Editing Steve Shutt

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Steve Shutt.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Shutt in 2008
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br />[[Los Angeles Kings]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[North York]], Ontario, Canada
| draft = 4th overall
| draft_year = 1972
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| career_start = 1972
| career_end = 1985
| halloffame = 1993
}}

'''Stephen John Shutt''' (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and NHL Hall of Famer who played 13 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), 12 seasons for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and 1 season for the [[Los Angeles Kings]]. He is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. While playing for the Canadiens he captured 5 [[Stanley Cup]]s in [[1973 Stanley Cup Finals|1973]], [[1976 Stanley Cup Finals|1976]], [[1977 Stanley Cup Finals|1977]], [[1978 Stanley Cup Finals|1978]], and [[1979 Stanley Cup Finals|1979]].

==Playing career==
As a youth, he played in the 1964 and 1965 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s with [[minor ice hockey]] teams from Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Partnered with [[Jacques Lemaire]] and [[Guy Lafleur]] on the [[Montreal Canadiens]], to form the top line in the NHL, Shutt became the first left-winger in NHL history to score 60 goals in a single season, with the historic goal being scored on April 3, 1977, against the [[Washington Capitals]].<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OHVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9hEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7048%2C699824 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

During his career with Montreal, he was named to the NHL First All-Star team in 1977, and the NHL Second All-Star team in 1978 and 1980.

==Playing style==
{{Quote box| quote="They talk a lot about ‘garbage goals’, but it didn’t come by luck....The timing of Steve Shutt was unbelievable. He was always at the right place, and that’s not luck. You could have ten rebounds and not be there, but Steve Shutt was there ten times. He was always there to put the puck in the net." |align=left|width=30%|source= - [[Serge Savard]] on Shutt’s positional awareness<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>}}
Despite being of relatively small stature and possessing average skating ability, Shutt had remarkable spatial awareness and was very positionally sound. He was consistently able to get into dead areas of coverage on the ice, either by anticipating where the puck was going to be or by arriving late on a play.<ref>{{cite web |last=McGuire |first=Pierre |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>

He was also a masterful goal scorer, possessing a diverse arsenal of shots. His [[wrist shot]] was known for its superior accuracy, and Shutt was noted for his ability to consistently pick corners or hit the [[five-hole]].<ref>{{cite web |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>
{{Quote box| quote= “[[Gerry Cheevers]] was actually in terror of this guy". |align=left |width=30%|source= - [[Don Cherry (hockey)|Don Cherry]] on the accuracy and effectiveness of Shutt’s slapshot<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>}}
Moreover, Shutt was famous for the power and unusual level of accuracy found in his [[slap shot]], which he could get off in full stride while coming down the wing. Shutt was frequently able to let fly one or two steps inside the offensive zone and beat goalies clean. [[New York Islanders]] goaltender [[Billy Smith (ice hockey)|Billy Smith]], who faced the [[Montreal Canadiens|Habs]] many times in the 70s and 80s, gave credit to the superiority of Shutt's slapshot:

“He had a great shot. Unbelievable shot. He’d come across the blue line and he could tee it up better than anybody. And he was accurate, which is scary for someone with a slap shot.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Billy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>”

In addition to having a superb slap shot on the fly, the precision and consistency of Shutt's [[one timer]] also earned him a spot as the point man on the Habs’ [[Power play (sporting term)#Ice hockey|power play]] over many of the defencemen on his team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p199303&type=Player&page=bio&list=|title= Steve Shutt – Biography |work=Hockey Hall of Fame – Legends of Hockey |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>

