When it comes to ice hockey, the name of Sheldon Souray cannot go unnoticed. He is a nice hockey defenseman from Canada who has played around thirteen seasons of National Hockey league (NHL) and has represented teams Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, and Dallas Stars.
Sheldon Souray has started his career back in 1994 with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s for Fort Saskatchewan Traders.
Later on he was chosen for the New Jersey Devils to play in the NHL Draft.
It was during the year 1997-1998 seasons, he started his career by playing for the devils and he ended his rookie year with three straight goals and 10 points for the 60 games he played.
He was famous as a physical defender and took hard shots for his team.
In the year 2000 when the Montreal Canadiens attained him, even though he played but the injuries kept him on the bench during the season of the 2002-2003.
Speaking about his personal life, it has quite highs and lows. He was born in Alberta to Richard Souray and Lillian Parenteau. He has one sister as well.
He was not able to get the happiness of a complete family as his parents divorced. During his career he was married to former Baywatch star Angelica Bridges.
However the marriage did not last long and it came to an end in the year 2007.
Later on Souray got married to former professional wrestler Barbara Blank, better known as Kelly Kelly in 2016.
The career graph of Sheldon Souray is very impressive. He has records for the fastest two goals anyone scored in a common game season for the Edmonton Oilers team.
For the Montreal Canadiens he holds the record for the most points scored by a defenseman in a single game.
However, due to constant injuries, Sheldon Souray was not able to continue his glorious career and called the curtains by announcing his retirement in the year 2015. But that does not mean that his moolah will quit coming.
Sheldon Souray is also a co-owner of Rivière-des-Prairies pizzeria with former goaltender of New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues goaltender Andrea Dell’Orefice. His legacy of ice hockey career will keep shining bright and he shall be an idol for the upcoming stars in the ice hockey league of the future.
Today as a professional ice hockey player his net worth is almost around $2.9 million.
Quick summary:
Full name: Sheldon Sharik Souray
Date of birth: 13 July 1976
Birth place: Elk Point, Alberta
Age: 43 years
Profession: Ice hockey player
Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Weight: 108 kg
Net worth: $ 2.9 million
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