Shawn Rivers

Shawn Rivers
Born (1971-01-30) January 30, 1971 (age 53)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1992–1998

Shawn Hamilton Rivers (born January 30, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played four games in the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 1992–93 season, scoring two assists. Prior to his professional career, he played for the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints, where he was named the ECAC All Rookie Team for the 1988–89 season.[1] Shawn is the brother of Jamie Rivers.[2]

Rivers was born in Ottawa, Ontario.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 St. Lawrence University ECAC 36 3 23 26 20 — — — — —
1989–90 St. Lawrence University ECAC 26 3 14 17 29 — — — — —
1990–91 Sudbury Wolves OHL 66 18 33 51 43 5 2 7 9 0
1991–92 Sudbury Wolves OHL 64 26 54 80 34 11 0 4 4 10
1992–93 Atlanta Knights IHL 78 9 34 43 101 9 1 3 4 8
1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 4 0 2 2 2 — — — — —
1993–94 Atlanta Knights IHL 76 6 30 36 88 12 1 4 5 21
1994–95 Chicago Wolves IHL 68 8 29 37 69 3 0 1 1 0
1995–96 Chicago Wolves IHL 21 3 4 7 22 — — — — —
1995–96 Atlanta Knights IHL 45 2 16 18 22 — — — — —
1995–96 Syracuse Crunch AHL 5 0 2 2 2 16 1 6 7 14
1996–97 Augsburger Panther DEL 48 8 20 28 22 — — — — —
1997–98 Lake Charles Ice Pirates WPHL 5 3 3 6 2 — — — — —
1997–98 EHC Kloten NLA 13 0 6 6 16 — — — — —
1997–98 San Antonio Dragons IHL 14 2 4 6 6 — — — — —
1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 4 0 2 2 2 — — — — —

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1988–89 [3]

References

  1. ^ ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Teams Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Shawn Rivers". www.legendsofhockey.net. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.


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