Brendan Shanahan Whalers Career Highlights
Whalers cards
| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
|---|
| 9/18/1995 | Brendan Shanahan is named team captain (9th NHL, 10th Franchise) before ever playing a game for the Whalers. Adam Burt, Andrew Cassels, and Glen Wesley will remain assistant captains. |
| 10/7/1995 | Brendan Shanahan plays his 1st Whalers game recording his 1st point (an assist) vs the Rangers. |
| 11/4/1995 | Brendan Shanahan scores his 1st two Whalers goals vs Ottawa. |
| 12/15/1995 | Brendan Shanahan scores his 250th NHL goal (adding another goal and an assist) vs Colorado. |
| 1/3/1996 | Brendan Shanahan is selected as the starting left wing in the 1996 All-Star game in Boston with 296,043 fan votes. He is the 2nd Whalers player (Kevin Dineen) to be voted as a starter in the game. |
| 1/20/1996 | Brendan Shanahan represents the Whalers scoring a goal in the 1996 NHL All-Star game in Boston. |
| 1/31/1996 | Brendan Shanahan plays his 600th NHL game scoring 2 goals and an assist vs Los Angeles. |
| 2/23/1996 | Brendan Shanahan scores his only Whalers hat trick (7th career) and adds an assist vs Pittsburgh. |
| 2/28/1996 | Brendan Shanahan records his 300th NHL assist vs Edmonton. |
| 3/27/1996 | Brendan Shanahan scores the 6,500th goal in Whalers franchise history vs Boston. |
| 4/14/1996 | Brendan Shanahan scores his team leading 44th goal and 76th point of the season vs Buffalo. |
| 9/23/1996 | Brendan Shanahan publicly requests to be traded and relinquishes his captaincy. |
| 10/8/1996 | Brendan Shanahan plays his 76th and last Whalers game scoring a shorthanded goal (his 45th) vs Pittsburgh. |
| 11/11/2013 | Brendan Shanahan is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
