Shayne Corson

Corson was born in Midland, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Barrie.^[2] He played in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Brantford Alexanders (1983–1984) and Hamilton Steelhawks (1984–1986). The Montreal Canadiens drafted him in the first round, eighth overall, of the 1984 NHL entry draft. He played briefly with the Canadiens in the 1985–86 season, then joined the team full-time the following year.

Corson was a regular contributor for the Canadiens from 1986 until 1992, when he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Vincent Damphousse. His time in Edmonton was marred by controversy: after assuming the captaincy to start the 1994-95 season, head coach George Burnett would strip Corson of the captaincy after only 35 games.^[3] The next season, he signed an offer sheet from the St. Louis Blues, which the Oilers did not match, and the Oilers received the rights to Curtis Joseph as compensation.^[3] He played in Edmonton for three seasons before signing with the Blues. During the 1996–97 season, the Blues traded him back to Montreal, where he played until 2000. The Toronto Maple Leafs then signed him as a free agent, and he spent three full seasons in Toronto before "resigning" in the middle of the post-season partly because of his ulcerative colitis.^[4][5]

In a particularly fierce 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs series against the New York Islanders, Corson was involved in a fight with Eric Cairns, with Cairns being the clear winner of the bout. During the official's attempt to separate Cairns and Corson after the fight, Corson attempted to kick Cairns. The NHL subsequently suspended Corson for the deciding seventh game of the series.^[6] The Dallas Stars signed him during the last part of the 2003–04 season in order to add some grit and leadership for their playoff run, but the team was unsuccessful (losing in the first round to the Colorado Avalanche), and Corson retired afterwards.

Shayne Corson captained two NHL clubs during his 19-season professional career. He has also played for Canada at the Canada Cup, World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, World Cup of Hockey and 1998 Winter Olympics. Corson was known as a gritty player, with good instincts both offensively and defensively. Corson represented his teams three times at the NHL All-Star Game. He scored 693 points and earned 2357 penalty minutes during his 1,156-game regular season NHL career. In addition, he scored 87 points and earned 291 penalty minutes in 140 playoff games.

Corson has ulcerative colitis, a chronic digestive disorder that can cause severe pain and significant weight loss. During the later stages of his career, Corson began to suffer from panic attacks, a condition he has not attributed to any single event, but which may have been precipitated by his battles with colitis and the premature death of his father, Paul Corson, from throat cancer in 1993.^[5]

Corson's sister Shannon is married to his former Toronto Maple Leaf teammate Darcy Tucker. In retirement, Corson (often with Tucker) has been a prominent proponent of building a cancer care facility, the Simcoe-Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre, as part of Barrie's Royal Victoria Hospital.^[7]

Corson opened his first restaurant in 2007 with partner Armando Russo in the Distillery District of Toronto, called Tappo Wine Bar & Restaurant.^[8] They opened a second restaurant in Barrie, Ontario, named Corson's,^[9] which began as a family restaurant but was converted to a sports bar and grill which displays his jerseys and other hockey memorabilia but has since closed. (Mom's Pantry, an older restaurant in Barrie, was opened by Shayne Corson's father but is no longer run by the Corson family.^[10])

Corson's daughter, Willow, played hockey for five seasons (2017 to 2022) at Boston College, in the NCAA.^[11]

• All-Star selection, forward, 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships^[12]
• 3× NHL All-Star Game: 1990, 1994 and 1998

Regular season and playoffs

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				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1982–83	Barrie Colts	CJHL		23	13	29	42	87		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Brantford Alexanders	OHL		66	25	46	71	165		6	4	1	5	26
1984–85	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL		54	27	63	90	154		11	3	7	10	19
1985–86	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL		47	41	57	98	153		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		55	12	11	23	144		17	6	5	11	30
1987–88	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		71	12	27	39	152		3	1	0	1	12
1988–89	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	26	24	50	193		21	4	5	9	65
1989–90	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		76	31	44	75	144		11	2	8	10	20
1990–91	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		71	23	24	47	138		13	9	6	15	36
1991–92	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		64	17	36	53	118		10	2	5	7	15
1992–93	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	16	31	47	209		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		64	25	29	54	118		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		48	12	24	36	86		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	St. Louis Blues	NHL		77	18	28	46	192		13	8	6	14	22
1996–97	St. Louis Blues	NHL		11	2	1	3	24		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		47	6	15	21	80		5	1	0	1	4
1997–98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		62	21	34	55	108		10	3	6	9	26
1998–99	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		63	12	20	32	147		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		70	8	20	28	115		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		77	8	18	26	189		11	1	1	2	14
2001–02	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		74	12	21	33	120		19	1	6	7	33
2002–03	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		46	7	8	15	49		2	0	0	0	2
2003–04	Dallas Stars	NHL		17	5	5	10	29		5	0	1	1	12
NHL totals				1,156	273	420	693	2,357		140	38	49	87	291

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International

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Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985	Canada	WJC		7	2	3	5	2
1986	Canada	WJC		7	7	7	14	6
1991	Canada	CC		8	0	5	5	12
1993	Canada	WC		8	3	7	10	6
1994	Canada	WC		7	3	0	3	4
1998	Canada	OG		6	1	1	2	2
Junior totals				14	9	10	19	8
Senior totals				29	7	13	20	24

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• List of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis