Shayne Toporowski

Shayne Angelo Toporowski (born August 6, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger and college coach, and current Hockey Coach of the Quad Cities Storm. He was drafted into the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round, 42nd overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 draft. He played 3 games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1996–97 season, with the rest of his career spent in Europe.

Playing career Toporowski was born in Paddockwood, Saskatchewan. After being drafted, Toporowski continued to play junior hockey for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In October 1994, the Kings traded him, Guy Leveque, Dixon Ward, and Kelly Fairchild to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Eric Lacroix, Chris Snell, and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 draft. The following two seasons, Toporowski played for the Maple Leafs' minor league affiliate, the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League (AHL). In the 1996–97 season, Toronto called him up for three NHL games.

The following off-season, he signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and played for their AHL affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. The year following, he signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes and played for their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons.

Post-playing career After retiring, Toporowski served as an assistant coach of the Division I Holy Cross Crusaders in the Atlantic Hockey Association for the 2013–14 season. In 2014 he became head coach of the Division III Worcester State Lancers of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.

On May 30, 2024, it was announced that we would be the Head Coach for the Quad City Storm.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Prince Albert Midget Mintos SMAAAHL 30 19 13 32 91 — — — — — 1991–92 Prince Albert Midget Mintos SMAAAHL 27 23 29 52 91 — — — — — 1991–92 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 6 2 0 2 2 7 2 1 3 6 1992–93 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 72 25 32 57 235 — — — — — 1993–94 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 68 37 45 82 183 — — — — — 1994–95 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 72 36 38 74 151 15 10 8 18 25 1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 72 11 26 37 216 4 1 1 2 4 1996–97 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 72 20 17 37 210 11 3 2 5 16 1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1997–98 Worcester IceCats AHL 73 9 21 30 128 11 5 3 8 44 1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 75 18 29 47 124 4 1 0 1 6 1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 80 27 28 55 191 5 0 1 1 10 2000–01 Belfast Giants BISL 4 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 2000–01 Espoo Blues FIN 29 14 11 25 106 — — — — — 2001–02 Amur Khabarovsk RSL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Luleå HF SEL 30 14 11 25 71 6 3 0 3 18 2002–03 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 50 11 16 27 142 — — — — — 2003–04 Lahti Pelicans FIN 27 3 6 9 30 — — — — — 2003–04 Ilves Tampere FIN 21 2 12 14 89 6 3 1 4 0 2004–05 Lukko Rauma FIN 54 17 18 35 131 8 2 1 3 57 2005–06 Lukko Rauma FIN 53 12 17 29 135 — — — — — 2006–07 Lukko Rauma FIN 55 19 34 53 86 3 2 0 2 26 2007–08 Lukko Rauma FIN 54 12 22 34 97 3 1 2 3 0 2008–09 Saimaan Pallo FIN 56 18 28 46 107 3 3 2 5 0 2009–10 Saimaan Pallo FIN 57 22 20 42 111 — — — — — 2010–11 Tappara Tampere FIN 58 16 17 33 46 — — — — — 2011–12 EC VSV EBEL 32 8 8 16 88 — — — — — 2012–13 Quad City Mallards CHL 61 11 21 32 87 5 1 1 2 10 FIN totals 464 135 185 320 938 23 11 6 17 83 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 7 — !— — — —