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Former Penguin defenseman Deryk Engelland announces retirement from the NHL

Deryk Engelland has announced that he is retiring from the National Hockey League.

Engelland, now 38-years-old previously spent 8 years in the Penguins organization.

Engelland would make his NHL debut in 2009 after spending six years in the minors with the Las Vegas Wranglers, the Lowell Lock Monsters, the South Carolina Stingrays, the Hershey Bears, the Reading Royals, and ultimately for a few years with the Penguins’ AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

His best season, statistically, with the Penguins was the 2011-12 season, when he would score 4 goals and 13 assists in 73 games.