After helping his team win the Challenge Cup, Nottingham Panthers forward and Eureka native Cam Janssen has decided to hang up his skates.
Yes, Cam Janssen was on a team that won a championship.
Yes, Cam Janssen’s retirement is being called a “bombshell.” This article from The Cat’s Whiskers, which is a Panthers blog, writes about Janssen’s retirement in words best reserved for players like Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, and the greats of the game. I can’t tell if they just really loved Cam that much or if the quality of play in that league is so questionable that CamSmash really is their Super Mario, but it’s surreal no matter how you slice it:
You can replace his goals and assists quite easily, you can probably replace the penalty minutes with an enforcer of a similar ilk.