David Shand

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. 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.

Following his departure from WTKA, Shand began practicing law. He is well known in Michigan as a prominent attorney in private practice.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1972–73 Toronto Nationals MetJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 University of Michigan WCHA 34 2 8 10 50 — — — — — 1974–75 University of Michigan WCHA 10 0 4 4 20 — — — — — 1974–75 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 33 4 11 15 30 11 1 4 5 17 1975–76 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 62 9 37 46 169 — — — — — 1976–77 Atlanta Flames NHL 55 5 11 16 62 3 0 0 0 33 1976–77 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 9 0 5 5 21 — — — — — 1977–78 Atlanta Flames NHL 80 2 23 25 94 2 0 0 0 4 1978–79 Atlanta Flames NHL 79 4 22 26 64 2 0 0 0 20 1979–80 Atlanta Flames NHL 74 3 7 10 104 4 0 1 1 0 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 47 0 4 4 60 3 0 0 0 0 1980–81 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 76 8 37 45 206 4 0 4 4 9 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 13 1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 69 9 32 41 154 — — — — — 1983–84 Washington Capitals NHL 72 4 15 19 124 8 0 1 1 13 1983–84 Hershey Bears AHL 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1984–85 Washington Capitals NHL 13 1 1 2 34 — — — — — 1984–85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 8 0 1 1 10 — — — — — 1985–86 EC KAC AUT 44 11 21 32 110 — — — — — 1986–87 EC KAC AUT 26 4 21 25 95 — — — — — 1987–88 EC KAC AUT 21 1 18 19 73 — — — — — 1988–89 EC KAC AUT 39 5 25 30 98 — — — — — NHL totals 421 19 84 103 544 26 1 2 3 83

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1978 Canada WC 10 0 3 3 6 1979 Canada WC 7 0 0 0 8 Senior totals 17 0 3 3 14