Andrew Shaw (born July 20, 1991) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the fifth round, 139th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2011 NHL entry draft and is a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Blackhawks (2013 and 2015). Shaw also played for the Montreal Canadiens prior to the end of his career in 2021 due to suffering multiple concussions.
Shaw grew up in Belleville, Ontario. He has three siblings. When he was growing up, many, including his own family, believed his younger brother had a better chance of making the NHL.
Shaw made his OHL debut with the Niagara IceDogs in a September 20, 2008 game against the Ottawa 67's. He scored his first OHL goal in a game against the Plymouth Whalers. On November 14, Shaw had his first assist in a game against the Kitchener Rangers at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex. Shaw had 17 points (eight goals and nine assists) overall in his OHL rookie season and ranked second on his team with 97 penalty minutes (PIM) in 56 regular-season games.
On October 17, 2009 in a game against the Sudbury Wolves, Shaw gained a goal and two assists making it his first career multi-point game. In a January 2, 2010 game at Sudbury he had his first career multi-goal game. Shaw had 11 goals and 25 assists in 68 regular-season tilts. He ranked fifth on the team with 36 points and paced the team with 129 PIM, recording 4 PIM in five postseason appearances.
Shaw had a season-best four assists in a September 15, 2010 game against the Guelph Storm. From October 14 to October 23, he had a point in six straight games, with two goals and six assists, and Shaw had points (four goals and two assists) in four straight games during the OHL playoffs. He also had three multi-goal games in 20 OHL postseason games in 2011. After the end of the season Shaw was honoured as the OHL's Hardest Working Player of the Year.
During the 2010-11 season, Shaw led Owen Sound with 135 penalty minutes and ranked fifth on the team with a junior career-high 54 points. This season gave him junior career highs, with 54 points, 22 goals, 32 assists, 135 penalty minutes in 66 regular-season games. He registered a junior-career best +17 plus/minus rating, led his team with 135 PIM, ranked third on his team with 10 goals and fourth with 17 points (10 goals and 7 assists) in 20 postseason appearances. Shaw paced the attack with 53 PIM on the way to the OHL Championship, paced all skaters at the 2011 Memorial Cup with seven points (2 goals and 5 assist) in four games.
Despite missing two consecutive drafts, Shaw was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 5th round (139th overall) of the 2011 NHL entry draft. Shaw split time between the Chicago Blackhawks and their AHL associate the Rockford IceHogs in the 2011–12 season, playing 38 games for the IceHogs and 37 games for the Blackhawks and recording 12 goals, 11 assists and 23 points for both clubs.
Shaw made his professional debut in an October 8, 2011 game against the Grand Rapids Griffins. In Rockford's 5–3 win against the Peoria Rivermen on October 9 at Carver Arena Shaw made an assist on the game-winning goal, his first professional career point. In Rockford's 6–4 win against the Peoria Rivermen on October 28 at Carver Arena he scored the first goal of his professional career. Shaw had both the first multi-point game (one goal and two assists) and first shorthanded goal of his professional career in Rockford's 7–3 win over the Peoria Rivermen on November 25. In Rockford's 6–3 at-home victory over the Chicago Wolves on December 9, Shaw had the first multi-goal game of his professional career and he was named the #1 Star of the game. Shaw scored two goals in Rockford's 5–4 shootout loss to Grand Rapids Griffins on December 14 at Van Andel Arena. For the month of December, Shaw totalled nine points: eight goals and one assist.
On January 3, 2012, Shaw signed a three-year entry-level contract and was recalled the following day by Chicago to replace injured agitator Daniel Carcillo, his first career NHL recall. On January 5, Shaw made his NHL debut in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, getting into a fight, with Flyers rookie Zac Rinaldo, on the second shift, the first fight of his NHL career. He needed stitches, but later returned to score the first goal of his NHL career on his first shot of his first game against Ilya Bryzgalov and played on the Blackhawks first line with Patrick Sharp and captain Jonathan Toews. On January 18, Shaw recorded his first career assist on a goal by Jonathan Toews in a game against the Buffalo Sabres. Between January 12 through January 18 Shaw had a goal in four straight games. Shaw would continue the remainder of the season for the Blackhawks contributing to either the fourth line with Jamal Mayers and John Scott or the third line with Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland. Shaw missed three postseason tilts (April 17–21) in the Blackhawks first round exit to the Phoenix Coyotes due to a suspension from an illegal hit to Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith in game two. He would return to the Blackhawks lineup for game six but the Blackhawks would lose the game 4–0 to lose the series 4–2. Shaw would finish the 2012 playoffs pointless in three games.
During the lock-out, Shaw played for the IceHogs. He served a six-game suspension after leaving the bench to join a fight in a game against the Lake Erie Monsters on November 3, 2012. Four games after serving that suspension, Shaw received a one-game suspension for a boarding incident in a game against the Chicago Wolves on November 28. Shaw scored a goal in each of the four games between these two suspensions. Shaw had a goal and an assist in a 4–3 shootout win over the Lake Erie Monsters.
Shaw returned to the Blackhawks when the abbreviated NHL season started in January 2013. He played in all 48 regular season games with nine goals, six assists and 15 points recorded as the Blackhawks won the Presidents' Trophy as the regular season champions and advanced to the Stanley Cup playoffs and, eventually, the Stanley Cup Final. On June 12, 2013, Shaw had the game-winning tip-in of the opening game of the Finals to give the Blackhawks a 4–3 triple-overtime victory over the Boston Bruins. Minutes into the first period of the sixth (and final) game of the Finals on June 24, Shaw took a puck off Shawn Thornton's shot to the face. He fell to the ice and laid in a small pool of blood. Officials stopped the play and Shaw was helped to his feet by teammates Nick Leddy and Michal Rozsíval and repaired in the dressing room by the trainers. Shaw returned in the second period and hoisted the Stanley Cup with his wounds still partially bleeding. After the playoffs ended, Shaw revealed that he had a broken rib while playing in the Stanley Cup Final that was originally sustained in the second round against the Detroit Red Wings and sustained a broken orbital bone as a result from getting hit in the face by the puck in game six of the finals. Shaw played all 23 playoff games and scored nine points (five goals, four assists) and continuing on the third line role with Brandon Saad and Viktor Stålberg.
In the 2013–14 season, Shaw had a breakout season as he hit the 20-goal mark for the first time, ending the season with 80 games played and 20 goals, 19 assists and 39 points recorded.
He finished the 2014–15 season playing in 79 games with 15 goals, 11 assists and 26 points recorded. He was also the team leader in penalty minutes with 67. On May 19, in the second overtime of game two of the Western Conference Final against the top seeded Anaheim Ducks, Shaw deliberately headbutted the puck into the Ducks' net. The goal was waved off by the game's referees, but the Blackhawks eventually won the game after Marcus Krüger scored with 3:48 remaining in the third overtime period. Shaw and the Blackhawks eventually erased a 3–2 series deficit and defeated the Ducks in round three in seven games and then the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final in six games, giving Shaw his second Stanley Cup. He ended the 2015 playoffs with five goals and seven assists for 12 points in all 23 contests played.