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Douglas Arthur Shedden (born April 29, 1961) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He played in the National Hockey League between 1981 and 1991. After his playing career he became a coach, and worked in the minor leagues for several years. He coached Team Finland to a bronze medal in 2008 World Championships. Shedden is currently coaching HC '05 Banská Bystrica in the Slovak Tipos extraliga.
Shedden, who played the position of centre, spent eight seasons playing in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted 93rd overall by the Penguins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. In 416 career NHL games, Shedden recorded 139 goals and 186 assists for 325 points. Shedden had a brief stint in Europe as he played in Italy for two seasons but returned to North America and retired from playing in 1993.
After that Shedden was hired by Finland SM-liiga team HIFK to replace Dave King, who had decided to go to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Superleague instead of HIFK. Shedden's single season at the helm of HIFK was good and the team fought its way to the bronze medal game. HIFK however lost to HPK.
After his debut in the SM-liiga, Shedden was acquired by HIFK's local rivals Jokerit, where Shedden made an impact during his first season as the head coach of the team. Jokerit survived all the way to the Finals but were defeated by Kärpät. Shedden's second season as the head coach of Jokerit was a bit of a disappointment. Jokerit did advance to the playoffs, but were defeated four games to three by Espoo Blues in the Semifinals even though Jokerit had a 3–1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The 2007–08 Season with Jokerit was Shedden's last, as he was contracted by EV Zug, a Switzerland professional ice hockey team playing in the Swiss Nationalliga A (NLA). He spent six years at the Zug helm and coached EVZ to five playoff semifinal appearances. When Zug finished the 2013-14 regular season in 10th place and missed the playoffs, Shedden was relieved of his duties.
In October 2014, Shedden took over the reins at Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and parted ways with the team at the end of the 2014–15 season. He returned to Switzerland, accepting the head coaching job at NLA side HC Lugano in October 2015. He coached the team to an appearance in the NLA finals in his first year, where they were defeated by SC Bern. In 2015 and 2016, he led HCL to the Spengler Cup final, where they fell short to Team Canada twice. On January 16, 2017, Shedden was fired by HC Lugano.
He was appointed as ERC Ingolstadt head coach on December 22, 2017, signing a deal for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with the German DEL team.
In October 2025, Vaasan Sport announced Shedden as their new coach for the 2025–26 Liiga season.
He served as assistant coach of Team Canada at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Spengler Cup. In 2012 and 2013, he was named head coach, guiding Canada to victory in the prestigious tournament in 2012.
Shedden was also a member of Canada's coaching staff at the 2013 IIHF World Championships.
| 1977–78 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 14 | — |
| 1977–78 | Hamilton Fincups | OMJHL | 32 | 2 |
| 1978–79 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 29 | 6 |
| 1979–80 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 26 | — |
| 1979–80 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OMJHL | 59 | — |
| 1980–81 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 78 | 10 |
| 1981–82 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 12 | — |
| 1981–82 | Erie Blades | AHL | 14 | — |
| 1982–83 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 54 | — |
| 1983–84 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 20 | — |
| 1984–85 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | — |
| 1985–86 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 32 | — |
| 1985–86 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 2 | — |
| 1986–87 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 6 | — |
| 1986–87 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 4 | — |
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 8 | — |
| 1986–87 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 0 | — |
| 1987–88 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 32 | — |
| 1988–89 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | — |
| 1988–89 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 6 | — |
| 1989–90 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 12 | — |
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 10 | — |
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 16 | — |
| 1991–92 | HC Bolzano | ITA | 16 | — |
| 1991–92 | HC Davos | Swiss League | 22 | — |
| 1992–93 | Muskegon Fury | CoHL | 18 | — |
| 1992–93 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | Out of playoffs | |
| 1993–94 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 64 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 0 | Won Championship | |
| 1994–95 | Wichita Thunder | CHL | 66 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 0 | Won Championship | |
| 1995–96 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | Lost in round 1 | |
| 1996–97 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 0 | Lost in finals | |
| 1997–98 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 0 | Lost in round 3 | |
| 1998–99 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL | 70 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 0 | Lost in round 2 | |
| 1999–00 | Flint Generals | UHL | 74 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 9 | Won Championship | |
| 2000–01 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 70 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 6 | Lost in round 2 | |
| 2001–02 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 64 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Won Championship | |
| 2002–03 | Memphis Riverkings | CHL | 64 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 4 | Won Championship | |
| 2003–04 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 4 | Out of Playoffs | |
| 2004–05 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 80 | 46 | 28 | 5 | 1 | Lost in round 1 | |
| 2005–06 | HIFK | SM-liiga | 56 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | Lost bronze medal game | |
| 2006–07 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 56 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost in final | |
| 2007–08 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 56 | 29 | 14 | Lost bronze medal game | |||
| 2007–08 | Team Finland | World Championships | Won bronze medal | ||||||
| 2008–09 | EV Zug | National League | Lost in Semifinals |
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