Zetterberg forced to retire due to injury
Henrik Zetterberg, who won the NHL’s Conn Smythe Trophy as the top player in the postseason when the Detroit Red Wings hoisted the Stanley Cup in 2008, is calling it a career.
The skillful Swede, 37, is a member of a select group of players that has won a Stanley Cup, world championship and Olympic gold.
Despite a back injury, Zetterberg didn’t miss a game for Detroit last season. But after a doctor’s exam last week, “nothing really had changed,” he said Friday.
“It is emotional,” he said. “It’s been 15 years here. Even though I knew I was on my last couple years, I wish that I could have played a little bit longer.”
Zetterberg had 337 goals and 960 career points and regularly was a candidate for the Selke Trophy for the best defensive forward.
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