How Tyson Nash learned not to mess with Brendan Shanahan
It was a tough lesson.
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan is a Canadian winger who won three Stanley Cups with Detroit and is the only player in NHL history with more than 600 goals and more than 2,000 penalty minutes. Shanahan ran the NHL’s department of player safety and then served as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2014 to 2025. Shanahan joined the NHL’s hockey operations department as an adviser later in 2025.
| Position | Left wing, retired 2009 |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 January 1969, Toronto, Ontario |
| NHL teams | New Jersey, St. Louis, Hartford, Detroit, NY Rangers |
| Drafted | 2nd overall, 1987, by New Jersey |
| NHL career | 1,524 GP, 656 G, 1,354 P, 2,489 PIM |
| Honours | 3 Stanley Cups · Olympic gold 2002 · Triple Gold Club |
| Since | Leafs president 2014-2025; now an NHL hockey-operations adviser |
| Legacy | Hall of Fame 2013 |
