Mike Shanahan (ice hockey)
Michael Shanahan
( October 29, 1939 – January 15, 2018) was a businessman, defense contractor, and part- owner of an American professional hockey franchise, the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League( NHL), from 1986 through 1990.
He grew up as a son of a truck driver in University City and was a star athlete at Mercy High School.
He attended St. Louis University, where he was a soccer star on Billikens soccer teams that won national championships in 1959 and 1960.
After graduating, he worked at McDonnell Douglas Automation Co., Numerical Control Inc., and Cleveland Pneumatic Co. In 1981, he co-founded Engineered Air Systems.
The following year, EAS acquired Allis- Chalmers Corporation's Defense Systems Division.
In 1983, he incorporated Engineered Support Systems Inc. as a holding company for the defense contracting division, and served as its president, CEO, and chairman until 2005.
ESSI produced ground equipment for the military, including nuclear, biological, and chemical defense systems; environmental control systems; and water and petroleum distribution systems.
In 1986, Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl asked if he would be interested in helping give the Blues local ownership.
“ That ’s a question you do n’t expect, ” Shanahan later recalled.
“ But we began discussing it, and I got involved. ”
Shanahan led an investment group that purchased the Blues from California businessman Harry Ornest in December 1986, when Ornest was in talks to move the team to Saskatoon( Canada).
At the same time, the city purchased the St. Louis Arena( 1929- 1999) from Ornest.
His gregarious personality and daring management style made him one of the most popular executives in the region ’s sports history.
Under his leadership in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the St. Louis Blues regained their standing as a mainstream sports attraction.
In 1990, Shanahan sold his 10- percent ownership stake to an investment group called Kiel Center Partners, which built a new downtown arena in 1994.
Shanahan stayed on as team chairman until 1995, when he was replaced by former Cardinals executive Jerry Ritter.
Shanahan donated more than$ 10 million to mostly St. Louis charitable efforts personally and through the Shanahan Family Foundation.
The atrium at the business school at St. Louis University, his alma mater, is named after him.
He was inducted into the St. Louis University Billikens Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
He died after a fall on January 15, 2018, aged 78.
He was survived by his wife Mary Anne, his son Michael Junior, his daughters Meg and Maureen and his 13 grandchildren.
Stewart Iglehart
Stewart Birrell Iglehart( February 22, 1910 – December 19,1993) was a rancher, ice hockey and polo player.
He was born in Valparaíso, Chile but moved to the United States at a young age.
As a child he learned to play both ice hockey and polo.
While in prep school he was offered a professional ice hockey contract but declined.
Following prep school he attended Yale University, where he continued to play ice hockey and polo.
He became one of the best defensemen in college hockey and was selected to play in two different Winter Olympics.
Iglehart did not attend either.
In 1933 he played for Team USA at the World Ice Hockey Championships, winning a gold medal.
Following the tournament he continued to play amateur hockey, but quit to concentrate on polo.
As a polo player he won multiple championships and became a 10- goal rated player.
He represented the United States internationally on several occasions.
After his retirement from competitive athletics Iglehart owned a cattle ranch in Florida.
He was elected to both the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame.
Tore Johannessen
Tore Johannessen( 2 April 1922 – 5 January 2005) was a Norwegian ice hockey referee and sports administrator.
As a referee, he officiated at both the Ice Hockey World Championships, and the Winter Olympic Games, and later served as president of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association.
His career was recognized by induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame as a builder in ice hockey, and he received the Norwegian King's Medal of Merit.
Jason Krywulak
Jason Krywulak( born January 29, 1972) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey and roller hockey player.
Matt Dalton
Matt Dalton( born July 4, 1986) is a Canadian- South Korean professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Anyang Halla of the Asia League Ice Hockey and the South Korea men's national ice hockey team.
Scott Paluch
Scott Paluch is a regional manager for USA Hockey and a former ice hockey player and coach.
Alexandru Sirițeanu
Alexandru Sirițeanu( born 16 April 1984) is a Romanian sabre fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal in the sabre team event as a reserve.
Roman Neumayer
Roman Neumayer( 1930/ 1931 – 23/24 December 2015) was a German ice hockey executive, coach and player.
He served as the sport director of the German Ice Hockey Federation from 1970 to 1986 and as technical director for the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1986 to 1996.
He received the Paul Loicq Award for service to international ice hockey, and his career was recognized by induction into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Jim Riley (ice hockey)
James Norman Riley( May 25, 1895 – May 25, 1969) was a Canadian professional ice hockey and baseball player.
Cory Laylin
Cory Laylin( born January 24, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey and roller hockey defenseman.

Question: Do Mike Shanahan (Ice Hockey) and Alexandru Sirițeanu share the same nationality?
Answer: no