Shea Weber
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"Shea Michael Weber" is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently serves as Captain (ice hockey)/captain of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is an NHL All-Star Team/NHL All-Star and Ice hockey at the Olympic Games/Olympic gold medalist.

Drafted in the second round, 49th overall by the Predators in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Weber has spent his entire NHL career with the Predators. He had previously played for the Sicamous Eagles of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Weber has represented Canada at a number of International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned events, winning a IIHF World U20 Championship/World Junior Ice Hockey Championship gold medal in 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships/2005, an Ice Hockey World Championships gold medal in 2007 IIHF World Championship/2007, and two Olympic gold medals at the Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament/2010 and Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics/2014 Winter Olympics.

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I've been very fortunate to play with some great players. It's special to get to play in a lot of those situations.

It's huge. As a kid you always dream of getting a goal in the NHL. In the situation we're in right now, it was a pretty big one for us and hopefully we can keep on rolling heading into the playoffs.

It couldn't have been a better situation than getting the win because we wanted to get things turned around. I wasn't too worried about getting the first one. If it had been a couple hundred games, then I'd be worried. But I've been getting lots of opportunities.

It's good to be here now and see what it's like. The run up to the playoffs is the most exciting time of year and I want to be able to see that if I can.

I don't know who would have doubted him, but I know we never did. We see him every day in practice. We know how competitive he is and we know he could probably be a starter for almost any other team in the league.