Shayne Gostisbehere

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Born
1993 (32 years old)
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Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.

Position
Defenceman

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
4

Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Weight
180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)

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Ice Hockey

Team
Carolina Hurricanes

League
NHL

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Shayne Gostisbehere, nicknamed "Ghost", is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.

Gostisbehere was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and began playing hockey with the minor affiliate of the Florida Panthers. Halfway through high school, he transferred from Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Florida to South Kent School in Connecticut. From there, he played three seasons of college ice hockey with the Union Dutchmen of the ECAC Hockey conference, helping to take the team to their first NCAA championship title in 2014. Gostisbehere was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, and was a finalist for the 2014 Hobey Baker Award.

The Flyers selected Gostisbehere in the third round, 78th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, and he signed an entry-level contract with the team in 2014. After only a handful of appearances with the Flyers and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, Gostisbehere suffered an ACL tear that benched him for most of the 2014–15 season. He returned in 2015 for a breakout rookie season, scoring 17 goals and 29 assists, including a 15-game point streak. He became the youngest Flyer to receive the Barry Ashbee Trophy for best team defenseman, and was a runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy. After a lackluster sophomore season, a successful pairing with fellow two-way defenseman Ivan Provorov for most of the 2017–18 season helped Gostisbehere secure his second Barry Ashbee Trophy in three years.

After the heights of the 2017–18 season, a recurring knee injury began to impact Gostisbehere's career. He was initially injured in October 2019 during a game against the Colorado Avalanche, and dropped from 62 points the year prior to only 37 points in the 2018–19 season. An acute injury to the knee in January 2020 forced Gostisbehere to undergo arthroscopy, and his performance continued to suffer when he was brought back prematurely from the surgery. Gostisbehere underwent a second arthroscopic surgery during the NHL's COVID-19 shutdown and helped the Flyers advance over the Montreal Canadiens in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. He struggled to find a rhythm the following year, after missing the first six games of the season to COVID-19, and was further limited by a placement on waivers, another knee injury, and a two-game suspension that May.

On July 1, 2024 signed a three year deal with Carolina.

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