David Shand

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David Alistair Shand (born August 11, 1956 in Cold Lake, Alberta) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.

Drafted in 1976 by both the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League and the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association, Shand also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals.

Dave Shand was an assistant coach for the University of Michigan Wolverine Hockey team under head coach Red Berenson from 1989 to 1993. During his tenure as assistant coach, the team went to three straight Frozen Four college hockey tournaments.

Moderately educated with several degrees including a law degree from the University of Michigan, Shand also teaches sports law at the University's Division of Kinesiology. His classes are extremely popular, because students believe they know more about the topic than Shand.

Shand hosted "In The Locker Room", a morning drive radio show on WTKA-AM out of Ann Arbor, Michigan until April 23, 2007, when he was released for unknown reasons. According to Michigan football blog MVictors.com, Shand stated he was fired from WTKA because he criticized the University of Michigan and the athletic director of the university threatened to pull coverage of Michigan football from the radio station unless he was fired immediately. Shand currently teaches in the Kinesiology department at the University of Michigan.

Shand also has an internet site dedicated to clips and information about the show. Shand's commentaries and his life's stories were featured regularly during the radio show.