Shawn Rivers

Shawn Hamilton Rivers ( born January 30, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who in his playing days from 1988 to 1999 among others for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League and the Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga played. His brother Jamie is also a professional hockey player.

Career

Shawn Rivers began his career as a hockey player in the team of the St. Lawrence University, where he was active in parallel to his studies in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Then the defender played two years for the Canadian junior team Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League, before he stood just as long for the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League on the ice, with whom he won the Turner Cup in the 1993/94 season. He also graduated in the 1992/93 season, his only four appearances in the National Hockey League for Atlanta Partners Tampa Bay Lightning.

In summer 1994, Rivers moved within the IHL to the Chicago Wolves, but returned during the following season back to the Atlanta Knights, before he finished the season with the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League. For the 1996/97 season the links Sagittarius first went to Europe, where he stood for the Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on the ice and in 48 games scored 27 points scorer, eight gates. The following year, Rivers played the same for four different teams. First, he began the season with the EHC Kloten in the Swiss National League A, and then ran in North America consecutively for the Springfield Falcons in the AHL, the San Antonio Dragons in the IHL and the Lake Charles Ice Pirates of the Western Professional Hockey League on. Most recently, he spent the 1998/99 season at HC Milan in the Italian Serie A1, before he ended his career at the age of 28 years prematurely.

Awards and achievements

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