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2024-25 Player in Review: Dominik Shine

2024-25 Player in Review: Dominik Shine

Jun 13, 2025

Written By: Andrew Streitel

Right wing Dominik Shine skated in his ninth season with the Griffins and eighth year as a professional. He logged career-high numbers in assists (32), points (46), power-play goals (5), game-winners (4), and shots (149) to go along with 14 goals, 76 penalty minutes and a minus-13 rating in 61 regular-season games. Shine ranked among the team’s regular-season leaders in points (2nd), assists (1st), goals (5th), power-play goals (T3rd), and game-winners (T2nd). The 32-year-old then tied for first on the roster with three points (1-2—3) in three Calder Cup Playoff outings. On the franchise’s all-time regular-season leaderboard, Shine now ranks third in games played (483), tied for ninth in assists (109), ninth in points (184), sixth in penalty minutes (553), tied for eighth in short-handed goals (5), tied for seventh in game-winners (12), tied for first in unassisted goals (10), and tied for sixth in shots (797).

On Jan. 27, Shine signed his first NHL contract, a two-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings, and later that evening, made his NHL debut against the Los Angeles Kings. Shine, 31, became the oldest skater to make his NHL debut since defenseman Evgeny Medvedev did it with the Philadelphia Flyers at 33 on Oct. 8, 2015, and the oldest Red Wings player to make his NHL debut since center Vaclav Nedomansky did it at 33 on Nov. 18, 1977. Shine later bagged his first NHL point with an assist on Feb. 1 at Calgary and finished the NHL season with one assist, 15 penalty minutes and a minus-one rating in nine games.

Regular Season Stat Line

61 GP, 14 goals, 32 assists, 46 points, -13 rating, 76 PIM with GRG
9 GP, 0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point, -1 rating, 15 PIM with DET

Postseason Stat Line

3 GP, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, -2 rating, 6 PIM with GRG

Contract Status

Under contract with Detroit through 2025-26 season

By the Numbers

32 – Showed a career-high 32 assists in 61 regular-season games, nine more than previous high of 23 in 2023-24

46 – Registered a career-best 46 points, beating out previous high of 33 set in 2023-24

14 – Scored 14 goals during regular season, tied for the second most of career

1 – Set new career-high totals in power-play goals (5) and game-winners (4)

11 – Totaled 11 multi-point outings, which marked a new career best

3 – Season-high three-game goal streak from Dec. 22-31 (3-0—3)

5 – Career-high five-game assist streak from Jan. 15-25 (1-6—7)

2 – Tallied a season-best two goals on Oct. 30 at Hartford

6 – Registered six games with at least two assists

3 – Season-high three points on Oct. 26 at Lehigh Valley (1-2—3), Dec. 1 against Cleveland (1-2—3), and April 4 versus Rockford (1-2—3)

8 – Amassed eight points (3-5—8) in a four-game span from April 4-11

2 – Scored game-winner in two straight contests from Dec. 28-31 against Cleveland

150 – Secured 150th point as a Griffin with an assist on Nov. 13 against Rockford, becoming one of 14 Griffins to reach the milestone

100 – Collected 100th pro assist on Feb. 8 at Milwaukee and later bagged 100th assist as a Griffin on Feb. 14 at Iowa

27 – On Jan. 27, signed first NHL contract with Detroit and made his NHL debut later that night against Los Angeles

31 – At age 31, became the oldest skater to make his NHL debut since defenseman Evgeny Medvedev did it with the Philadelphia Flyers at 33 on Oct. 8, 2015, and the oldest Red Wings player to make his NHL debut since center Vaclav Nedomansky did so at 33 on Nov. 18, 1977

1 – Logged first NHL point with an assist on Feb. 1 at Calgary

9 – Concluded first NHL season with one assist, 15 penalty minutes and a minus-one rating in nine games

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