Shane Willis

Shane Willis

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Free Agent
former_teams = Carolina Hurricanes
Tampa Bay Lightning
league = NHL
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 195
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|6|16|mf=y
birth_place = Edmonton, AB, CAN
draft = 56th overall, 1995
Tampa Bay Lightning
88th overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Carolina Hurricanes
career_start = 1998

Shane Willis (born 13 June, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League.

Willis was originally drafted by Tampa Bay 56th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, but he re-entered the draft and was selected 88th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Willis has played 174 career NHL games, scoring 31 goals and 43 assists for 74 points.

In 1999, Willis won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie of the American Hockey League, while playing for the Beast of New Haven.

In 2005–2006, he played in Europe for Davos in Switzerland and for Linköpings HC in Sweden.

He had signed a tryout contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets [http://blog.dispatch.com/cbj/2008/08/slow_news_days.shtml] for the 2008-2009 season but was subsequently released [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=txbluejacketswillis&prov=st&type=lgns] .

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