Shane Doan Announces Retirement After 21 Seasons

[RGM81]

All with the same Jets/Coyotes franchise.

https://www.nhl.com/news/shane-doan-...hl/c-290802960

Former Arizona Coyotes forward Shane Doan announced his retirement Wednesday.
Doan, 40, had been an unrestricted free agent. The Coyotes had informed Doan on June 17 that they would not be re-signing him.

Selected by the Winnipeg Jets with the No. 7 pick of the 1995 NHL Draft, Doan had spent his entire 21-season NHL career with the Jets/Coyotes franchise, which moved to Arizona from Winnipeg in 1996.
Doan made the announcement in a letter to fans published in The Arizona Republic.
"I could not fathom at the time that I would end up playing in Arizona for the next 21 years, raise a family and call this place home," Doan wrote while reminiscing about his first game in Phoenix, which came at the start of his second NHL season. "But that's exactly what happened. And that's why this has been one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. I'm retiring from the NHL."

[doniceage]

One heck of a player. Sorry he never got a Cup.

Don

[30ranfordfan]

My favorite Shane Doan memory:

When Sean Avery was voted most overrated player in the league, by his pears, in a hockey news poll... THN interviewed him about it. He had one comment, and one question (I'll paraphrase)

"I'm really surprised. I didn't think anyone thought I was actually any good" (inferring that you had to believe that many people thought he was a good player, in order to be overrated)

The second was something like "But seriously, how many votes did Shane Doan get?"

[Stryfex]

meh...chose to delete my negative post.