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Tyler Johnson, 34, announces retirement after 13 NHL seasons

Tyler Johnson has announced his retirement after playing 13 NHL seasons and winning the Stanley Cup twice with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Johnson called it a career in a lengthy message posted on social media Monday. Johnson had battled injuries in recent years and is set to turn 35 on July 29.

"As a short kid from a small town, I saw my chances of playing in the NHL as very slim," Johnson wrote on Instagram. "But my family -- my parents, Ken and Debbie, and my grandparents -- believed in me when doubt clouded my mind.