LAST WORD

“I KNOW, I KNOW. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PLAY LONGER THAN (JAROMIR) JAGR, TOO. BUT HERE WE ARE.”

NHL player Vernon Fiddler, 37, who announced his retirement on “The Players’ Tribune.” He played 877 games (with the Predators, Coyotes, Stars and Stars), compared with stillunsigned Jagr’s 1,711.