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Shean Donovan enters his sixth season as a member of the Senators hockey management staff in 2019-20 after originally being hired by the club on Sept. 11, 2014. Donovan, who retired as a player following his third season with the Senators in 2009-10, works primarily alongside members of the team's management group in overseeing the progress of prospects throughout the Senators organizational system. He also serves in an advisory role to members of the Ottawa and Belleville Senators' coaching staffs in addition to the staff of the club's ECHL affiliate in Brampton, Ont.

A veteran of 15 NHL seasons, Donovan played in 951 career regular-season games with the San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Senators, recording 241 points (112 goals, 129 assists) and 705 penalty minutes. He also registered 12 points (six goals, six assists) and 39 penalty minutes over the span of 49 career NHL playoff games, giving him an exact total of 1,000 NHL appearances for his career. Of Donovan's 12 post-season points, 10 (five goals, five assists) were earned while helping the Flames reach the seventh game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Final, where the club was ultimately defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played in each of Calgary's 24 playoff games that spring.

San Jose's second pick (28th overall) in the 1993 NHL Draft, Donovan spent his entire major junior career with the Ottawa 67's. He earned a gold medal while representing Canada at the 1995 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Red Deer, Alta., before later winning a gold medal at the 1997 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Finland.

Shean and his wife, Trie, live in Kanata with their three children, Jorian, Rylan and Trinity.