Head Equipment Manager: Washington Capitals, 1983-2006& Anaheim Ducks, 2007-2018

Doug Shearer spent 35 years in the National Hockey League, including 11 seasons with the Anaheim Ducks as Head Equipment Manager from 2007-2018 while serving in the same capacity for the Washington Capitals from 1983-2006.

While with the Capitals, Shearer saw the club advance to the Stanley Cup Final during the 1997-1998 season. He joined the Capitals organization at the start of the 1981-1982 season, serving as the head trainer for the Hershey Bears, Washington’s primary affiliate of the American Hockey League. Shearer also had the privilege to join Team USA on several occasions as the head equipment manager, including the 1997 World Championship in Finland, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, where the team won the Silver Medal; and the 2003 World Championship in the Czech Republic, where Team USA won the Bronze Medal. In addition, he served as equipment manager for the 1999 NHL All-Star Game in Tampa, following Washington’s appearance in the Stanley Cup Final.

Shearer served with pride as the first President of the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers (SPHEM) when the athletic trainers (PHATS) and SPHEM united under one umbrella to become PHATS/SPHEM.  Doug served two consecutive terms from 1996 to 2004 and again from 2005 to 2006.  His leadership was instrumental in the growth of SPHEM.

A native of Salisbury, N.C., Shearer moved to Elizabethtown, P.A. in 1971, where he attended High School and was Captain of the Football and Track Teams during his Senior year. He graduated from Elizabethtown Area High School in 1976 and is a 1981 graduate of West Chester State College in West Chester, PA. Shearer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education. In his spare time, Doug enjoys boating, fishing, hunting, and woodworking. Shearer and his wife, Carrie, have two married children: son, Zachary and daughter, Amy. The family resides in Maryland.Close