Shawn Chambers
Shawn Randall Chambers ( born October 11, 1966 in Sterling Heights, Michigan ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who in his playing days from 1985 to 2000 among others for the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars played in the National Hockey League.
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Career
Shawn Chambers began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he was active from 1985 until mid-season 1986/87. This season he finished at the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League and the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League. For the Komets he also made his debut in professional hockey. Then the defender in the NHL Supplemental Draft in 1987 was selected as the eighth player from the Minnesota North Stars. For the North Stars, he played in the next four years in the National Hockey League, where he parallel for their IHL farm team, the Kalamazoo Wings aground. In the 1990/91 season he failed with the North Stars in the finals for the prestigious Stanley Cup in the best- of-seven series with 2:4 to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In the 1991/92 season Chambers was because of a serious knee injury just seven games for his new club, the. Washington Capitals from the NHL, and their farm team, the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League contest In the NHL Expansion Draft 1992, he was nevertheless selected as the seventh player from the Tampa Bay Lightning. After he started the 1992/93 season in which IHL farm team Atlanta Knights, he got the next three years for the team from Florida in the NHL on the ice. On 14 March 1995, the Links shooter was released together with Danton Cole in exchange for Alexander Semak and Ben Hankinson to the New Jersey Devils, with whom he won the Stanley Cup for the first time at the end of the season.
On 17 July 1997 Chambers signed as a free agent contract with the Dallas Stars, the successor team of his former clubs Minnesota North Stars. With the Texans he succeeded in the 1998/99 season after a final victory over the Buffalo Sabres of the second Stanley Cup victory of his career. After he had again suffered a knee injury after a few game days and could deny a total of only four games, the Americans ended after the season 1999/2000 his career at the age of 33 years.
Internationally
For the U.S., Chambers took part in the 1994 World Cup and the World Cup of Hockey 1996.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 1994
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Others
Shawn Chambers is the athlete with the lowest rating in a video game ever. As the only athlete, he was the world's Appreciation a single skill point ( in NHL 93 from EA).