Steve Shields

Class:
Senior
Position:
G
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Hometown:
North Bay, Ontario
S/C:
L
NHL:
BUF

Steve Shields joined the Michigan ice hockey program as a volunteer assistant coach on May 7, 2015.

Shields had a standout four-year career at Michigan 1990-94, becoming the first NCAA goalie to ever reach 100 career wins with the Wolverines at 111, a record surpassed by Marty Turco '98 (125 wins) in the NCAA record book. A classmate of current Michigan assistant coach Brian Wiseman, Shields helped lead the hockey program back to prominence, as part of first class in Red Berenson's tenure to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament in four straight seasons.

With Shields in net, Michigan won two regular-season Central Collegiate Hockey Association titles and made back-to-back Frozen Four appearances in 1992-93. Shields earned All-CCHA First Team and All-America Second Team recognition as both a junior and senior.

A Buffalo Sabres draft pick, Shields played 12 years of professional hockey, including 10 seasons as a goaltender in the NHL from 1996-2006. The North Bay, Ontario, native played for six different NHL teams (Buffalo, San Jose, Anaheim, Boston, Florida and Atlanta), appearing in 246 games with an 80-104-40 career record, a 2.67 goals-against average and .907 save percentage. During his time as a player, Shields was taught by four of the hockey world's most respected goaltending coaches: Mitch Korn (Buffalo), Warren Strelow (San Jose), Wayne Thomas (San Jose) and Francois Allaire (Anaheim).

Following the end of his playing career, Shields has been involved in the development of hockey players of all levels. He served under Mel Pearson as a volunteer assistant coach at Michigan Tech for two seasons from 2011-2013 before joining the Florida Panthers as a goaltending consultant in the summer of 2013.