Doug Shedden

Douglas Arthur Shedden (born April 29, 1961) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He played in the National Hockey League between 1981 and 1991. After his playing career he became a coach, and worked in the minor leagues for several years. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships. Shedden is currently coaching HC Bozen-Bolzano in the Italian league ICE Hockey League.

Playing career As a youth, Shedden played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Barrie.

Shedden, who played the position of centre, spent eight seasons playing in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted 93rd overall by the Penguins in the 1980 NHL entry draft. In 416 career NHL games, Shedden recorded 139 goals and 186 assists for 325 points. Shedden had a brief stint in Europe as he played in Italy for two seasons but returned to North America and retired from playing in 1993.

Coaching career Shedden's Career as head coach started when he was hired to take over the Wichita Thunder in 1992. After leading Wichita to back-to-back CHL championships in 1993-94 and 1994–95, Shedden coached several teams in UHL, CHL and ECHL before becoming the head coach for St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL, where he guided the team to their best record for wins in franchise history in their final year in St. John's.

After that Shedden was hired by Finnish SM-liiga team HIFK to replace Dave King, who had decided to go to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Superleague instead of HIFK. Shedden's single season at the helm of HIFK was good and the team fought its way to the bronze medal game. HIFK however lost to HPK.

After his debut in the SM-liiga, Shedden was acquired by HIFK's local rivals Jokerit, where Shedden made an impact during his first season as the head coach of the team. Jokerit survived all the way to the Finals but were defeated by Kärpät. Shedden's second season as the head coach of Jokerit was a bit of a disappointment. Jokerit did advance to the playoffs, but were defeated four games to three by Espoo Blues in the Semifinals even though Jokerit had a 3–1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The 2007–08 Season with Jokerit was Shedden's last, as he was contracted by EV Zug, a Swiss professional ice hockey team playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A (NLA). He spent six years at the Zug helm and coached EVZ to five playoff semifinal appearances. When Zug finished the 2013-14 regular season in 10th place and missed the playoffs, Shedden was relieved of his duties.

In October 2014, Shedden took over the reins at Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and parted ways with the team at the end of the 2014–15 season. He returned to Switzerland, accepting the head coaching job at NLA side HC Lugano in October 2015. He coached the team to an appearance in the NLA finals in his first year, where they were defeated by SC Bern. In 2015 and 2016, he led HCL to the Spengler Cup final, where they fell short to Team Canada twice. On January 16, 2017, Shedden was fired by HC Lugano.

He was appointed as ERC Ingolstadt head coach on December 22, 2017, signing a deal for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with the German DEL team.

In October 2025, Vaasan Sport announced Shedden as their new coach for the 2025–26 Liiga season. Shedden left Vaasan Sport in December and later joined HC Bolzano.

National team coaching During his time at Jokerit, Shedden was also contracted by the Finnish National Team as head coach to replace Erkka Westerlund. Under Shedden's coaching, Finland won the bronze medal in the 2008 World Championships. Shedden's one-year contract ended after 2008 World Championships and he was replaced by his assistant coach, Jukka Jalonen.

He served as assistant coach of Team Canada at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Spengler Cup. In 2012 and 2013, he was named head coach, guiding Canada to victory in the prestigious tournament in 2012.

Shedden was also a member of Canada's coaching staff at the 2013 IIHF World Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 18 5 7 12 14 — — — — — 1977–78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 32 1 9 10 32 9 1 2 3 2 1978–79 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 66 16 42 58 29 10 3 0 3 6 1979–80 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 16 10 16 26 26 — — — — — 1979–80 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 45 30 44 74 59 — — — — — 1980–81 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 66 51 72 123 78 19 16 22 38 10 1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 38 10 15 25 12 — — — — — 1981–82 Erie Blades AHL 17 4 6 10 14 — — — — — 1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 24 43 67 54 — — — — — 1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 22 35 57 20 — — — — — 1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 35 32 67 30 — — — — — 1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 32 34 66 32 — — — — — 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 2 3 5 2 — — — — — 1986–87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 33 6 12 18 6 — — — — — 1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 5 2 2 4 4 — — — — — 1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 16 0 2 2 8 — — — — — 1986–87 Fredericton Express AHL 15 12 6 18 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 80 37 51 88 32 — — — — — 1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1988–89 Newmarket Saints AHL 29 14 26 40 6 — — — — — 1989–90 Newmarket Saints AHL 47 26 33 59 12 — — — — — 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 23 8 10 18 10 — — — — — 1990–91 Newmarket Saints AHL 47 15 23 38 16 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Bolzano ITA 13 6 10 16 16 — — — — — 1991–92 HC Davos NLB 7 10 9 19 22 — — — — — 1992–93 Muskegon Fury CoHL 21 16 21 37 18 — — — — — NHL totals 416 139 186 325 176 — — — — —

Coaching statistics Coaching statistics Season Team League GP W L T OTL Result 1992–93 Wichita Thunder CHL 34 19 13 2 0 Out of playoffs 1993–94 Wichita Thunder CHL 64 40 18 2 0 Won Championship 1994–95 Wichita Thunder CHL 66 44 18 4 0 Won Championship 1995–96 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 70 43 21 0 6 Lost in round 1 1996–97 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 70 38 28 4 0 Lost in finals 1997–98 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 70 43 17 10 0 Lost in round 3 1998–99 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 70 46 18 6 0 Lost in round 2 1999–00 Flint Generals UHL 74 51 14 0 9 Won Championship 2000–01 Memphis Riverkings CHL 70 43 21 0 6 Lost in round 2 2001–02 Memphis Riverkings CHL 64 46 14 0 4 Won Championship 2002–03 Memphis Riverkings CHL 64 39 21 0 4 Won Championship 2003–04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 80 32 36 8 4 Out of Playoffs 2004–05 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 80 46 28 5 1 Lost in round 1 2005–06 HIFK SM-liiga 56 28 14 10 4 Lost bronze medal game 2006–07 Jokerit SM-liiga 56 32 15 6 3 Lost in final 2007–08 Jokerit SM-liiga 56 29 14 Lost bronze medal game 2007–08 Team Finland World Championships Won bronze medal 2008–09 EV Zug National League Lost in Semifinals