David Shand Explained

David Shand
Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:200
Played For:Atlanta Flames
Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals
Birth Date:11 August 1956
Birth Place:Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Draft:8th overall
Draft Year:1976
Draft Team:Atlanta Flames
Wha Draft:18th overall
Wha Draft Year:1976
Wha Draft Team:Calgary Cowboys
Career Start:1976
Career End:1989

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.

Hockey career

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

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

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1972–73Toronto NationalsMetJHL
University of MichiganWCHA34 2 8 10 50
University of MichiganWCHA10 0 4 4 20
1974–75Peterborough PetesOMJHL33 4 11 15 3011 1 4 5 17
Peterborough PetesOMJHL62 9 37 46 169
1976–77Atlanta FlamesNHL55 5 11 16 623 0 0 0 33
1976–77Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL9 0 5 5 21
1977–78Atlanta FlamesNHL80 2 23 25 942 0 0 0 4
1978–79Atlanta FlamesNHL79 4 22 26 642 0 0 0 20
1979–80Atlanta FlamesNHL74 3 7 10 1044 0 1 1 0
1980–81Toronto Maple LeafsNHL47 0 4 4 603 0 0 0 0
1980–81New Brunswick HawksAHL2 0 0 0 2
1981–82Cincinnati TigersCHL76 8 37 45 2064 0 4 4 9
1982–83Toronto Maple LeafsNHL1 0 1 1 24 1 0 1 13
1982–83St. Catharines SaintsAHL69 9 32 41 154
1983–84Washington CapitalsNHL72 4 15 19 1248 0 1 1 13
1983–84Hershey BearsAHL2 0 1 1 2
1984–85Washington CapitalsNHL13 1 1 2 34
1984–85Binghamton WhalersAHL8 0 1 1 10
1985–86EC KACAUT44 11 21 32 110
1986–87EC KACAUT26 4 21 25 95
1987–88EC KACAUT21 1 18 19 73
1988–89EC KACAUT39 5 25 30 98
NHL totals421 19 84 103 54426 1 2 3 83

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1978CanadaWC100336
1979CanadaWC70008
Senior totals1703314

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-08. 2019-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Bill Martin Had Me Fired . MVictors.com . December 27, 2015. April 27, 2007 .
  3. Web site: David A. Shand: Shand Law PLLC . Washtenaw County Bar Association . May 7, 2023.