The 32-year-old forward made his NHL debut with the Red Wings during the 2024-25 campaign and scored his first career NHL goal against the New Jersey Devils on March 8 — becoming the fifth-oldest player in franchise history to do so. As of Friday, Shine had three goals in 17 games with Detroit this season.
A native of Pinckney, Mich., Shine played four seasons (2013-17) at Northern Michigan University before signing with Detroit’s American Hockey League affiliate as an undrafted free agent on March 14, 2017. And since 2016-17, he’s compiled 221 points (96 goals, 125 assists) in 521 regular-season contests for the Griffins.
“There’s so many players, I’ve talked about it before, who are in the American League and maybe don’t think they’re going to get their chance,” Shine said. “They either call it quits, go down another career path or do things like that. It’s just about keeping your head down and going to work.”
That reality nearly became his own, as Shine considered pursuing a career in medical sales during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign, but he stuck with it.
“Just an unbelievable human being,” Carter Mazur said. “To see his perseverance, I remember talking to him a few years ago when he was thinking about switching careers. And to look back on that and see where he is now is kind of crazy.”