Drew Shore

Drew Shore (born January 29, 1991) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a second round selection, 44th overall, of the Florida Panthers at the 2009 NHL entry draft and played parts of two seasons with Florida prior to being traded to Calgary. Internationally, Shore has represented the United States at both the junior and senior levels; He was a member of the American entry at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

Playing career

Junior and college As a youth, Shore played in the 2003 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Colorado Avalanche minor ice hockey team from Littleton, Colorado.

After playing the 2006–07 season with Detroit Honeybaked of the Midwest Elite Hockey League, Shore had several options for junior hockey. The Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League selected him with their second round pick in that league's Bantam Draft, however Shore opted to remain in the United States and joined the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USNTDP) in 2007. As a member of the USNTDP Under-17 team, Shore played 54 games in 2007–08, scored 13 goals and added 25 assists. He made his first international debut that season as a member of Team USA at the 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. Shore recorded seven points in six games as the Americans won the silver medal. however he did not sign with the team immediately as Shore committed to play college hockey for the University of Denver Pioneers. Shore played 43 games for the Panthers in his rookie season and scored 3 goals along with 10 assists. Unable to fit him into their NHL lineup, the team finally traded Shore to the Calgary Flames on January 9, 2015, in exchange for Corban Knight. At the time of the deal, Shore was 12th in AHL scoring with 30 points and had been named to play in the All-Star Game. He made his debut with Calgary on January 15 in a 4–1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes.

After parts of two seasons within the Flames organization, Shore left as free agent in the off-season, signing his first European contract in agreeing to a one-year deal with EHC Kloten of the Swiss National League A on August 12, 2016. In the 2016–17 season, on September 26, 2016, the SIHF announced that Shore was suspended for one game and fined CHF 1,230 for a slew-footing on ZSC Lions's Mattias Sjögren. In late December 2016, he played as a loan player for HC Davos in the Spengler Cup and was named to the tournament's all-star team. On March 12, 2017, having led his team with 24 goals and 48 points in 50 games and with Kloten avoiding the playout final despite 3 games remaining in the playout round, Shore was granted a release from his contract to join the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the remainder of the season. Shore immediately was drawn into the lineup and played out the season in registering 2 assists in 14 games.

Unable to continue his production from Switzerland with the Canucks, as an impending free agent, Shore opted to return to the NL, signing a two-year contract with the ZSC Lions on May 29, 2017.

In the second year of his contract with ZSC in 2018–19, Shore made 16 appearances for 10 points before leaving the club mid-year in favour for the KHL, agreeing to terms for the remainder of the season with Chinese outfit, Kunlun Red Star, on December 27, 2018.

Having played three successive seasons abroad, Shore returned to North America as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way NHL contract with the Carolina Hurricanes on October 21, 2020. In preparation for the indefinitely delayed North American season, Shore alongside brother Nick, opted to sign a short-term loan contract abroad with Slovak club, HK Dukla Trenčín of the Tipsport Liga on November 19, 2020. In just five games with Dukla, Shore collected 10 points before he returned to North America on December 3, 2020.

At the conclusion of his contract with the Hurricanes, Shore opted to end his nine-year professional career, announcing his retirement on June 15, 2021, to join the Wasserman Hockey Agency.

Personal life His younger brothers are also hockey players; Nick is a center for EV Zug and Quentin played NCAA college hockey at the University of Denver and was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2013 NHL entry draft. His youngest brother Baker plays for Harvard University.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2006–07 Honeybaked 16U AAA T1EHL 31 9 25 34 20 — — — — — 2007–08 U.S. NTDP U17 USDP 16 4 8 12 6 — — — — — 2007–08 U.S. NTDP U18 NAHL 35 9 16 25 12 3 0 1 1 0 2008–09 U.S. NTDP U18 USDP 47 10 25 35 30 — — — — — 2008–09 U.S. NTDP U18 NAHL 15 7 7 14 16 — — — — — 2009–10 University of Denver WCHA 41 5 14 19 18 — — — — — 2010–11 University of Denver WCHA 40 23 23 46 38 — — — — — 2011–12 University of Denver WCHA 42 22 31 53 45 — — — — — 2011–12 San Antonio Rampage AHL 8 1 2 3 4 9 2 0 2 2 2012–13 San Antonio Rampage AHL 41 10 20 30 18 — — — — — 2012–13 Florida Panthers NHL 43 3 10 13 14 — — — — — 2013–14 Florida Panthers NHL 24 5 2 7 8 — — — — — 2013–14 San Antonio Rampage AHL 50 6 26 32 25 — — — — — 2014–15 San Antonio Rampage AHL 35 9 21 30 16 — — — — — 2014–15 Adirondack Flames AHL 12 3 4 7 8 — — — — — 2014–15 Calgary Flames NHL 11 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2015–16 Stockton Heat AHL 59 10 28 38 22 — — — — — 2015–16 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2016–17 EHC Kloten NLA 50 24 24 48 28 — — — — — 2016–17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 14 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 2017–18 ZSC Lions NL 24 1 14 15 14 12 4 4 8 6 2018–19 ZSC Lions NL 16 4 6 10 18 — — — — — 2018–19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 18 6 5 11 8 — — — — — 2019–20 Dinamo Minsk KHL 24 3 14 17 8 — — — — — 2019–20 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 19 1 9 10 6 3 0 0 0 2 2020–21 HK Dukla Trenčín Slovak 5 3 7 10 4 — — — — — 2020–21 Chicago Wolves AHL 7 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — NHL totals 98 9 17 26 30 1 0 0 0 2

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2008 United States U17 6 3 4 7 4 2009 United States U18 7 2 7 9 6 2011 United States WJC 7 4 3 7 0 2014 United States WC 6th 8 1 1 2 2 Junior totals 20 9 14 23 10 Senior totals 8 1 1 2 2

Awards and honors Award Year College WCHA All-Academic Team 2011, 2012 WCHA Second Team 2011, 2012