A member of the elite Triple Gold Club, the recently retired winger has won all three of the most prominent team titles in ice hockey – an Olympic gold medal (2002), a World Championship (1994), and the Stanley Cup (1997, 1998 and 2002) – over the course of his esteemed, 22-year professional career.
Originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils second overall in the 1987 NHL draft, Shanahan went on to play with the St. Louis Blues, the Hartford Whalers, the Detroit Red Wings, the New York Rangers, and the Devils, scoring 656 goals in his NHL career.
All three of his Stanley Cup championships were won with Detroit, where he spent the majority of his career. Shanahan retired as the leader among active NHL players for goals scored, and as the only player in NHL history with more than 600 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes.