Gord Sherven

Gordon R. Sherven (born August 21, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played 97 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars, and Hartford Whalers between 1984 and 1988. He later moved to Germany and played there from 1988 to 2000. Internationally Sherven played for the Canadian national team at the 1983 World Junior and senior World Championships, as well as the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Playing career Sherven was born in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan and raised in Mankota, Saskatchewan. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the tenth round of the 1981 NHL entry draft. He played three seasons of collegiate hockey for the University of North Dakota from 1981–84, including the championship team of the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. He also played for the Canada national junior hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the senior national team that won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Ice Hockey Championships only four months later. Only on two other occasions have Canadian players played for both the junior team and the senior team in the same year.

Sherven made his National Hockey League debut in the 1983–84 season, playing in only two games with the Oilers and scoring one goal. He played in 37 games with the club the following season, and also played 5 games with the minor league affiliate Nova Scotia Oilers. He was traded to the Minnesota North Stars mid-season, and played in 32 regular season games and 3 playoff games for the North Stars. In 1985–86, he was traded back to the Oilers, but spent most of that season in Nova Scotia. He was claimed by the Hartford Whalers before the 1986–87 season, but only played 7 games with the team that season, and a single game in the following season.

Sherven played for the Canadian national team for most of the 1986–87 and 1987–88 seasons. At the time, professionals were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, but full-time NHL players were not released from their club teams to play for their national teams. Therefore, the Canadian national team typically included top NHL prospects and veteran pros with NHL experience, and they played full seasons together all over the world against both national and club teams in preparation for the Games. Sherven was a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary.

Sherven moved to Germany for the 1988–89 season, and spent the next twelve years playing for several teams in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, including the Star Bulls Rosenheim and Düsseldorfer EG. He retired at the end of the 1999–2000 season.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1980–81 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 44 35 34 69 — — — — — — 1981–82 University of North Dakota WCHA 46 18 25 43 16 — — — — — 1982–83 University of North Dakota WCHA 36 12 21 33 16 — — — — — 1983–84 University of North Dakota WCHA 10 5 5 10 4 — — — — — 1983–84 Canadian National Team Intl 46 9 13 22 13 — — — — — 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1984–85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 37 9 7 16 10 — — — — — 1984–85 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 5 4 5 9 5 — — — — — 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 32 2 12 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 1985–86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 13 0 2 2 11 — — — — — 1985–86 Springfield Indians AHL 11 3 7 10 8 — — — — — 1985–86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 1985–86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 38 14 17 31 4 — — — — — 1986–87 Hartford Whalers NHL 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1986–87 Canadian National Team Intl 56 14 22 36 30 — — — — — 1987–88 Canadian National Team Intl 61 16 20 36 30 — — — — — 1987–88 Hartford Whalers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1988–89 Sportbund DJK Rosenheim 1.GBun 18 10 15 25 6 7 3 4 7 6 1989–90 Sportbund DJK Rosenheim 1.GBun 36 36 21 57 20 10 8 4 12 14 1990–91 Sportbund DJK Rosenheim 1.GBun 43 33 44 77 42 11 16 8 24 6 1990–91 EHC Kloten NDA — — — — — 1 2 1 3 0 1991–92 Sportbund DJK Rosenheim 1.GBun 37 19 40 59 26 10 3 8 11 8 1991–92 Canadian National Team Intl 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Zürcher SC NDA 36 20 13 33 24 4 2 3 5 6 1993–94 EC Hedos München 1.GBun 42 21 27 48 29 10 5 8 13 2 1994–95 Maddogs München DEL 27 16 21 37 12 — — — — — 1994–95 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 15 4 16 20 10 7 3 6 9 2 1994–95 Canadian National Team Intl 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 50 20 43 63 36 13 6 9 15 4 1996–97 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 40 12 18 30 12 4 1 2 3 6 1997–98 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 44 9 15 24 14 3 0 1 1 2 1998–99 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 46 13 24 37 28 — — — — — 1999–00 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 55 15 23 38 18 — — — — — NHL totals 97 13 22 35 33 3 0 0 0 0 1.GBun totals 176 119 147 266 123 48 35 32 67 36 DEL totals 277 89 160 249 130 27 10 18 28 14

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1983 Canada WJC 7 1 3 4 0 1983 Canada WC 9 2 1 3 2 1988 Canada OG 8 4 4 8 4 Junior totals 7 1 3 4 0 Senior totals 17 6 5 11 6