{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Shayne Toporowski 2.jpg | image_size = 230px | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 216 | position = Right wing | shoots = Right | played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs <br />Espoo Blues <br />Lahti Pelicans <br />Ilves Tampere <br />Lukko Rauma <br />Saimaan Pallo <br />Tappara Tampere <br />Belfast Giants <br />Amur Khabarovsk <br />Luleå HF <br />ERC Ingolstadt <br />EC VSV | draft = 42nd overall | draft_year = 1993 | draft_team = Los Angeles Kings | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 2013 }}

'''Shayne Angelo Toporowski''' (born August 6, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger and college coach, and current Hockey Coach of the Quad Cities Storm. He was drafted into the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round, 42nd overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 draft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shayne Toporowski NHL Statistics—Hockey-Reference.com|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/toporsh01.html|accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref> He played 3 games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1996–97 season, with the rest of his career spent in Europe.

==Playing career== Toporowski was born in Paddockwood, Saskatchewan. After being drafted, Toporowski continued to play junior hockey for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In October 1994, the Kings traded him, Guy Leveque, Dixon Ward, and Kelly Fairchild to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Eric Lacroix, Chris Snell, and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 draft. The following two seasons, Toporowski played for the Maple Leafs' minor league affiliate, the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League (AHL). In the 1996–97 season, Toronto called him up for three NHL games.<ref name="Legends of Hockey">{{cite web |title=Legends of Hockey—NHL Player Search—Player—Shayne Toporowski |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14986 |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref>

The following off-season, he signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and played for their AHL affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. The year following, he signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes and played for their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons.<ref name="Legends of Hockey" />

From 2000 to 2012, he played in various European leagues.<ref name="Legends of Hockey" /> He then played his last season of professional hockey with the Quad City Mallards of the Central Hockey League (CHL).<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaye Toporowski hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=18628|accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref>

==Post-playing career== After retiring, Toporowski served as an assistant coach of the Division I Holy Cross Crusaders in the Atlantic Hockey Association for the 2013–14 season. In 2014 he became head coach of the Division III Worcester State Lancers of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2014-07-31/worcester-state-names-holy-cross-assistant-shayne-toporowski|title=Worcester State names Holy Cross assistant Shayne Toporowski coach|work=NCAA.com}}</ref>

On May 30, 2024, it was announced that we would be the Head Coach for the Quad City Storm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quad City Storm Announce New Head Coach {{!}} Quad City Storm |url=https://quadcitystorm.com/media/quad-city-storm-announce-new-head-coach |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=quadcitystorm.com}}</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"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1990–91 | Prince Albert Midget Mintos | SMAAAHL | 30 || 19 || 13 || 32 || 91 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Prince Albert Midget Mintos | SMAAAHL | 27 || 23 || 29 || 52 || 91 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1991–92 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 6 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 | 7 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 72 || 25 || 32 || 57 || 235 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1993–94 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 68 || 37 || 45 || 82 || 183 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 72 || 36 || 38 || 74 || 151 | 15 || 10 || 8 || 18 || 25 |- | 1995–96 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 72 || 11 || 26 || 37 || 216 | 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 72 || 20 || 17 || 37 || 210 | 11 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 16 |- | 1996–97 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 73 || 9 || 21 || 30 || 128 | 11 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 44 |- | 1998–99 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 75 || 18 || 29 || 47 || 124 | 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–00 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 80 || 27 || 28 || 55 || 191 | 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 10 |- | 2000–01 | Belfast Giants | BISL | 4 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Espoo Blues | FIN | 29 || 14 || 11 || 25 || 106 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2001–02 | Amur Khabarovsk | RSL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Luleå HF | SEL | 30 || 14 || 11 || 25 || 71 | 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 18 |- | 2002–03 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 50 || 11 || 16 || 27 || 142 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Lahti Pelicans | FIN | 27 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 30 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2003–04 | Ilves Tampere | FIN | 21 || 2 || 12 || 14 || 89 | 6 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 54 || 17 || 18 || 35 || 131 | 8 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 57 |- | 2005–06 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 53 || 12 || 17 || 29 || 135 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 55 || 19 || 34 || 53 || 86 | 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 26 |- | 2007–08 | Lukko Rauma | FIN | 54 || 12 || 22 || 34 || 97 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Saimaan Pallo | FIN | 56 || 18 || 28 || 46 || 107 | 3 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 0 |- | 2009–10 | Saimaan Pallo | FIN | 57 || 22 || 20 || 42 || 111 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Tappara Tampere | FIN | 58 || 16 || 17 || 33 || 46 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2011–12 | EC VSV | EBEL | 32 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 88 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Quad City Mallards | CHL | 61 || 11 || 21 || 32 || 87 | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 10 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | FIN totals ! 464 !! 135 !! 185 !! 320 !! 938 ! 23 !! 11 !! 6 !! 17 !! 83 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 7 ! — !— !! — !! — !! — |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{icehockeystats|legends=14986}}

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