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‘Canes D Wesley retires after 20 seasons

in thie June 19, 2006 file photo, Carolina Hurricanes' Glen Wesley celebrates with the Stanley Cup after winning Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final over the Edmonton Oilers in Raleigh, N.C. Glen Wesley is retiring after 20 NHL seasons. The Hurricanes said Thursday June 5, 2008 that Wesley would move into the front office as the team's director of development for defensemen. The team will retire his No. 2 jersey next season.

For the past decade, Glen Wesley helped shepherd the Carolina Hurricanes from homeless vagabonds in North Carolina to Stanley Cup champions. Now, the last remaining original Hurricane is calling it a career. After 20 seasons in the NHL and 13 as one of the most popular faces of the Hurricanes’ franchise, Wesley announced his retirement Thursday because of family reasons.

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