Doug Shedden
Born (1961-04-29) April 29, 1961
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]

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 GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 18571214 —————
1977–78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 32191032 91232
1978–79 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 6616425829 103036
1979–80 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 1610162626 —————
1979–80 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 4530447459 —————
1980–81 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 66517212378 1916223810
1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 3810152512 —————
1981–82 Erie Blades AHL 17461014 —————
1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8024436754 —————
1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6722355720 —————
1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8035326730 —————
1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6732346632 —————
1985–86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 112352 —————
1986–87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 33612186 —————
1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 52244 —————
1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 160228 —————
1986–87 Fredericton Express AHL 15126180 —————
1987–88 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 8037518832 —————
1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10002 —————
1988–89 Newmarket Saints AHL 291426406 —————
1989–90 Newmarket Saints AHL 4726335912 —————
1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 238101810 —————
1990–91 Newmarket Saints AHL 4715233816 —————
1991–92 HC Bolzano ITA 136101616 —————
1991–92 HC Davos NLB 71091922 —————
1992–93 Muskegon Fury CoHL 2116213718 —————
NHL totals 416139186325176 —————

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

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. 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.
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