Shane Doan
Shane Doan
Shane Albert Doanis a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who serves as captain of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He has played his entire career with the Coyotes franchise, joining the team in 1995 when they were the original Winnipeg Jets. He is the last remaining player currently active in the NHL from the original Winnipeg Jets. Shane Doan led the then Phoenix Coyotes in scoring from 2003 to 2011 consecutively. In December 2015 he became the...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth10 October 1976
CityHalkirk, Canada
He's a big man. You never want to be caught in his tracks.
It's encouraging that we're going in the right direction, but the goal is to make the playoffs. We're getting close.
He's 19 points ahead of the next closest guy on our team. He's able to create things from nothing on offense.
You never want to say, 'This one's for him,' because nothing compares to that, but it's a good way to go home. We're finding ways to win games again.
He's a fiery guy. The way he played is the way he coached, and you love that as a player to know that your coach is on your side and is into the game as much as you are.
Tonight I think we picked up our desperation and urgency. We need to do that, or else we were going to be in trouble.
We had some big goals to keep tying it up, but we needed to find a way to get that lift and to get the one to get the lead. We never managed to get the lead.
We have to stick together now. No one is going to feel sorry for us. We have to find ways to pull ourselves out of this.
We just haven't played with enough urgency when we've played them.