Career
Shinnimin played junior hockey for the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Shinnimin was the WHL"s leading scoring for the 2011-2012 WHL season with 134 points, earning him the 2012 Bob Clarke Trophy. He not only led the WHL in scoring, but was the leading scorer in the entire Canadian Hockey League.
He ended his junior career with a 38 game point scoring streak, beginning on February 3, 2012, during which he scored 83 points.
In 2010-2011, he was named a WHL second-team all-star. On October 19, 2010, Shinnimin was given a 12-game suspension - the longest in that league over the past four seasons – for his “dangerous hit-from-behind” which resulted in a concussion and a bruised back for Josh Nicholls of the Saskatoon Blades.
In 2009, he played for Team WHL in the Subway Super Series against a team of Russian junior all-stars. Shinnimin was not drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft.
On March 2, 2012, the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League signed Shinnimin as a free-agent to a three-year entry-level contract.
Following the 2014-2015 National Hockey League season Shinnimin became a restricted free agent under the National Hockey League Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Arizona Coyotes made him a qualifying offer to retain his National Hockey League rights and, on July 5, 2015, Shinnimin filed for Salary Arbitration.
