Shjon Podein
Shjon Podein ( born March 5, 1968 in Rochester, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played from 1992 to 2003 for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League.
Career
He started his career at the High School and the University of Minnesota- Duluth. This brought him the Edmonton Oilers at the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the eighth round as 166
In 1990, the Oilers sent him to their farm team to the Cape Breton Oilers of the AHL. In the 1992/93 season he was first in the NHL used and played 40 games. With Cape Breton, he won the Calder Cup. Next year, an injury threw him back and brought it only to 28 games, but also represented the U.S. national hockey team as the year before at the World Championships.
For the 1994/95 season he moved to the Philadelphia Flyers and managed there a breakthrough in the NHL. He was not above average talented player, but he found his role as a penalty killer and the player was valuable with a lot of use for the team on the ice, but also in the team structure. In 1997, he made it with the Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals. In November 1998, the Colorado Avalanche picked him because of his defensive qualities in exchange for Keith Jones and he did not disappoint. He was a valuable component to the team of Avalanche could get that in the 2000 /01 season the Stanley Cup to Denver. Even away from the ice Podein was very positive noticed, since he and his Children's Foundation also very strong socially engaged. For this he was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. He moved in early 2002 for Mike Keane to the St. Louis Blues. Here he played in the coming season before joining for only one season in the second Swedish league to the Växjö Lakers.