David Shand

Summary

David Alistair Shand (born August 11, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Drafted in 1976 by both the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League and the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association, Shand also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals.

David Shand
Born (1956-08-11) August 11, 1956 (age 67)
Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Atlanta Flames
Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals
NHL Draft 8th overall, 1976
Atlanta Flames
WHA Draft 18th overall, 1976
Calgary Cowboys
Playing career 1976–1989
Tom Lysiak celebrates with Dave Shand (center) and Harold Phillipoff after a goal against the Colorado Rockies in 1978

Hockey career edit

Shand was born in Cold Lake, Alberta and raised in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. As a youth, he played in the 1967 and 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Borden, Saskatchewan.[1] He was selected in the first round of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Flames, as the eighth overall pick.

On April 1, 1978, he tied the Flames franchise single-game record (since broken) for assists in one game with four, versus the New York Rangers. He had previously tied the Flames franchise single-game record (since broken) with three assists in a period, versus the Rangers on January 20, 1978. Shand missed the start of 1984-85 season with a cracked sinus bone and facial laceration, suffered when he was hit below his left eye by a Scott Stevens shot during Washington's 1984 training camp. He retired from hockey in 1989.

Post-playing career edit

Dave Shand was an assistant coach for the University of Michigan men's hockey team under head coach Red Berenson from 1989 to 1993. During his tenure as assistant coach, the team went to three straight Frozen Four college hockey tournaments.

Shand holds several degrees, including a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan. Shand has also taught sports law at the university's division of Kinesiology.

Shand hosted In The Locker Room, a morning drive radio show on WTKA out of Ann Arbor, Michigan until April 23, 2007. Shand's commentaries and his life's stories were featured regularly during the radio show.

According to Michigan football blog MVictors.com, Shand was fired from WTKA because he criticized the University of Michigan, and the athletic director of the university threatened to pull coverage of Michigan football from the radio station unless he was fired.[2]

Following his departure from WTKA, Shand began practicing law. He is well known in Michigan as a prominent attorney in private practice.[3]

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1972–73 Toronto Nationals MetJHL
1973–74 University of Michigan WCHA 34 2 8 10 50
1974–75 University of Michigan WCHA 10 0 4 4 20
1974–75 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 33 4 11 15 30 11 1 4 5 17
1975–76 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 62 9 37 46 169
1976–77 Atlanta Flames NHL 55 5 11 16 62 3 0 0 0 33
1976–77 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 9 0 5 5 21
1977–78 Atlanta Flames NHL 80 2 23 25 94 2 0 0 0 4
1978–79 Atlanta Flames NHL 79 4 22 26 64 2 0 0 0 20
1979–80 Atlanta Flames NHL 74 3 7 10 104 4 0 1 1 0
1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 47 0 4 4 60 3 0 0 0 0
1980–81 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 2 0 0 0 2
1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 76 8 37 45 206 4 0 4 4 9
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 13
1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 69 9 32 41 154
1983–84 Washington Capitals NHL 72 4 15 19 124 8 0 1 1 13
1983–84 Hershey Bears AHL 2 0 1 1 2
1984–85 Washington Capitals NHL 13 1 1 2 34
1984–85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 8 0 1 1 10
1985–86 EC KAC AUT 44 11 21 32 110
1986–87 EC KAC AUT 26 4 21 25 95
1987–88 EC KAC AUT 21 1 18 19 73
1988–89 EC KAC AUT 39 5 25 30 98
NHL totals 421 19 84 103 544 26 1 2 3 83

International edit

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1978 Canada WC 10 0 3 3 6
1979 Canada WC 7 0 0 0 8
Senior totals 17 0 3 3 14

References edit

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  2. ^ "Bill Martin Had Me Fired". MVictors.com. April 27, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "David A. Shand: Shand Law PLLC". Washtenaw County Bar Association. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

External links edit

  • Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
  • Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
Preceded by Atlanta Flames first round draft pick
1976
Succeeded by