Researching Shawn Evans
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shawn Evans and the Evans Genealogy
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Shawn Evans (lacrosse)
Shawn Evans (born April 28, 1986 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League, and the Connecticut Hammerheads of Major League Lacrosse. Evans' brothers, Scott and Stephen have also played in the NLL. Evans is one of two lacrosse player in history to win the Minto Cup (the Canadian Junior lacrosse title), the Mann Cup (the Canadian Senior lacrosse title), and the NLL Champion's Cup all within 12 months of each other. He is also only one of three lacrosse players in history (the others being Craig Conn and Mark Matthews) to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams.
In May 2013, after winning the scoring title with 112 points, Evans was named NLL MVP.
Source: Shawn Evans (lacrosse), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaShawn Evans (ice hockey)
Shawn Evans (born September 7, 1965) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played 9 games in the National Hockey League between 1986 and 1989 with the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1985 to 1999, was spent in various minor leagues. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Kingston Township.
After retiring as a player, he was the head coach, and general manager of the Truro Bearcats.
Source: Shawn Evans (ice hockey), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Evans
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