Shea Weber
Shea Michael Weber ( born August 14, 1985 in Sicamous, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since 2005 he plays for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League on the position of the defender.
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Career
Shea Weber began his career in the team of the Sicamous Eagles of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in 2001. After a strong first season, he received an offer from the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League, which took Weber. In the WHL, he fell on primarily for his physical strength and his stubborn variety. With 167 penalty minutes, he had the second highest number in the entire team. This season he also won with the Kelowna Rockets the championship, the President's Cup. In the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 the defender was selected in the second round to 49th position overall by the Nashville Predators.
In the following season he continued to play for the Kelowna Rockets, but this season he played much more disciplined than in previous years. He got less penalties and scored more. The Rockets finished the regular season in first place, where Weber was instrumental because the defense had in 72 games, only 125 at the back. In the play-offs Weber 's best team was internal Scorer with 17 points. At the end of the Rockets eliminated in the Western Conference final against the Everett Silvertips from. This was followed by winning the Memorial Cup in 2004. Weavers made the leap into the All- Star team of the tournament. The following season he was with the Rockets for the second time in three years WHL champions. Besides, he also managed to West First All- Star team and was elected WHL Playoff MVP in 2005. He also won the gold medal with Canada at the U20 World Youth Championship.
In the 2005/06 season he played for the first time for the farm team of the Nashville Predators, the Milwaukee Admirals. The Canadians played a strong and disciplined rookie season. He got much less penalty minutes than in the WHL and was passing among the top rookie scorers. That same season, he also played for the Nashville Predators. At the end he came up two goals and ten points in 28 games. In the season 2006/ 07 Weber presented with 17 goals, 23 assists and 40 points not only a new personal season record in each of these categories on, but he was also due to his strong performances as a rookie for the Framework Programme of the NHL All-Star game 2007 held " Young Stars game" nominated, in which he ran aground in the starting lineup of the teams in the Western Conference.
On July 24, 2012 it was announced that the Predators sheet with the Offer of the Philadelphia Flyers are equal, available Weber thus play another 14 years for the Predators and will receive a salary of 110 million U.S. $.
Internationally
Weber ran at the Ice Hockey World Championships 2007 for the first time at the A- team of his home country Canada. In the first group match of Canadians against the German team, he received, after an elbow check to the head of Yannic Seidenberg a game misconduct. Because of the seriousness of the offense, he was also banned for three matches of the tournament. In the end he was but with the team Canada world champion. In 2010, he won the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. In the final, the Canadians prevailed 3-2 after extra time against the United States. Then Weber was elected to the All- Star team of the tournament. 2014 he was with the Canadian National Team Olympic champion.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 President's Cup with the Kelowna Rockets win
- 2004 Memorial Cup with the Kelowna Rockets win
- 2004 Memorial Cup All- Star team
- 2004 WHL West Second All- Star Team
- 2005 President's Cup with the Kelowna Rockets win
- 2005 WHL West First All- Star Team
- 2005 WHL Playoff MVP
- 2007 NHL Young Stars Game
- 2005 CHL Second All- Star Team
- 2009 NHL All-Star Game
- 2011 NHL All-Star Game
- 2011 NHL First All - Star Team
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 NHL First All -Star Team
Internationally
- 2005 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2007 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2010 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 All -Star team for the Olympic Winter Games
- 2014 Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 2005
- World Cup 2007
- World Cup 2009
- 2010 Winter Olympics
( 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 )