Darryl Shannon

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Winnipeg Jets
Buffalo Sabres
Atlanta Thrashers
Calgary Flames
Montreal Canadiens

| position = Defence

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| shoots = Left

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|6|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Barrie, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 36th overall

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2004

}}

Darryl Jackson Shannon (born June 21, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted 36th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and as well as the Leafs, he played for the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, and the Montreal Canadiens. Despite a serious illness, he played a total of 544 regular season games in the National Hockey League, scoring 28 goals and 111 assists for 139 points and collecting 523 penalty minutes. He also played 29 playoff games, all with the Buffalo Sabres, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points, collecting 16 minutes. He moved to Germany in 2001 to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Krefeld Pinguine and the Eisbären Berlin. He is the older brother of fellow former NHLer Darrin Shannon who played

together while with the Winnipeg Jets.

Following his retirement, he lives in Buffalo, New York where he is an active member of the Sabres Alumni Association.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1983–84

| Alliston Hornets

| COJCHL

| 30

18224070

| —

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| 1984–85

| Richmond Hill Dynes

| OJHL

| 1

0000

| —

1984–85

| Barrie Colts

| COJHL

| 39

5232850

| —

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| 1985–86

| Windsor Compuware Spitfires

| OHL

| 57

6212752

| 16

561122
1986–87

| Windsor Compuware Spitfires

| OHL

| 64

23275083

| 14

481218
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| 1987–88

| Windsor Compuware Spitfires

| OHL

| 60

167086116

| 12

381117
1988–89

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 14

1346

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 61

5242937

| 5

03310
1989–90

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 10

01112

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 47

4151958

| —

1990–91

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 10

0110

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 47

2141651

| —

1991–92

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 48

281023

| —

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| 1992–93

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 16

00011

| —

1992–93

| St. John's Maple Leafs

| AHL

| 7

1124

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 20

04418

| —

1993–94

| Moncton Hawks

| AHL

| 37

1101162

| 20

17832
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 40

591448

| —

1995–96

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 48

27972

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 26

26820

| —

1996–97

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 82

41923112

| 12

2358
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| 1997–98

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 76

3192256

| —

1998–99

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 71

3121552

| 2

0000
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| 1999–00

| Atlanta Thrashers

| NHL

| 49

5131865

| —

1999–00

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 27

18922

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 7

0116

| —

2000–01

| Quebec Citadelles

| AHL

| 4

0114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Krefeld Pinguine

| DEL

| 38

1181949

| 3

1120
2002–03

| Krefel Pinguine

| DEL

| 52

391256

| 14

34720
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Eisbären Berlin

| DEL

| 48

671326

| 11

1348
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals

! 544 !! 28 !! 111 !! 139 !! 523

! 29 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 16