However, the most noteworthy part of Shutt's game was his ability to collect rebounds and turn them into so-called “garbage goals”. As Shutt himself claimed, “I’m the only guy that could score goals and make it boring<ref>{{cite web |last=Shutt |first=Steve |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>”. This particular element of Shutt's playing style fit him into a long line of “garbage collectors” who earned a majority of their goals from around the crease – players like [[Nels Stewart]] and [[Gordie Drillon]] before him, his contemporary [[Phil Esposito]] and skaters of a later generation such as [[Corey Perry]]. He had exceptional hand-eye coordination, and a deft knack for converting loose pucks into deflections – even batting in pucks which had bounced one or two feet off the ice.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowman |first=Scotty |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gainey |first=Bob |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref> Noted author and sports columnist [[Brian McFarlane]] claimed that Shutt had the fastest set of hands around the net during his time in the [[NHL]], with an ability to corral the puck with his skates as well as protect it with his body and stick.<ref>{{cite web |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>
Shutt gave a simple explanation for how he developed his excellent reflexes as a child: “We always had about fifteen kids on the ice, and so there wasn’t a lot of room. And so you had to be really quick with your hands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shutt |first=Steve |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIgHh_USeQ|title=Legends of Hockey – Steve Shutt |work=Legends of Hockey (documentary) |date=2012-06-09 |accessdate=2016-07-26}}</ref>”

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1968–69||[[North York Rangers (1967–1984)|North York Rangers]]||[[Metro Junior A Hockey League|MetJHL]]||17||10||17||27||—||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1968–69 OHA season|1968–69]]||[[Toronto Marlboros]]||[[Ontario Hockey League|OHA-Jr.]]||—||—||—||—||—||5||1||3||4||2
|-
| [[1969–70 OHA season|1969–70]]||Toronto Marlboros||OHA-Jr.||49||11||14||25||93||18||10||9||19||13
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1970–71 OHA season|1970–71]]||Toronto Marlboros||OHA-Jr.||62||70||53||123||85||13||11||11||22||20
|-
| [[1971–72 OHA season|1971–72]]||Toronto Marlboros||OHA-Jr.||58||63||49||112||60||10||8||6||14||12
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1972–73 AHL season|1972–73]]||[[Nova Scotia Voyageurs]]||[[American Hockey League|AHL]]||6||4||1||5||2||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]]||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||50||8||8||16||24||1||0||0||0||0
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||70||15||20||35||17||6||5||3||8||9
|-
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||77||30||35||65||40||9||1||6||7||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||45||34||79||47||13||7||8||15||2
|-
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||60||45||105||28||14||8||10||18||2
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||49||37||86||24||15||9||8||17||20
|-
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||72||37||40||77||31||11||4||7||11||6
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||77||47||42||89||34||10||6||3||9||6
|-
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||77||35||38||73||51||3||2||1||3||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||78||31||24||55||40||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||78||35||22||57||26||3||1||0||1||0
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||63||14||23||37||29||11||7||2||9||8
|-
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||10||2||0||2||9||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1984–85||[[Los Angeles Kings]]||NHL||59||16||25||41||10||3||0||0||0||4
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 930
! 424
! 393
! 817
! 410
! 99
! 50
! 48
! 98
! 65
|}
===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 8
|}

==Post playing career==
Following his playing career, Shutt worked as a television hockey [[Sportscaster|commentator]]. From 1993 to 1997, he worked on the Canadiens coaching staff as an assistant coach on both the staffs of [[Jacques Demers]] and [[Mario Tremblay]].

Following his assistant coaching duties with the Montreal Canadiens, Shutt joined Toromont Industries as Manager of Recreational Facilities and Services and has been with them for the past 19 years.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-shutt-33106833 {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>

On November 22, 2003, Shutt participated with the Canadiens' old-timers against the [[Edmonton Oilers]] oldtimers in the [[2003 Heritage Classic|Heritage Classic]], the first outdoor game in the history of the NHL played at [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]], in [[Edmonton, Alberta]]. Shutt also tours Canada and the U.S. as a playing member of the Oldtimers' Hockey Challenge, raising money for charitable causes.

In North York, he was a middle school classmate of rock star and bassist [[Geddy Lee]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rush.com/geddylee/ | title=Geddy Lee Book Tour }}</ref> The two connected over music, and they both picked up bass guitars, both being influenced by Denny Gerrard, the bassist of Toronto psychedelic rock band The Paupers. Lee credits Shutt with introducing him to his future Rush bandmate, guitarist [[Alex Lifeson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tm2oFOEtV0?time_continue=620 | title=Live at Massey Hall: Geddy Lee | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of NHL players with 100-point seasons]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote|Steve Shutt}}
*{{icehockeystats|legendsm=P199303}}

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