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 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 team	United States
NHL draft	110th overall, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	1991–2006

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

Award	Year
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	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Matignon High School	HS-MA		20	32	20	52	—		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Matignon High School	HS-MA		16	29	28	57	—		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Matignon High School	HS-MA		22	52	40	92	—		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Boston University	HE		36	20	28	48	32		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Boston University	HE		43	25	31	56	78		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Boston University	HE		41	34	48	82	43		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	United States	Intl		57	26	23	49	38		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		15	0	4	4	0		19	2	7	9	4
1992–93	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		84	28	33	61	46		12	3	2	5	10
1993–94	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		49	8	13	21	24		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		27	12	9	21	10		6	1	0	1	2
1994–95	Kiekko-Espoo	SM-l		8	1	3	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		44	13	13	26	22		11	0	2	2	8
1995–96	Boston Bruins	NHL		82	24	29	53	34		5	2	1	3	8
1996–97	Ottawa Senators	NHL		65	11	20	31	18		7	2	0	2	8
1997–98	Ottawa Senators	NHL		81	24	24	48	42		11	0	4	4	8
1998–99	Ottawa Senators	NHL		77	31	25	56	46		4	2	0	2	6
1999–2000	Ottawa Senators	NHL		69	29	22	51	24		6	0	3	3	4
2000–01	Ottawa Senators	NHL		82	32	40	72	62		4	0	2	2	2
2001–02	Ottawa Senators	NHL		80	15	31	46	52		12	0	4	4	2
2002–03	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		46	10	16	26	28		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		82	17	38	55	76		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Malmö IF	SEL		6	0	1	1	14		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Boston Bruins	NHL		28	2	6	8	22		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Providence Bruins	AHL		10	2	4	6	6		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				911	256	323	579	506		97	12	25	37	62

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	United States	WC		10	3	2	5	6
1992	United States	OG		8	1	0	1	10
1996	United States	WCH		1	0	1	1	0
Senior totals				19	4	3	7	16

See also

• Captain (ice hockey)