▁played ▁pre domin antly ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Hockey ▁League ▁( N HL ) ▁with ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Black h aw ks , ▁Cal g ary ▁Fl ames ▁and ▁the ▁Colorado ▁A val anche . ▁ ▁Play ing ▁career ▁Sh ant z ▁was ▁draft ed ▁by ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Black h aw ks ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round , ▁ 3 6 th ▁overall ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁N HL ▁Entry ▁D raft . ▁On ▁October ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 – 0 3 ▁season , ▁Sh ant z ▁was ▁trad ed ▁by ▁the ▁Fl ames , ▁along ▁with ▁D erek ▁Morris ▁and ▁Dean ▁Mc A mm ond , ▁to ▁the ▁Colorado ▁A val anche ▁for ▁Chris ▁Dr ury ▁and ▁Steph ane ▁Y elle . ▁He ▁played ▁ 6 4 2 ▁regular ▁season ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁N HL ▁with ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Black h aw ks , ▁Cal g ary ▁Fl ames ▁and ▁Colorado ▁A val anche ▁scoring ▁ 7 2 ▁goals ▁and ▁ 1 3 9 ▁ass ists ▁for ▁ 2 1 1 ▁points ▁with ▁ 3 4 1 ▁penalty ▁minutes . ▁He ▁also ▁played ▁in ▁ 4 4 ▁N HL ▁play off ▁games , ▁scoring ▁ 5 ▁goals ▁and ▁ 8 ▁ass ists ▁for ▁ 1 3 ▁points ▁with ▁ 2 4 ▁penalty ▁minutes . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁single ▁season ▁with ▁the ▁A val anche ▁his ▁N HL ▁career ▁finished ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁he ▁left ▁for