Drew Shore

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Drew Shore
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Shore with the San Antonio Rampage in 2013
Born (1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 34)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for Florida Panthers
Calgary Flames
EHC Kloten
Vancouver Canucks
ZSC Lions
Kunlun Red Star
Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HK Dukla Trenčín
Carolina Hurricanes
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 44th overall, 2009
Florida Panthers
Playing career 20122021

Drew Shore (born January 29, 1991) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a second round selection, 44th overall, of the Florida Panthers at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and played parts of two seasons with Florida prior to being traded to Calgary. Internationally, Shore has represented the United States at both the junior and senior levels; He was a member of the American entry at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

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Playing career

Junior and college

As a youth, Shore played in the 2003 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Colorado Avalanche minor ice hockey team from Littleton, Colorado. [1]

After playing the 2006–07 season with Detroit Honeybaked of the Midwest Elite Hockey League, [2] Shore had several options for junior hockey. The Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League selected him with their second round pick in that league's Bantam Draft, however Shore opted to remain in the United States and joined the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USNTDP) in 2007. [3] As a member of the USNTDP Under-17 team, Shore played 54 games in 2007–08, scored 13 goals and added 25 assists. [4] He made his first international debut that season as a member of Team USA at the 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. Shore recorded seven points in six games as the Americans won the silver medal. [4]

In a combined 62 games between North American Hockey League (NAHL) play and various exhibitions with the USNTDP Under-18 team in 2008–09, Shore scored 17 goals and led his team with 32 assists. [4] He caught the attention of National Hockey League (NHL) scouts in advance of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and was ranked as high as 11th overall by International Scouting Services and 32nd among North American skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. [3] The Florida Panthers selected him with their second round pick, 44th overall, [5] however he did not sign with the team immediately as Shore committed to play college hockey for the University of Denver Pioneers. [3]

As a freshman in 2009–10 Shore scored 5 goals and 18 assists for Denver, who won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) regular season title. He then led the Pioneers in scoring with 46 points and was named a WCHA Second Team All-Star in 2009–10. [4] At the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championship, Shore appeared in six games and scored two goals. [2] He was again named a WCHA All-Star in his junior season of 2011–12 after leading his team and finishing fourth overall in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I scoring with 53 points. [4] Shore opted to forgo his final season of college eligibility and turned professional upon the conclusion of his college season; the Panthers assigned him to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage. Shore scored his first professional point on March 31, 2012, with an assist against the Rockford IceHogs. [4]

Professional

Playing his first full professional season in 2012–13, Shore began the season with San Antonio where he scored 30 points in 41 games. [2] He played in the AHL All-Star Game, and was recalled to the Panthers upon the resolution of the 2012–13 NHL lockout in time to make his NHL debut on January 22, 2013, against the Montreal Canadiens. [4] He scored his first NHL goal on February 12, against goaltender Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals in a 6–5 loss. [6] Shore played 43 games for the Panthers in his rookie season and scored 3 goals along with 10 assists. [2]

Shore split the 2013–14 season between San Antonio and Florida. He scored 32 points in 50 games for the Rampage and had 5 goals and 2 assists for the Panthers in 24 games. [2] The combination of the Panthers' depth at center and Shore being only one game shy of requiring waivers – and the risk of losing him to any other team at no cost – caused the Panthers to start him with San Antonio in 2014–15. [7] Unable to fit him into their NHL lineup, the team finally traded Shore to the Calgary Flames on January 9, 2015, in exchange for Corban Knight. At the time of the deal, Shore was 12th in AHL scoring with 30 points and had been named to play in the All-Star Game. [8] He made his debut with Calgary on January 15 in a 4–1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. [9]

After parts of two seasons within the Flames organization, Shore left as free agent in the off-season, signing his first European contract in agreeing to a one-year deal with EHC Kloten of the Swiss National League A on August 12, 2016. [10] In the 2016–17 season, on September 26, 2016, the SIHF announced that Shore was suspended for one game and fined CHF 1,230 for a slew-footing on ZSC Lions's Mattias Sjögren. [11] In late December 2016, he played as a loan player for HC Davos in the Spengler Cup and was named to the tournament's all-star team. [12] On March 12, 2017, having led his team with 24 goals and 48 points in 50 games and with Kloten avoiding the playout final despite 3 games remaining in the playout round, Shore was granted a release from his contract to join the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the remainder of the season. [13] Shore immediately was drawn into the lineup and played out the season in registering 2 assists in 14 games.[ citation needed ]

Unable to continue his production from Switzerland with the Canucks, as an impending free agent, Shore opted to return to the NL, signing a two-year contract with the ZSC Lions on May 29, 2017. [14]

