Mark Messier
Mark Messier
Mark Douglas Messieris a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League and former special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He played a quarter of a century in the NHLwith the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association's Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. He was the last former WHA player to be active in professional hockey, and the last active...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth18 January 1961
CityEdmonton, Canada
CountryCanada
I've had a long career, I achieved a lot, there was nothing left for me to achieve, and it's time to move aside and go on to something else.
I've had a long career and I've achieved a lot and there was nothing left for me to really achieve. It was time for me to move aside and go into something else.
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I think it's always a little bit of a bittersweet feeling, I guess. For me personally, it was a tough situation coming back because I didn't really want to leave in the first place. So coming back, obviously, a lot of memories came through. I think it'll be probably the same for Brian.
It was a tough decision. I'm healthy and feel good and I feel like I can play.
It was a tough decision because I'm healthy and I feel good. I've achieved a lot and there was really nothing left for me to achieve.
It's great to see them playing like this. The Garden is an amazing place to play, especially when you're winning. There's no other place like it.
I was ready for just about anything that anybody could throw at me. I was ready for the challenge of winning the Stanley Cup. I was ready for this city. I wasn't intimidated about coming to New York.
I just feel really good about the decision, ... I've had a year and a half to think about it. . . . It's the right thing to do.
If you ask anybody around here for those years, nobody would have a bad word to say about Brian Leetch.
I look up at the banner and I don't see a No. 11 with my name on it. I see all the things and all the people, my family, my parents, so many people who put me in this position to have my number retired. To me it's almost like a highlight reel when I look up there or a flashback of my life in some regards that I can look up there on any given day on any given moment and have something reoccur that was so special.
He's as good as we've seen here, probably ever. He's done everything you could ask for from a star player.
Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.
One of the best experiences I've had in hockey.