Career
Playing A defenceman, Chambers played college hockey at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1985-1987. The Shawn Chambers Top Defenseman Award is presented annually to the best defenseman on the Alaska Nanooks ice hockey team Chambers was selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1987 National Hockey League Supplemental Draft.
He played parts of four seasons with the North Stars, including the 1991 improbable run to the finals.
Chambers was traded to the Washington Capitals prior to the 1991-1992 National Hockey League season, however he only played two games with the Capitals due to injuries. Left exposed in the 1992 National Hockey League Expansion Draft, he was claimed by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
He retired after only playing four games for the Stars the next season. Personal Chambers holds the record as the athlete with the lowest rating in video game history.