A sad reality of sports is that athletes eventually have to retire and hang up the gloves. Well, I guess skates in this case. Gloves too. Anyway, one of my personal favorite hockey players, Paul Kariya, announced his retirement yesterday due to post-concussion symptoms. Sad to see any player forced to quit because of injury, especially one related to concussions sustained during a career. A lesson the NHL needs to remember (except for fighting).
Kariya played 15 seasons in the NHL with most of that with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He and the team reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003 but would lose to the New Jersey Devils in 7 games despite a valiant game 6 performance from Kariya. Kariya would never get his name on the Cup but still had a fine career. He finishes with 402 goals and 587 assists combining for 989 career points. Not bad for any player.
It's sad to see you go, Paul, but thanks for the memories. May you enjoy retirement.
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