL		64	40	18	2	0	Won Championship
1994–95	Wichita Thunder	CHL		66	44	18	4	0	Won Championship
1995–96	Louisiana IceGators	ECHL		70	43	21	0	6	Lost in round 1
1996–97	Louisiana IceGators	ECHL		70	38	28	4	0	Lost in finals
1997–98	Louisiana IceGators	ECHL		70	43	17	10	0	Lost in round 3
1998–99	Louisiana IceGators	ECHL		70	46	18	6	0	Lost in round 2
1999–00	Flint Generals	UHL		74	51	14	0	9	Won Championship
2000–01	Memphis Riverkings	CHL		70	43	21	0	6	Lost in round 2
2001–02	Memphis Riverkings	CHL		64	46	14	0	4	Won Championship
2002–03	Memphis Riverkings	CHL		64	39	21	0	4	Won Championship
2003–04	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		80	32	36	8	4	Out of Playoffs
2004–05	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		80	46	28	5	1	Lost in round 1
2005–06	HIFK	SM-liiga		56	28	14	10	4	Lost bronze medal game
2006–07	Jokerit	SM-liiga		56	32	15	6	3	Lost in final
2007–08	Jokerit	SM-liiga		56	29	14			Lost bronze medal game
2007–08	Team Finland	World Championships							Won bronze medal
2008–09	EV Zug	National League							Lost in Semifinals

References

1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
2. "EV Zug feuert Trainer Doug Shedden und Sportchef Jakub Horak". az Aargauer Zeitung. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
3. "Doug Shedden is new Medvescak boss". en.khl.ru. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
4. "The new head coach is Doug Shedden". www.hclugano.ch. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
5. "Shedden and Curcio out, Ireland and Silander in". www.hclugano.ch. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
6. "ERC Ingolstadt stellt Doug Shedden als neuen Cheftrainer vor – Larry Mitchell kehrt auf die Position des Sportdirektors zurück". www.eishockeynews.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-23.
7. "Canada's National Men's Team management group makes roster addition for 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gary Fay	Wichita Thunder head coach 1992 - 1995	Succeeded by Don Jackson
Preceded by Erkka Westerlund	Finnish national ice hockey team head coach 2007 – 2008	Succeeded by Jukka Jalonen
Preceded by Curt Lindström	Jokerit head coach 2006 – 2008	Succeeded by Glen Hanlon
Preceded by Pentti Matikainen	HIFK head coach 2005 – 2006	Succeeded by Bob Francis