SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito announced today that the club has named Shane Churla Director of Amateur Scouting.
"Shane is an experienced and talented addition for our organization in the scouting department," said Zito. "We couldn't be more excited about the continued growth of our hockey operations department and our investment in the future of our franchise."
Churla has served the last seven seasons with the Montreal Canadiens scouting staff (2013-14 to 2019-20) including the past four seasons as the club's Director of Amateur Scouting and three as Chief of Amateur Scouting.
The native of Fernie, British Columbia served as an amateur scout for the Dallas Stars for seven seasons (2005-06 to 2012-13) and five seasons as an amateur scout for the Arizona/Phoenix Coyotes (2000-01 to 2004-05).
Originally selected by the Hartford Whalers in the sixth round (110th overall) of the 1985 National Hockey League Draft, Churla played 488 career regular season NHL games for Hartford (1986-87 to 1987-88), the Calgary Flames (1987-88 to 1988-89), Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars (1988-89 to 1995-96), Los Angeles Kings (1995-96) and New York Rangers (1995-96 to 1996-97), registering 71 points (26-45-71) and 2,301 PIM.
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Florida Panthers Name Shane Churla Director of Amateur Scouting
