Shawn McEachern

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.

Shawn McEachern
Born (1969-02-28) February 28, 1969 (age 55)
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
PositionLeft wing
ShotLeft
Played forPittsburgh Penguins
Los Angeles Kings
Boston Bruins
Ottawa Senators
Atlanta Thrashers
Kiekko-Espoo
Malmö IF
National team United States
NHL draft110th overall, 1987
Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career1991–2006

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.[citation needed]

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

AwardYear
All-Hockey East Second team1989–90
All-Hockey East First Team1990–91
AHCA East First-Team All-American1990–91
Hockey East All-Tournament Team1991[2]
Stanley Cup championship (Pittsburgh)1992

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1985–86Matignon High SchoolHS-MA20322052
1986–87Matignon High SchoolHS-MA16292857
1987–88Matignon High SchoolHS-MA22524092
1988–89Boston UniversityHE3620284832
1989–90Boston UniversityHE4325315678
1990–91Boston UniversityHE4134488243
1991–92United StatesIntl5726234938
1991–92Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL150440192794
1992–93Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL84283361461232510
1993–94Los Angeles KingsNHL498132124
1993–94Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL27129211061012
1994–95Kiekko-EspooSM-l81346
1994–95Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL4413132622110228
1995–96Boston BruinsNHL822429533452138
1996–97Ottawa SenatorsNHL651120311872028
1997–98Ottawa SenatorsNHL8124244842110448
1998–99Ottawa SenatorsNHL773125564642026
1999–2000Ottawa SenatorsNHL692922512460334
2000–01Ottawa SenatorsNHL823240726240222
2001–02Ottawa SenatorsNHL8015314652120442
2002–03Atlanta ThrashersNHL4610162628
2003–04Atlanta ThrashersNHL8217385576
2004–05Malmö IFSEL601114
2005–06Boston BruinsNHL2826822
2005–06Providence BruinsAHL102466
NHL totals9112563235795069712253762

International edit

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1991United StatesWC103256
1992United StatesOG810110
1996United StatesWCH10110
Senior totals1943716

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

External links edit

Awards and achievements
Preceded by William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
1991
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Atlanta Thrashers captain
200204
Succeeded by