Shawn McEachern

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Shawn McEachern
Born (1969-02-28) February 28, 1969 (age 56)
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 teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 110th overall, 1987
Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career 19912006

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.

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Biography

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

AwardYear
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

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1985–86 Matignon High School HS-MA 20322052
1986–87Matignon High SchoolHS-MA16292857
1987–88Matignon High SchoolHS-MA22524092
1988–89 Boston University HE 3620284832
1989–90 Boston UniversityHE4325315678
1990–91 Boston UniversityHE4134488243
1991–92 United States Intl5726234938
1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 150440192794
1992–93 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL84283361461232510
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL498132124
1993–94Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL27129211061012
1994–95 Kiekko-Espoo SM-l 81346
1994–95 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL4413132622110228
1995–96 Boston Bruins NHL822429533452138
1996–97 Ottawa Senators NHL651120311872028
1997–98 Ottawa SenatorsNHL8124244842110448
1998–99 Ottawa SenatorsNHL773125564642026
1999–2000 Ottawa SenatorsNHL692922512460334
2000–01 Ottawa SenatorsNHL823240726240222
2001–02 Ottawa SenatorsNHL8015314652120442
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL4610162628
2003–04 Atlanta ThrashersNHL8217385576
2004–05 Malmö IF SEL 601114
2005–06 Boston BruinsNHL2826822
2005–06 Providence Bruins AHL 102466
NHL totals9112563235795069712253762

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1991 United States WC 103256
1992 United States OG 810110
1996 United States WCH 10110
Senior totals1943716

See also

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 January 17, 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
1991
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Atlanta Thrashers captain
200204
Succeeded by