Gord Sherven

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Forward
played_for = Edmonton Oilers Minnesota North Stars Hartford Whalers
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 185
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|08|21|mf=y
birth_place = Weyburn, SK, CAN
draft = 197th overall
draft_year = 1981
draft_team = Edmonton Oilers
career_start = 1983
career_end = 2000

Gord R. G. Sherven (born August 21, 1963 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played in many games for the Canada national men's ice hockey team.

Sherven was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the tenth round of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He played three seasons of collegiate hockey for the University of North Dakota from 1981–84, including the championship team of the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament. He also played for the Canada national junior hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the senior national team that won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Ice Hockey Championships only four months later. Only on two other occasions have Canadian players played for both the junior team and the senior team in the same year. [cite web |title=The meteoric rise of Jonathan Toews |author=Andrew Podnieks |date=2005-04-29 |publisher=IIHF |work=IHWC.net 2005 |url=http://admin19.ihwc.net/english/article/news/index.ihwc?artId=2535 |accessdate=2008-05-20]

Sherven made his National Hockey League debut in the 1983–84 season, playing in only two games with the Oilers and scoring one goal. He played in 37 games with the club the following season, and also played 5 games with the minor league affiliate Nova Scotia Oilers. He was traded to the Minnesota North Stars mid-season, and played in 32 regular season games and 3 playoff games for the North Stars. In 1985–86, he was traded back to the Oilers, but spent most of that season in Nova Scotia. He was claimed by the Hartford Whalers before the 1986–87 season, but only played 7 games with the team that season, and a single game in the following season.

Sherven played for the Canadian national team for most of the 1986–87 and 1987–88 seasons. At the time, professionals were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, but full-time NHL players were not released from their club teams to play for their national teams. Therefore, the Canadian national team typically included top NHL prospects and veteran pros with NHL experience, and they played full seasons together all over the world against both national and club teams in preparation for the Games. Sherven was a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary.

Sherven moved to Germany for the 1988–89 season, and spent the next twelve years playing for several teams in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga, including the Star Bulls Rosenheim and Düsseldorfer EG. He retired at the end of the 1999–2000 season.

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