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Longtime NHL center Brad Richards has retired after 15 seasons in the league, the NHL Players Association announced Wednesday.?Richards made stops with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. A 2011 All-Star, he collected 298 goals and 634 assists in his 15 seasons.?Richards, 36, helped lead the Lightning to their only Stanley Cup title (2004), collecting 26 points in 23 playoff games and earning the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the postseason. He also helped the Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup title in 2015.The Lightning and Blackhawks were among Richards former teams to congratulate Richards on Twitter. Former teammate and reigning MVP?Patrick Kane?also paid tribute to him in a tweet.I want to thank the fans and the five organizations I have played for: Tampa Bay, Dallas, and the three Original Six teams -- the New York Rangers, Chicago and Detroit, Richards said in a statement put out by the NHLPA. During my time with those teams I met many great people. I also want to thank the staff and management in those organizations for all the help and support they gave me. I appreciate all the trainers who did tireless work to help me play and keep me healthy.?I had many amazing teammates and made many great friendships along the way that I truly appreciate, and I will never forget the great times we had together. Thank you to all my coaches for pushing, teaching and giving me the opportunity to play this great game. Winning the Stanley Cups in Tampa Bay and Chicago was the best part of my career and I will never forget those moments. Nothing compares to enjoying that night with your team and knowing what you have accomplished together.?He won the 2004 Lady Byng Memorial trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly play. And in 2001, Richards finished second behind goalie Evgeni Nabokov in the NHLs rookie of the year vote.Richards was selected by the Lightning in the third round of the 1998 NHL draft. He made his NHL debut two years later, and after helping Rimouski Oceanic win consecutive Canadian Junior Memorial Cup titles.He spent six-plus seasons in Tampa Bay before being traded to Dallas in 2007-08.In the summer of 2011, Richards was regarded as the NHLs top free-agent prize and made a splash in signing a nine-year, $60 million contract with the Rangers. He spent only three seasons in New York before the Rangers elected to buy out the remainder of his contract in June 2014, a week after the team lost the Stanley Cup Final in five games to Los Angeles.Richards scored a career-best 28 goals with Dallas in 2010-11, and he twice totaled 91 points in 2005-06 with Tampa Bay and again four seasons later with Dallas.Hes coming off a season in which scored a career-low 10 goals and 28 points in 68 games with the Red Wings.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Custom New York Knicks Jerseys . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. Cheap Custom Basketball Jerseys Online http://www.customjerseysbasketball.com/custom-minnesota-timberwolves-jerseys-597y.html . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Custom Indiana Pacers Jerseys . LUCIE, Fla. Custom Sacramento Kings Jerseys . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. Miami Dolphins running back Arian Foster is calling it quits.Foster, 30, released a letter on his decision to retire via Uninterrupted on Monday.There comes a time in every athletes career when their ambition and their body are no longer on the same page. Ive reached that point, Foster wrote.Foster had been a four-time Pro Bowler for the Houston Texans, but he suffered a torn?Achilles tendon in October 2015 and was released the following March after seven seasons in Houston.He signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with Miami one week before training camp.Foster finishes his career with 6,527 rushing yards and 54 touchdowns, and he left Houston as the franchise record holder in rushing yards.?This game has been everything to me...my therapy, my joy, my solace and my enemy. Ive learned to love every facet of this game, from the peak of accomplishment to the gutter of criticism, Foster wrote.Foster added: I am walking away in peace. I know it is not commonplace to do it midseason but my body just cant take the punishment this game asks for any longer.The retirement is effective immediately.The Dolphins met with Foster in the spring to get an update on his Achilles rehab and kept him on their short list before signing him in July.Foster won the starting job during the preseason, but his tenure as the starter lasted just two games. Foster injured his groin and a hamstring in Miamis Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots and missed the next three games.By the time Foster returned in Week 6, he didnt look the same, and Jay Ajayi madde significant strides as the starter.dddddddddddd Ajayi became just the fourth player in the Super Bowl era to post back-to-back 200-yard games, against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills.Barring injury, Foster likely would have been a backup the rest of the season had he not retired.Foster also made headlines this season as one of three Dolphins players, along with receiver Kenny Stills and safety Michael Thomas, to take a knee during the national anthem before every game.Texans coach Bill OBrien learned of his former players retirement after Houstons 27-9 Monday night loss to the Broncos.?One of the smartest players that Ive coached. Great zone runner, excellent vision, big, OBrien said at his postgame news conference. What we found with him was how good he was out of the backfield in the passing game. He was excellent in the passing game, great receiving back, so lot of respect for Arian.Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph said: ?[Foster] was a great running back with the Texans as far as all time. He was a great, unique guy off the field with some strong beliefs. He had a great frame of mind and I just wish him well in the future. Thats the way football works, though. Everybody has a different life span in this league. Obviously he did it for a long time in this league so he really didnt have anything left to prove.ESPNs James Walker and The Associated Press contributed to this report.? ' ' '