Former Buffalo Sabres Captain Daniel Briere Retires

Former Buffalo Sabres captain Daniel Briere has announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons. The announcement came in a column published Monday in a French-language newspaper out of Ottawa, with a formal announcement to be made Tuesday in Philadelphia.

With the announcement ends an NHL career that saw Briere appear in 1,097 games between 1997 and 2015. He notched 812 total points in that time, including 360 goals and 452 assists. He also racked up 842 penalty minutes.

Briere began his NHL career with the Phoenix Coyotes, the team that drafted him 24th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent six seasons as part of the Coyotes organization, playing at both the NHL and AHL…