Shea Michael Weber is a professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman as well as captain to the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Furthermore, he is an NHL All-Star and a recipient of the 2x Olympic gold medal.
Sicamous, British Columbia native, Shea Weber was born on 14th August 1985, under the star sign Leo. The thirty-five years old holds Canadian nationality and is of white ethnic background.
On 14th September 2004, Shea Weber signed his first contract, a $1.831 million three year contract with Nashville. On 23rd June 2008, he inked a new 3 year $13.5 million contract with Nashville. On 4th August 2011, he signed a 1 year $7.5 million deal with Nashville. On 24th July 2012, he signed a 14 year $110 million contract with Nashville. On 29th June 2016, he was traded to Montreal.
In 2020-1, Weber will earn a base salary of $6,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,857,143. He has summoned $120,831,000 from 16 seasons of NHL career.
As of 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $60 million. In 2009, Shea Weber purchased a house in Nashville, Tennessee for $1,045,000.
Montreal Canadiens' defenceman, Shea Weber is a one-woman man who is married to his high school sweetheart Balley Munro. The duo met while playing junior hockey in Kelowna. Weber and Munro dated over a decade and finally tied the knot on 20th July 2013.
Shea Weber's Wife SOURCE: Player Wives & Girlfriends Weber and his wife, Bailey, have three young children - Beckett, Kenley, and Maddix. The family of five is living a blissful life.
Shea Weber was born to James Weber, a sawmill worker, and Tracy was a hairdresser. He has a brother, Brandon, who is two years younger than him.
Shea first played organized ice hockey at the tender age of six. At his 14, Weber's mother, Tracy was diagnosed with brain cancer, which surgery mostly removed. Later, Tracy began suffering from similar symptoms. In early 2010, she had a series of seizures and she was placed in an induced coma and died on August 11, 2010.
In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Shea Weber was picked in the second round, 49th overall, by the Nashville Predators. He spent his entire NHL career with the Predators until being traded to Montreal Canadiens on 29th June 2016. Previously, he 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).
At the international level. Weber played for Canada at various International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)-sanctioned events. In 2005, he won a gold medal at World Junior Ice Hockey Championship and a gold medal at the 2007 Ice Hockey World Championship. Furthermore, he won two Olympic gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
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