Doug Shedden
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb) |
| Pro clubs | NHL Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs AHL Erie Blades Adirondack Red Wings Fredericton Express Baltimore Skipjacks Newmarket Saints Serie A HC Bolzano CoHL Muskegon Fury |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | April 29, 1961 , Wallaceburg, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 93rd overall, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Pro career | 1981 – 1993 |
Douglas Arthur "Doug" Shedden (born April 29, 1961 in Wallaceburg, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships. Shedden is currently the head coach of EV Zug of the Swiss Nationalliga A.
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[edit] Playing career
Shedden, who played the position of centre, spent eight seasons playing in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted 93rd overall by the Penguins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. In 416 career NHL games, Shedden recorded 139 goals and 186 assists for 325 points. Shedden had a brief stint in Europe as he played in Italy for two seasons but returned to North America and retired from playing in 1993.
[edit] Coaching career
Shedden's Career as Head Coach started when he was hired to coach Wichita Thunder in 1992. After Wichita Shedden coached several teams in UHL, CHL and ECHL before becoming the Head Coach for St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL, where he guided the team to their best record for wins in franchise history in their final year in St. John's.
After that Shedden was hired to Finnish SM-liiga team HIFK to replace Dave King, who had decided to go to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of Russian Superleague instead of HIFK. Shedden's single season at the helm of HIFK was good and the team fought it's way to Bronze Medal game. HIFK however lost to HPK.
After his debut in SM-liiga, Shedden was aqcuired by HIFK's local rivals, Jokerit where Shedden made an impact during his first season as the Head Coach of the team. Jokerit survived all the way to Finals but were defeated by Kärpät. Shedden's second season as the Head Coach of Jokerit was a bit of a disappointment. Jokerit did advance to playoffs, but were defeated 4 games to 3 by Espoo Blues in the Semifinals even though Jokerit had a 3–1 lead in best of 7 series.
The 2007–08 Season in Jokerit was Shedden's last, as he was contracted by EV Zug, a Swiss Professional ice hockey team playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A.
During his time in Jokerit, Shedden was also contracted by the Finnish National Team as head coach to replace Erkka Westerlund. Under Shedden's coaching, Finland won the bronze medal in the 2008 World Championships. Shedden's 1-year contract ended after 2008 World Championships and he was replaced by his assistant coach, Jukka Jalonen.
[edit] Playing Stats
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1977–78 | Hamilton Fincups | OHA | 32 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977–78 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1978–79 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 66 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979–80 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 16 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979–80 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHA | 45 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 59 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 66 | 51 | 72 | 123 | 78 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1981–82 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 38 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1981–82 | Erie Blades | AHL | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 80 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 54 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1983–84 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 67 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1984–85 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 80 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1985–86 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 67 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1985–86 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987–88 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 80 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1988–89 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1988–89 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 29 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1989–90 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 47 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 23 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 47 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Bolzano | Alpenliga | 17 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Bolzano | Serie A | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992–93 | Muskegon Fury | CoHL | 21 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 416 | 139 | 186 | 325 | 176 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] Coaching Stats
| Coaching Stats | |||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Result | |
| 1992–93 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Out of Playoffs | |
| 1993–94 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 64 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 0 | Won Championship | |
| 1994–95 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 66 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 0 | Won Championship | |
| 1995–96 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | Lost in Round 1 | |
| 1996–97 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 0 | Lost in Finals | |
| 1997–98 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 0 | Lost in Round 3 | |
| 1998–99 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 0 | Lost in Round 2 | |
| 1999–00 | Flint Generals | UHL | 74 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 9 | Won Championship | |
| 2000–01 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 70 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | Lost in Round 2 | |
| 2001–02 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 64 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Won Championship | |
| 2002–03 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 64 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 4 | Won Championship | |
| 2003–04 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 4 | Out of Playoffs | |
| 2004–05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 46 | 28 | 5 | 1 | Lost in Round 1 | |
| 2005–06 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 56 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | Lost Bronze medal game | |
| 2006–07 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 56 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost in Final | |
| 2007–08 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 56 | 29 | 14 | Lost Bronze medal game | |||
| 2007–08 | Team Finland | World Championships | Won Bronze medal | ||||||
| Preceded by Erkka Westerlund |
Finnish national ice hockey team head coach 2007 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Jukka Jalonen |
| Preceded by Curt Lindström |
Jokerit head coach 2006 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Glen Hanlon |
| Preceded by Pentti Matikainen |
HIFK head coach 2005 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Bob Francis |
