Darryl Shannon is a retired Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

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 player. He was drafted 36th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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 in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft

1986 NHL Entry Draft

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 and as well as the Leafs, he played for the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League .-Founding and early success: 1970-71—1980-81:...

, Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

, Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

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, and the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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. Despite a serious illness, he played a total of 544 regular season in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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, scoring 28 goals and 111 assists for 139 points and collecting 523 penalty minutes. He also played 29 playoff games, all with the Buffalo Sabres, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points, collecting 16 minutes. He moved to Germany

Germany

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 in 2001 to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Krefeld Pinguine

Krefeld Pinguine

The Krefeld Pinguine are an ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the KönigPALAST. Founded first in 1936, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga...

 and the Eisbären Berlin

Eisbären Berlin

' are a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga , the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey and is also one of the league's founding members...

. He is the older brother of fellow former NHLer Darrin Shannon

Darrin Shannon

Darrin A. Shannon is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabres and the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes. He is the younger brother of Darryl Shannon and has 3 daughters and a wife...

 who played together while with the Winnipeg Jets.

Following his retirement, he lives in Buffalo, New York where he is an active member of the Sabres Alumni Association.

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