Mark Messier retires

[UrbScotty]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050912/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_rangers_messier_retires_4

Mark Messier retired Monday, ending a 25-year career in which he won six Stanley Cup championships and ranked second only to Wayne Gretzky on the NHL all-time scoring list.

Messier became a star in Edmonton in the 1980s and a headliner on Broadway in the '90s, captaining the New York Rangers to the '94 championship that ended the team's 54-year title drought.

"I've had a long career and I've achieved a lot and there was nothing left for me to really achieve," the 44-year-old Messier said on a conference call. "It was time for me to move aside and go into something else."

He doesn't have anything set up yet, but Messier said he is willing to listen to any offers that will keep him closely tied to the game he still loves.

[akarnitz]

1. Straight to the HoF!

:applause:

[MrSlayer]

2. "Moose" is one of the best ever.

Though I'll never forgive him for making the stinking Ranger$ win the Cup in 94.


Damn you to hell Nathan LaFayette!