| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Played For: | Buffalo Sabres Winnipeg Jets Phoenix Coyotes |
| Birth Date: | December 8, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | 4th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1988 |
| Draft Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Career Start: | 1989 |
| Career End: | 2000 |
Darrin Arthur Shannon (born December 8, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabres and the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes. He is the younger brother of Darryl Shannon and has 3 daughters with his wife. Darrin was drafted fourth overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, ahead of NHL Stars Jeremy Roenick, Rod Brind'Amour and Teemu Selänne. He recorded 87 goals and 163 assists for 250 points in 506 career NHL games.
He now resides in Alliston, Ontario and is an investment manager.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984–85 | Alliston Hornets | GMOHL | 36 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Barrie Colts | CJHL | 40 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 60 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 43 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 1988–89 | Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 54 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1989–90 | 50 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 1989–90 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1990–91 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 49 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | ||
| 1990–91 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 34 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1991–92 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 68 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 84 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 77 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 63 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| IHL | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Chicago Wolves | IHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| NHL totals | 506 | 87 | 163 | 250 | 344 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | ||||
| AHL totals | 107 | 48 | 57 | 105 | 83 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | ||||