NHL veteran has announced his retirement from hockey.

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NHL veteran has announced his retirement from hockey.
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Once one of the premier forwards in the NHL, Scott Gomez has decided to call it a career.

According to NHL.com, Gomez has decided to hang up his skates after 16 seasons in the NHL.

"This has been my life," Gomez, told the Alaska Dispatch News for a report published Wednesday. "It's so weird to think I'm never going to play hockey again. People say, 'You'll find something.' But saying that, there will never be that feeling again, of even playing a preseason NHL game. You're playing at the highest level there is.

"But I'm done. I'm done."

Gomez captured the Stanley Cup twice with the New Jersey Devils (2000, 2003), who drafted the Anchorage, Alaska, native in the first round (No. 27) of the 1997 NHL Draft. He had 19 goals and 51 assists in 82 games as a rookie in 1999-2000, when he won the Calder Trophy.

The 36-year old had one goal and eight assists in 34 games for the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators last season.

Gomez recorded 181 goals and had 575 assists in 1,079 career NHL games with the Devils, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers, Blues and Senators.

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Source: NHL.com