Shawn Heins

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Fribourg-Gottéron
former_teams = San Jose Sharks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Thrashers
Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
league = NLA
position = Defence
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 215
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1973|12|24|mf=y
birth_place = Eganville, ON, CAN
draft = Undrafted
career_start = 1995

Shawn Heins (born December 24 1973, in Eganville, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for Nationalliga A side Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland. He has played for the San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Atlanta Thrashers. Shawn Heins' style of play is that of an offensive defenceman and powerplay specialist. His slapshot though not well known has been measured at speeds well over 100 miles per hour. Heins held the record for the hardest recorded shot of all time with the puck going 106 miles per hour, until December 3, 2006. The record was taken by Chad Kilger of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In his third year of club hockey in Switzerland after two seasons in Germany, Heins is a member of Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup.

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