Shanahan retires after 21 NHL seasons (AP)
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NEW YORK (AP)—Brendan Shanahan(notes) is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and
an almost certain Hall of Fame career.
The 40-year-old forward announced on Tuesday he wouldn’t play again. After
going through training camp with the New Jersey Devils, the team he spent his
final season with, he and the club mutually parted unexpectedly shortly before
opening night of the season.
“I would like to thank my family and all of the friends who have helped me
achieve and maintain my childhood dream of playing in the National Hockey
League,” Shanahan said in a statement released by the NHL. “While I always
dreamed of playing in the NHL, I can’t honestly say that I would have ever
imagined that I’d be this fortunate and blessed. I would like to sincerely thank
everyone who has helped me fulfill this dream.”
Shanahan, who scored 656 career goals, decided to leave the Devils in
October one day after he was told there was no spot for him on New Jersey’s top
three lines.
He has not played this season.
Shanahan ranks 11th on the league’s career goals list and is the only player
with 600 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes. The eight-time All-Star also played
for Hartford, Detroit and the New York Rangers.
Shanahan was a member of three Stanley Cup winners—all with the Red Wings,
who selected him No. 2 in the 1987 draft—and recorded 1,354 points in 1,524
NHL games.
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The AP should really get some better fact checkers. Shanahan wasn’t drafted by Detroit. He was drafted by New Jersey, where he played for four seasons before signing as a free agent in St. Louis (which they didn’t mention). He didn’t play for Detroit until 1996, a year after he was traded to Hartford for Chris Pronger.
Shame on the AP.