Corey Perry, the best player to lace up for the major junior London Knights in the past decade, will have his No. 94 retired on Friday. His jersey joins those of successful NHLers such as Darryl Sittler (9), Rob Ramage (5), Dino Ciccarelli (9) and Brendan Shanahan (19). Oh yeah, Brad Marsh (22).
Ceremonies like this are fun, but largely overdone. I prefer the Toronto Maple Leafs system of honouring, but not retiring, numbers. Otherwise, it gets silly as is the case with the Montreal Canadiens, who have no cool numbers left after retiring so many numbers of so many great players.
Details about the Perry event are here.
Ceremonies like this are fun, but largely overdone. I prefer the Toronto Maple Leafs system of honouring, but not retiring, numbers. Otherwise, it gets silly as is the case with the Montreal Canadiens, who have no cool numbers left after retiring so many numbers of so many great players.
Details about the Perry event are here.
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