Shane Owen (born June 4, 1990) is a Canadian professional

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who currently plays for

Fife Flyers Fife Flyers is the oldest professional ice hockey club in the UK, established in 1938. The Flyers play their home games at Fife Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy which has a capacity of just over 3000 (seated and standing). They joined the EIHL in 2011. ...

in the

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(EIHL).

Playing career

Owen played major junior hockey in both the

Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...

(OHL) and the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

(QMJHL). During the 2009–10 QMJHL season he help the

Moncton Wildcats The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The franchise was granted for the 1995–96 season, known as the Moncton Alpines for one season, and as the Wildcats ...

capture the QMJHL Championship and a berth in the

2010 Memorial Cup The 2010 Memorial Cup was a four-team round-robin format tournament played during May 14–23, 2010 in Brandon, Manitoba. It was the 92nd annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey Le ...

. Owen began his professional career on January 29, 2011, when he signed an amateur tryout agreement with the

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of the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The E ...

. Afterwards, Owen spent time with teams in the

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, and the

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup. History The league was fou ...

On August 6, 2013, Owen signed with the

Missouri Mavericks The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League, CHL, the team plays in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Cable Dahmer Arena. H ...

of the

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. In his first season with the

, Owen led the CHL with 35 Wins, was named to both the All-CHL Team and All-Rookie Team for the 2013–14, was named the '' Oakley Central Hockey League Goaltender of The Week'' four times, and was named the ''

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Central Hockey League Goaltender of The Month'' for the month of December 2013. In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Owen the ninth-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence. On July 11, 2014, Owen signed with the

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of the

. On January 6, 2015 Owen was traded to the

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in exchange for goaltender

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and forward Klarc Wilson. As a free agent, on August 12, 2016, Owen opted to sign a contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with the

of the EIHL. After a season in the UK Owen signed for

BIK Karlskoga BIK Karlskoga is a Swedish ice hockey team based in Karlskoga, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, the HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 (formally I ...

of the

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ahead of the 2017-18 season, confirming the move in April 2017. Then he moved to Poland to

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, where after a very successful season he became a runner-up in

Polska Hokej Liga The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company ...

playoffs. Owen returned to Fife Flyers for the 2018-19 season, before joining league rivals

Belfast Giants The Belfast Giants (known officially as the Stena Line Belfast Giants due to sponsorship) are a professional ice hockey team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They compete in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and are the current cham ...

ahead of the 2019-20 EIHL season. In March 2021, Owen joined fellow EIHL side

Coventry Blaze Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and rena ...

ahead of the 2021 Elite Series. In August 2021, Owen returned to Fife for a third spell. In June 2022, Owen committed to Fife by signing a fresh two-year deal.

Awards and honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Shane Living people 1990 births Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Belfast Giants players Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players Coventry Blaze players Elmira Jackals (ECHL) players Erie Otters players Florida Everblades players GKS Katowice (ice hockey) players Hershey Bears players Indy Fuel players Missouri Mavericks players Fife Flyers players Moncton Wildcats players Rapid City Rush players South Carolina Stingrays players Stockton Thunder players Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) players Wichita Thunder players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland