Andrew Shaw facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Andrew Shaw |
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Shaw with the Blackhawks in 2014
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Born | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
July 20, 1991 ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Chicago Blackhawks Montreal Canadiens |
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NHL Draft | 139th overall, 2011 Chicago Blackhawks |
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Playing career | 2011–present |
Andrew Shaw (born July 20, 1991 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player that currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He began his hockey career with the Niagara IceDogs of the OHL and played for them for 2 seasons. He also played for the Owen Sound Attack for 1 season. He entered the draft on 2011 and he was drafted with the 139th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
He was assigned to the Rockford IceHogs, the farm team of the Blackhawks. He was called up to the Blackhawks during the 2011-12 NHL season. On January 5, 2012, he got in his first-ever NHL fight on the second shift of his first NHL game. He returned to the game after receiving stitches and score the first goal of his NHL career on his first shot of his first game against Ilya Bryzgalov of the Philadelphia Flyers. On June 24, 2013, He won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.