Shawn Kenneth McEachern (born February 28, 1969) is an American

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coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is the current head men's ice hockey coach at

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, in

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Biography

As a youth, McEachern played in the 1981 and 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a

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team from

. During his stint as a professional, he tallied 254 goals and 317 assists during a 13-year NHL career with the

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, Ottawa Senators and

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. He scored over 30 goals in two different seasons and his best point total came in 2000–01, when he notched 32 goals and 40 assists for the Ottawa Senators. He won a

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championship in

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with the

. On August 27, 2006, he announced his retirement. Before entering the NHL, McEachern was a standout

player at

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and at Matignon High School in

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, where he won two state championships. He has previously served as an assistant hockey coach at University of Massachusetts Lowell, as well as

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and Salem State University. He is also the coach for the East Coast Wizards U16 team in Bedford, Massachusetts. He currently resides in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Awards and honors

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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