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Canada Shane O'Brien
#44 Black Wings Linz / EBEL - 17/18
Date of Birth
Aug 09, 1983
Position
D
Age
41
Height
6'3" / 191 cm
Place of Birth
Port Hope, ON, CAN
Weight
229 lbs / 104 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
2003 round 8 #250 overall by Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

O'Brien is a defenseman with great size and reach. Can play a stay-at-home style, but also has decent offensive instincts. Likes to play a mean, physical game from the backend. Somewhat limited when it comes to skating and agility, though.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2015)

Uncle: Dennis O'Brien

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Shane O'Brien Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1998-99 Quinte Red Devils U15 AAA ETAHL U15 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Port Hope Buzzards OPJHL 6* 0* 2* 2* 9* -* |
1999-00 Port Hope Buzzards OPJHL 47* 6* 27* 33* 110* -* |
2000-01 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 61* 2* 12* 14* 89* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 6 0
2001-02 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 67* 10* 23* 33* 132* 6* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2 0
2002-03 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 28* 8* 15* 23* 90* -1* |
Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 34* 8* 11* 19* 108* -20* | Playoffs 19 4 10 14 79 -6
2003-04 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 60* 2* 8* 10* 163* 2* | Playoffs 9 0 2 2 30 -4
2004-05 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 77* 5* 20* 25* 319* 4* | Playoffs 12 1 3 4 57 -7
2005-06 Portland Pirates AHL 77* 8* 33* 41* 287* 20* | Playoffs 19 6 16 22 81 3
2006-07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 62* 2* 12* 14* 140* 5* |
Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 18* 0* 2* 2* 36* -8* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 12 -4
2007-08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77* 4* 17* 21* 154* -2* |
2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Vancouver Canucks NHL 76* 0* 10* 10* 196* 6* | Playoffs 10 1 1 2 24 -3
2009-10 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65* 2* 6* 8* 79* 15* | Playoffs 12 1 2 3 25 3
2010-11 Nashville Predators NHL 80* 2* 7* 9* 83* 1* | Playoffs 12 0 0 0 18 -2
2011-12 Colorado Avalanche NHL 76* 3* 17* 20* 105* 2* |
2012-13 Colorado Avalanche NHL 28* 0* 4* 4* 60* 0* |
2013-14 Calgary Flames NHL 45* 0* 3* 3* 58* -8* |
Abbotsford Heat AHL 31* 3* 5* 8* 58* 6* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 18 -3
2014-15 Florida Panthers NHL 9* 0* 1* 1* 5* -4* |
San Antonio Rampage AHL 51* 11* 19* 30* 127* 6* | Playoffs 2 0 1 1 17 0
2015-16 San Diego Gulls AHL 57* 1* 16* 17* 81* -8* |
2016-17 HPK Liiga 18* 1* 3* 4* 14* -3* | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 4 -1
2017-18 Black Wings Linz EBEL 34* 0* 8* 8* 44* 5* | Playoffs 12 2 4 6 16 6

Shane O'Brien Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 6 353* 30* 101* 131* 0.37* 1 035* 30* | 5 46 8 * 22 * 30 * 0.65 * 203 * -11 *
ETAHL U15 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
EBEL (ICEHL) 1 34* 0* 8* 8* 0.24* 44* 5* | 1 12 2 * 4 * 6 * 0.50 * 16 * 6 *
Liiga 1 18* 1* 3* 4* 0.22* 14* -3* | 1 7 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.14 * 4 * -1 *
NHL 9 537* 13* 79* 92* 0.17* 916* 6* | 4 40 2 * 3 * 5 * 0.13 * 79 * -6 *
OHL 3 190* 28* 61* 89* 0.47* 419* -9* | 3 24 4 * 11 * 15 * 0.63 * 87 * -6 *
OPJHL (OJHL) 2 53* 6* 29* 35* 0.66* 119* -* | 0 * * * * * *

Shane O'Brien Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/09/2017
11/09/2017 Confirmed No team Black Wings Linz
01/30/2017
01/30/2017 Extension HPK HPK
01/10/2017
01/10/2017 Confirmed No team HPK
07/17/2015
07/17/2015 Confirmed Florida Panthers Anaheim Ducks
10/06/2014
10/06/2014 Confirmed Calgary Flames Florida Panthers
06/30/2014
06/30/2014 Confirmed Calgary Flames Unknown
06/27/2013
06/27/2013 Confirmed Colorado Avalanche Calgary Flames
06/26/2012
06/26/2012 Extension Colorado Avalanche Colorado Avalanche
07/13/2011
07/13/2011 Confirmed Nashville Predators Colorado Avalanche
10/05/2010
10/05/2010 Confirmed Vancouver Canucks Nashville Predators
07/06/2010
07/06/2010 Extension Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks
07/06/2009
07/06/2009 Extension Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1999, 21 #420 overall by Kingston Frontenacs in the OHL Priority Selection

Cult/Star player for Port Hope Buzzards

Career transactions
- 2010-10-05 • Traded to Nashville by Vancouver with Dan Gendur for Jonas Andersson & Ryan Parent
- 2008-10-06 • Traded to Vancouver by Tampa Bay with Michel Ouellet for Lukas Krajicek and Juraj Simek
- 2007-02-24 • Traded to Tampa Bay by Anaheim with Colorado's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Tampa Bay selected Luca Cunti) in 2007 Entry Draft for Gerald Coleman and Tampa Bay's 1st round choice (later traded to Minnesota - Minnesota selected Colton Gillies) in 2007 Entry Draft