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Brendan Shanahan

1969 - Today

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Brendan Frederick Shanahan (born January 23, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player who currently serves as the president and alternate governor for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having previously served as the director of player safety for the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils second overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, Shanahan played in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils (two stints), St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brendan Shanahan has received more than 1,282,479 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Brendan Shanahan is the 158th most popular hockey player (down from 135th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Canada (down from 805th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 33.59

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brendan Shanahan ranks 158 out of 364Before him are Olaf Kölzig, Dale Hawerchuk, Markus Näslund, Glenn Anderson, Alexander Galimov, and Sami Kapanen. After him are Jörgen Jönsson, David Krejčí, Cam Neely, Andres Ambühl, Roman Čechmánek, and Joseph Galibardy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Brendan Shanahan ranks 694Before him are Halbe Zijlstra, Mateo Garralda, Ángel Cabrera, Sara Ahmed, Bison Dele, and Pontus Kåmark. After him are Claudio Úbeda, Sergio Daniel Martínez, Dave England, Jiří Dienstbier Jr., Jorge Majfud, and Andreas Reinke.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brendan Shanahan ranks 867 out of 1,350Before him are Vanessa James (1987), Glenn Anderson (1960), Gregory Chamitoff (1962), Christine Sinclair (1983), Aaron Douglas (1971), and Rossif Sutherland (1978). After him are Amanda Crew (1986), Clara Hughes (1972), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (1987), Rachel Roberts (1978), Cam Neely (1965), and Douglas Smith (1985).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Brendan Shanahan ranks 38Before him are Eric Lindros (1973), Joe Thornton (1979), Paul Kariya (1974), Hooley Smith (1903), Dale Hawerchuk (1963), and Glenn Anderson (1960). After him are Cam Neely (1965), Scott Niedermayer (1973), Patrick Marleau (1979), Eric Staal (1984), Scott Stevens (1964), and Vincent Lecavalier (1980).

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