In the second year of his contract with ZSC in 2018–19, Shore made 16 appearances for 10 points before leaving the club mid-year in favour for the KHL, agreeing to terms for the remainder of the season with Chinese outfit, Kunlun Red Star, on December 27, 2018. [15]

Having played three successive seasons abroad, Shore returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way NHL contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on October 21, 2020. [16] In preparation for the indefinitely delayed North American season, Shore alongside brother Nick, opted to sign a short-term loan contract abroad with Slovakian club, HK Dukla Trenčín of the Tipsport Liga on November 19, 2020. [17] In just five games with Dukla, Shore collected 10 points before he returned to North America on December 3, 2020. [18]

At the conclusion of his contract with the Hurricanes, Shore opted to end his nine-year professional career, announcing his retirement on June 15, 2021, to join the Wasserman Hockey Agency. [19]

Personal life

His younger brothers are also hockey players; Nick is a center for EV Zug and Quentin played NCAA college hockey at the University of Denver and was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. [20] His youngest brother Baker plays for Harvard University. [21]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2006–07Honeybaked 16U AAA T1EHL 319253420
2007–08 U.S. NTDP U17 USDP1648126
2007–08U.S. NTDP U18 NAHL 35916251230110
2008–09U.S. NTDP U18USDP4710253530
2008–09U.S. NTDP U18NAHL15771416
2009–10 University of Denver WCHA 415141918
2010–11 University of DenverWCHA4023234638
2011–12 University of DenverWCHA4222315345
2011–12 San Antonio Rampage AHL 8123492022
2012–13 San Antonio RampageAHL4110203018
2012–13 Florida Panthers NHL 433101314
2013–14 Florida PanthersNHL245278
2013–14 San Antonio RampageAHL506263225
2014–15 San Antonio RampageAHL359213016
2014–15 Adirondack Flames AHL123478
2014–15 Calgary Flames NHL11123010002
2015–16 Stockton Heat AHL5910283822
2015–16 Calgary FlamesNHL20112
2016–17 EHC Kloten NLA 5024244828
2016–17 Vancouver Canucks NHL140224
2017–18 ZSC Lions NL241141514124486
2018–19 ZSC LionsNL16461018
2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 1865118
2019–20 Dinamo Minsk KHL24314178
2019–20 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL191910630002
2020–21 HK Dukla Trenčín Slovak 537104
2020–21 Chicago Wolves AHL70116
2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes NHL40002
NHL totals98917263010002
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States.svg USA
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Buffalo
IIHF World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Minnesota
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Canada

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2008 United States U17 Silver medal icon.svg63474
2009 United States U18 Gold medal icon.svg72796
2011 United States WJC Bronze medal icon.svg74370
2014 United States WC 6th81122
Junior totals209142310
Senior totals81122

Awards and honors

AwardYear
College
WCHA All-Academic Team 2011, 2012
WCHA Second Team 2011, 2012 [4]

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 March 6, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Drew Shore player card". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Chafe, Aidan (March 13, 2009). "Hopefully a Shore thing". Chilliwack Times. p. 19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Copertino, Justin; Cifu, Amanda, eds. (2014). 2014–15 Florida Panthers Media Guide. Florida Panthers Hockey Club. pp. 82–83.
  5. "2009 NHL Entry Draft". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  6. "Capitals rally from 2-goal deficit, beat Panthers in OT". ESPN. February 12, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  7. Fialkov, Harvey (January 9, 2015). "Panthers ship Shore to Calgary for Knight". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  8. Gilbertson, Wes (January 10, 2015). "Flames Shore up roster". Calgary Sun. p. S5.
  9. Sportak, Randy (January 16, 2015). "Flames snapshots". Calgary Sun. p. S5.
  10. "Kloten engaged with American Drew Shore" (in German). EHC Kloten. August 12, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  11. "EHC Kloten's Drew Shore suspended for one game". swisshockeynews.ch. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  12. "14th triumph for Team Canada | Spengler Cup". www.spenglercup.ch. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  13. "Canucks sign forward Drew Shore". Vancouver Canucks. March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  14. "ZSC Lions commit to Drew Shore" (in German). ZSC Lions. May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  15. "Drew Shore moves to China". Kontinental Hockey League. December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  16. "Canes sign Drew Shore to one-year contract". Carolina Hurricanes. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  17. HK Dukla Trenčín (November 19, 2020). "Trencin announce signing of Shore brothers!" (in Slovak). Facebook . Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  18. "Shore brothers return home" (in Slovak). HK Dukla Trenčín. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  19. Drew Shore (June 15, 2021). "Drew Shore announces his retirement". Instagram . Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  20. "Quentin Shore prospect profile". Eliteprospects.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  21. "Baker Shore player profile". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.