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Andrew Shaw
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Shaw with the Blackhawks in 2014
Born (1991-07-20) July 20, 1991 (age 32)
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams
Chicago Blackhawks
Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft 139th overall, 2011
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2011–present

Andrew Shaw (born July 20, 1991 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player that currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He began his hockey career with the Niagara IceDogs of the OHL and played for them for 2 seasons. He also played for the Owen Sound Attack for 1 season. He entered the draft on 2011 and he was drafted with the 139th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

He was assigned to the Rockford IceHogs, the farm team of the Blackhawks. He was called up to the Blackhawks during the 2011-12 NHL season. On January 5, 2012, he got in his first-ever NHL fight on the second shift of his first NHL game. He returned to the game after receiving stitches and score the first goal of his NHL career on his first shot of his first game against Ilya Bryzgalov of the Philadelphia Flyers. On June 24, 2013, He won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.

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