Scott Gomez said this week he is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons. Cheap Sneakers China .He told the Alaska Dispatch News on Thursday that he has been contacting former teammates, coaches and trainers to tell them that his career is over.This has been my life, he told the newspaper. Its so weird to think Im never going to play hockey again.People say, Youll find something. But saying that, there will never be that feeling again, of even playing a preseason NHL game. Youre playing at the highest level there is.But Im done. Im done.Gomez, 36, was released by the St. Louis Blues last December, finishing his final season with one goal and eight assists.He began his career with the New Jersey Devils, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1999-2000 as the NHLs top rookie. He won two Stanley Cups in his first three seasons with the Devils.The two-time All-Star finishes his career with 181 goals and 575 assists in 1,079 regular-season games with the Devils, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators and Blues.The native Alaskan told the newspaper that he hopes he made his home state proud.You have an obligation, a responsibility to your state, he told the newspaper. The goal, the day I left here, was I always wanted to make Alaska proud. Thats my state. Thats my people. Cheap Nike Shoes China . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Nike React Element 87 Sale . 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My teammates could attest I wasnt a very good hitter but I think I redeemed myself with that one.Stone tracked down a loose puck in the crease and gave the Senators the lead less than four minutes after Smith tied the game.We stuck together for the full game, kept believing in our game plan and it paid off at the end, said Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who had two assists. We had a lot of chances and you get a little frustrated but you have to keep up with what youre doing. If youre getting chances it means youre doing good things.The Senators had totaled just four goals in their previous four games.Dwight King scored early in the second period for the Kings. Jeff Zatkoff had a shutout going through the first two periods, stopping all 18 shots the Senators sent his way. However, after recently came off the injury reserved list with a lower body injury, Zatkoff pulled himself after the second period.Peter Budaj, who had a shutout streak of 140:57 snapped Thursday night in Montreal, came on to start the third and stopped the first 12 shots he faced. Smith was then able to bat his own rebound out of the air and in with 3:54 remaining to tie it.Zatkoff made some pretty crazy saves there on us. We were getting chances, which was helping us stick to it, Smith said. I think thats important to know that we can stick around all game and if you have to wait for the last couple of minutes to score then so be it. I thought we were good all game. Nike Air Max 720 Sale. udaj finished with 13 stops.Craig Anderson was the busiest of the three goalies in the game as he stopped 32 shots.We played as good as we could. We were a little overstaffed in the third and we knew they were going to come hard, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said.They have a lot of forwards who drive the net and both their goals were scored when we had defensemen lying around the net, so we lost a couple of battles there.The Kings had the lone power play of the first period and outshot the Senators 14-8 but were unable to get anything past Anderson.Los Angeles came closest to a goal when Nick Shore used a nifty toe-drag to get around Senators forward Ryan Dzingel and beat Anderson with a shot but it hit the post to keep the game scoreless.Jeff Carter initially got credit for the Kings goal 56 seconds, but replays showed his backhander through traffic appeared to hit Kings left leg before going in.Anze Kopitar was stopped point-blank by Anderson on the power play and then missed the net on a short-handed breakaway later in the second.The Senators had a 22-second 5-on-3 advantage in the period but didnt manage a shot.Game notes Chris Wideman and Mike Blunden were scratches for the Senators. ... Matt Greene and Jordan Nolan were scratches for the Kings. ... Senators C Chris Kelly (36) and C Jean Gabriel Pageau (24) both celebrated birthdays Friday. ... The Senators are 1-10-1 all time in games on Canadas Remembrance Day. ... King played his 300th career game, all with the Kings.UP NEXTKings: At Winnipeg on Sunday in the fourth game of a five-game trip.Senators: Host Minnesota on Sunday in their fifth home game this month. ' ' '
