Shawn Belle

Shawn James Robert Belle (born January 3, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and the Colorado Avalanche.

Shawn Belle
Born (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota Wild
Montreal Canadiens
Edmonton Oilers
Colorado Avalanche
Adler Mannheim
Färjestad BK
Düsseldorfer EG
NHL Draft 30th overall, 2003
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2005–2015

Playing career

As a youth, Belle played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Edmonton.[1]

Belle was a highly touted prospect playing for the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League (WHL) when he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1st round, 30th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, Belle returned to the Americans and played for 2 more years there. Belle has spent time with Team Canada’s junior program. He has played on the U-18 gold medal teams in 2003 as well as the U-20 team in 2003 and 2004. He also participated in the 2003 and 2004 Canada-Russia Challenge, while representing Team WHL and represented North America in the America Japan challenge.

Japan lead 6-4 in the challenge before Belle's goal sparked a 4 goal burst by North America, who won in a final score of 8-7. The next year Belle's penalty in triple OT cost North America as they fell 1-0.

During the 2004–2005 season, Belle was traded to the Dallas Stars.[2] For the 2005–2006 season, Belle turned pro and joined the Stars minor league affiliate, the Iowa Stars. He played 45 games with the Stars before being traded to the Minnesota Wild and joining their affiliate, the Houston Aeros, for the remainder of the season.[3] For the 2006–2007 season, Belle played the majority of the year with the Aeros but also made his NHL debut with the Wild, skating in 9 games and recording 1 assist.

On July 11, 2008, Belle was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for forward Corey Locke.[4]

After two seasons within the Canadiens organization, Belle signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with hometown team, the Edmonton Oilers on July 13, 2010.[5] On February 28, 2011, Belle was traded by the Oilers to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenceman Kevin Montgomery.[6]

Belle signed a contract abroad as a free agent with Adler Mannheim of the German DEL on September 10, 2011.[7]

After two seasons in Mannheim, Belle signed a one-year contract in the Swedish Hockey League with Färjestad BK on June 10, 2013.[8]

On June 16, 2014, Belle continued his European journey in signing a one-year contract in the Kontinental Hockey League with Croatian team KHL Medveščak Zagreb.[9] Prior to the 2014–15 season, he was released from his contract without appearing for the club due to a pre-existing injury on August 31, 2014.[10] On November 10, 2014, having recovered to full health, Belle made a return to Germany in signing for the remainder of the season with Düsseldorfer EG.[11]

On July 23, 2015, Belle signalled the end of his professional playing career, in agreeing to an assistant coach role with the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01Regina PatsWHL40330—————
2000–01Tri-City AmericansWHL20110—————
2001–02Tri-City AmericansWHL64117185152132
2002–03Tri-City AmericansWHL667142177—————
2003–04Tri-City AmericansWHL5592029681135815
2004–05Tri-City AmericansWHL621332457651126
2005–06Iowa StarsAHL4512363—————
2005–06Houston AerosAHL161121881014
2006–07Houston AerosAHL574141873—————
2006–07Minnesota WildNHL90110—————
2007–08Houston AerosAHL631237430002
2008–09Hamilton BulldogsAHL603101393610116
2009–10Hamilton BulldogsAHL7031619691916720
2009–10Montreal CanadiensNHL20000—————
2010–11Oklahoma City BaronsAHL393172061—————
2010–11Edmonton OilersNHL50000—————
2010–11Lake Erie MonstersAHL12336870338
2010–11Colorado AvalancheNHL40002—————
2011–12Adler MannheimDEL46358871413414
2012–13Adler MannheimDEL422796830112
2013–14Färjestad BKSHL39336621401118
2014–15Düsseldorfer EGDEL2803322122468
AHL totals 362 19 65 84 459 43 3 9 12 50
NHL totals 20 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2005 Minnesota
2004 Helsinki
IIHF U18 Championships
2003 Yaroslavl

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Canada U18 7 1 1 2 0
2004 Canada WJC 6 0 1 1 0
2005 Canada WJC 6 1 0 1 6
Junior totals 19 2 2 4 6

Transactions
gollark: You know, sunrise/set walls are probably really hard to remove, since they can only hatch during designated windows.
gollark: There should also be a few 3G prizes in there. Well, two at most.
gollark: I do have those "2G" omen saltkins, too, so those can get bred.
gollark: I will make messy lineages so horrible (by just randomly breeding together stuff) that lineage collectors will weep at the sight of them.
gollark: *continues attempt to bread all dragons*

See also

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. "Blues get Bacashihua". NBC Sports. 2004-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  3. "Wild acquires Skoula, Belle for Mitchell". Minnesota Wild. 2006-03-09. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. "Wild acquires center Corey Locke". Minnesota Wild. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  5. Matheson, Jim (2010-07-13). "Edmonton also signs Shawn Belle to one-year contract". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  6. "Avs make minor move at NHL trade deadline, but Liles stays in Colorado". Denver Post. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  7. "Shawn Belle erhält Probevertrag". Adler Mannheim. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. "Färjestad acquires Canadian defender" (in Swedish). Färjestad BK. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  9. "Medvescak defence fortified by Shawn Belle". KHL Medveščak Zagreb. 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  10. "Slovakian defender Mezei signs instead of Belle" (in Croatian). KHL Medvescak Zagreb. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  11. "Dusseldorf commit to defender Shawn Belle" (in German). Düsseldorfer EG. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  12. "Crusaders add assistant coaches Shawn Belle and Wendell Hodgson". Alberta Junior Hockey League. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Jeff Taffe		 St. Louis Blues first round draft pick
2003		 Succeeded by
Marek Schwarz
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