Red Wings' Draper to retire
Longtime Red Wings forward Kris Draper is retiring, according to a source close to the team.
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Draper, 40, spent 17 seasons and won four Stanley Cups with the Red Wings. He also played briefly for the Winnipeg Jets.
Draper played in 1,137 regular-season games with the Red Wings -- No. 5 on the team's all-time list.
Draper, the 62nd pick overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Jets, had 161 career regular-season goals and 203 assists. In 222 playoff games, he had 24 goals and 22 assists.
Draper won the Selke Award as the league's best two-way forward after the 2003-04 season, when he had a career-best 24 goals and 16 assists.
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