Matt Cullen, the former Moorhead High School and St. Cloud State standout, announced in a video Wednesday that he's retiring from the NHL at age 42.
"The relationships I've built over all these years are the most important things I'll take with me," said Cullen, who played most recently for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Cullen played for the Wild from 2010-2013 and again for the 2017-18 season. The final season in Minnesota was sandwiched between two stints with the Penguins, for whom he had seven goals and 13 assists in 71 games last season.
He finished his career with 266 goals in 1,516 games.
In a four-minute video, Cullen started off by saying, "You already know that I've been around a long time."
The video went on the show career highlights before Cullen, who played for eight NHL teams, added: "Right now, there's only one more part of my story left to write — the end."
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• Forward Micheal Ferland signed a four-year, $14 million deal with the Canucks. Ferland was an unrestricted free agent after putting up 40 points in 71 games for Carolina this past season. He previously played four seasons in Calgary, scoring a career-high 21 goals in the 2017-18 season.
• The Blackhawks traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Sabres for underachieving forward Alex Nylander. The 21-year-old Nylander had three goals and three assists in just 19 games with the Sabres over three seasons. Jokiharju, the No. 29 selection in the 2017 draft, made his NHL debut in October and finished with no goals and 12 assists in 38 games in his first season with the Blackhawks.
