Shayne McCosh (born January 27, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 1994 and 2005 he has played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL in North America as well as the British Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL), the Italian Serie A, the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and the Austrian Nationalliga (Austria-2).

Shayne McCosh
Born (1974-01-27) January 27, 1974 (age 50)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Springfield Falcons
Providence Bruins
Bracknell Bees
Sheffield Steelers
HC Bolzano
Augsburger Panther
EK Zell am See
Playing career 1994–2005

Playing career edit

McCosh was born in Oshawa, Ontario. He played junior ice hockey for the Kitchener Rangers, Windsor Spitfires and Detroit Junior Red Wings between 1990 and 1995. During that time he helped the Red Wings to win their division in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons. He was also a member of the Red Wings' J. Ross Robertson Cup winning team in 1994–95.

McCosh made his senior level debut with the Springfield Falcons in the AHL in 1994–95. The following season, he played for the Erie Panthers in the ECHL and the Providence Bruins in the AHL.

In 1996–97 McCosh joined the Bracknell Bees in the British ISL. He stayed with Bracknell for three seasons before joining the Sheffield Steelers, also of the ISL. He played with Sheffield for two seasons, during which time he helped them to win the Challenge Cup in 1999–00 and a Grand Slam of all available trophies in 2000–01.

In 2001–02 McCosh joined HC Bolzano in the Italian Serie A before joining Augsburger Panther in the DEL for the 2002–03 season. He returned to Bolzano the following season before playing for EK Zell am See in the Austrian second tier Nationalliga in 2004–05 and then retiring from the professional game.

Awards and honours edit

Career statistics edit

    Regular season[1][2]   Playoffs[1][2]
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Kitchener Rangers OHL 62 3 22 25 26 6 0 1 1 4
1991–92 Kitchener Rangers OHL 62 7 36 43 46 14 1 2 3 28
1992–93 Kitchener Rangers OHL 32 7 25 32 43
1992–93 Windsor Spitfires OHL 36 5 35 40 38
1993–94 Windsor Spitfires OHL 34 3 21 24 46
1993–94 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 25 3 18 21 33 17 3 8 11 24
1994–95 Springfield Falcons AHL 18 2 3 5 4
1994–95 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 26 4 21 25 32 20 7 16 23 12
1995–96 Erie Panthers ECHL 65 10 27 37 81
1995–96 Providence Bruins AHL 8 1 5 6 2
1996–97 Bracknell Bees BISL 36 5 17 22 30 6 2 1 3 4
1997–98 Bracknell Bees BISL 28 7 16 23 10 6 1 6 7 8
1998–99 Bracknell Bees BISL 41 5 20 25 42 7 2 9 11 2
1999–00 Sheffield Steelers BISL 41 8 37 45 22 6 2 2 4 2
2000–01 Sheffield Steelers BISL 44 9 37 46 32 8 0 3 3 4
2001–02 HC Bolzano ITL 44 12 25 37 24
2002–03 Augsburger Panther DEL 51 2 7 9 30
2003–04 HC Bolzano ITL 24 8 14 22 16
2004–05 EK Zell am See AUT.2 42 19 51 70 93
AHL totals 26 3 8 11 6

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Shayne McCosh - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  2. ^ a b "Shayne McCosh's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-12-18.

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