Post by DyEaBoLiKaL on Aug 9, 2006 20:21:59 GMT -5
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Eric Desjardins, the second-highest scoring defenseman in team history, will retire this week.
Flyers spokesman Zack Hill said Wednesday that Desjardins will make an official announcement Thursday.
A two-time All-Star, Desjardins' 17-year career was slowed by injuries in recent seasons. He played in only 45 games last season and 48 games two years ago and was not offered a contract by the Flyers this summer.
Desjardins, a seven-time winner of the team's most outstanding defenseman award, had surgery last season to repair a partially dislocated right shoulder and missed 29 games. He missed the 2004 playoffs with a broken arm.
Desjardins spent the last 11 seasons with the Flyers after he was acquired from Montreal in a 1995 deal that also brought John LeClair to Philadelphia. Desjardins had 396 points with the Flyers behind only defenseman Mark Howe's 480.
Desjardins finishes his career with 136 goals, 439 assists and 575 points in 1,143 career games. He was eighth in career games played with the Flyers with 738. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993.
Flyers spokesman Zack Hill said Wednesday that Desjardins will make an official announcement Thursday.
A two-time All-Star, Desjardins' 17-year career was slowed by injuries in recent seasons. He played in only 45 games last season and 48 games two years ago and was not offered a contract by the Flyers this summer.
Desjardins, a seven-time winner of the team's most outstanding defenseman award, had surgery last season to repair a partially dislocated right shoulder and missed 29 games. He missed the 2004 playoffs with a broken arm.
Desjardins spent the last 11 seasons with the Flyers after he was acquired from Montreal in a 1995 deal that also brought John LeClair to Philadelphia. Desjardins had 396 points with the Flyers behind only defenseman Mark Howe's 480.
Desjardins finishes his career with 136 goals, 439 assists and 575 points in 1,143 career games. He was eighth in career games played with the Flyers with 738. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993.
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