Burn City Sports · Sep 15, 2023
Coyote’s Andrew Ladd announces retirement
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Andrew Ladd, the former Arizona Coyote announced his retirement from the NHL this past week in an Instagram post. The 37-year-old played for six different NHL teams over his 16 year career in the league.
“I’ll forever be grateful for how the game shaped me as a person and the people it brought into my life,” Ladd said in his social media post.
The No. 4 pick in the 2004 draft started his journey with the Carolina Hurricanes where he played in 137 games and scored 26 goals for the Hurricanes. The left wing went on to play for the Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets, New York Islanders and finished with the Arizona Coyotes.