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DETROIT, July 25 (UPI) -- Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper is going to retire after 20 years in the National Hockey League, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday.
The newspaper said the team has scheduled a Tuesday news conference at which it is expected Draper will announce his retirement.
Draper, 40, who was picked by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1989 draft, but played 17 of his 20 seasons in Detroit, was known as a grinder and short-handed specialist.
He put the puck in the net 161 times in 1,157 regular-season games with the Jets and Wings and added 203 assists. He added another 24 goals and 22 assists in 222 playoff games.
Draper was severely injured during Game 6 of the 1996 Western Conference Finals when Colorado's Claude Lemieux smashed him into the boards from behind. Draper required multiple reconstructive surgeries to his face.
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