TIPS ALL-DECADE TEAM // Shane Harper
The story of Shane Harper, a kid with promise from Valencia, Calif. where his hometown Los Angeles Kings forged their trade just about an hour away, is full of inspiration for anyone with a chance to play in the Western Hockey League.
Harper wasnโt drafted. He made the team. Harper wasnโt drafted by an NHL teams. He became captain his final season, and finished the year in the American Hockey League.
That NHL dream was finally realized in 2016-17 when he didnโt just debut with the Florida Panthers: he scored two goals in his debut.
Harperโs story as a member of the Silvertips All-Decade Team:
- 335 career games as a Silvertip
- Ranks in franchise history as fourth all-time in points (214)
- Fifth in goals (100)
- Seventh in assists (114)
- Led the Silvertips with a career-high 80 points and 42 goals in 72 games during his final season in Everett, in 2009-10
- Named WHL (West) Second Team All-Star