Sean Avery Biography

Fast Facts

• Signed by the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent in 1999 after not being selected in the NHL Draft
• Played his first NHL game during the 2001-to-2002 season with Detroit, which won the Stanley Cup that season, but since he did not play during the postseason or appear in at least 40 games, his name was not engraved on the Cup
• Traded to Los Angeles in 2003 because, according to Detroit General Manager Ken Holland, he had a "lack of respect for the game
• " Was suspended for six games during the 2008-to-2009 season after comments to the media regarding Calgary's Dion Phaneuf, who was dating Avery's ex-girlfriend, Elisha Cuthbert
• Began undergoing counseling after the suspension and did not return to the Dallas Stars
• A rule was created after an incident with Martin Brodeur during the 2008 playoffs, which bans players from waving sticks or hands in the face of a goaltender
• In the 2008 off-season, he interned at Vogue
• New Line commissioned a screenplay in 2009 based on his double life as a fashion guru and NHL player
• Opened sports bar Warren 77 in 2009