Shawn McEachern
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Shaun McEachern (born 28 February 1969 in Waltham, Massachusetts) is a former National Hockey League forward and current assistant coach for the Northeastern University Huskies collegiate hockey program. During his stint a a professional, he tallied 254 goals and 317 assists during a 13-year NHL career with the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators and Atlanta Thrashers. The forward has twice scored over 30 goals in a season, and his best point total came in 2000-2001, when he notched 32 goals and 40 assists for the Ottawa Senators. He won a Stanley Cup Championship in 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. On August 27th, 2006, he announced his retirement.
Before entering the NHL, McEachern was a standout ice hockey player at Boston University and at Matignon High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He currently resides in Waltham.
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- 1992 Stanley Cup Championship (Pittsburgh)
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| Preceded by Ray Ferraro |
Atlanta Thrashers captains 2002-05 |
Succeeded by Scott Mellanby |
Note: the Thrashers had intended to rotate the captaincy ,during the 2002-03 NHL season (among McEachern, Jeff Odgers, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Uwe Krupp). However only McEachern served in the role, and management named him as captain in January 2003.
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