Peca Retires

[JD]

Michael Peca announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League after 13 NHL seasons.

Peca, 35, a two-time winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy (1997, 2002) and an Olympic gold medal winner (Salt Lake City in 2002 with Team Canada), appeared in a total of 864 NHL games with six teams: Vancouver, Buffalo, New York Islanders, Edmonton, Toronto and Columbus. In his NHL career, Peca scored 176 goals and 289 assists for 465 points, and recorded a career +66 and 798 penalty minutes. He also played on 10 playoff teams and two Stanley Cup finalists in his career.

"I truly have enjoyed my entire career as an NHL player," said Peca. "Playing the game at the highest level, with and against the top hockey players in the world, has been a pleasure. Throughout my 13-season career I was fortunate to play on some exceptional hockey teams, particularly the 2002 Canadian Olympian team and the Sabres and Oilers teams that reached the Cup finals. Really I am grateful for the lasting friendships and memories that the game of hockey has given me, and I would like to thank my family, teammates, and the fans for all their support along the way."

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=514168

[rbochan]

:(

[tampabay25690]

Always liked Peca

[G Wolly]

One of the good ones. Too bad he didn't finish up in Buffalo.

[clumping platelets]

His next job: stacking tuna at Tops

[DrGraves]

hopefully he comes to do analysis for msg because slyvester and robbie are idiots

[elltrain22]

one of my favorite Sabres from the 90s teams. Best of luck to him.

[generalmills]

Peca was on our local sports radio Tuesday night. He said some great things about the city of Buffalo and his time with the Sabres. He talks about his cup runs with the Sabres and Oilers. He talks about his hold out and how painful it was because he would have liked to play for the Sabres for the rest of his career but it gave him a chance to play in the World Championships with Team Canada which he beleives led to him playing in the Olympics in Salt Lake. He also mentions that he would be interested in getting involved with hockey but not in the area of coaching. I believe that he will be guesting on the TSN broadcast tonight.
You can listen to it on the Fan960 website audio vault if you are interested

www.fan960.com (its on the second page of the audio vault)