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Ben Sexton Announces His Retirement

May 9, 2020 at 3:03 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 1 Comment

Veteran forward Ben Sexton has decided to retire as the 28-year-old announced on his Twitter account that he is hanging up his skates.

Sexton was a seventh-round pick (206) of Boston back in 2009 and signed an entry-level deal with them in 2014 after playing out his collegiate career with Clarkson.  However, he was non-tendered in 2016 after a pair of injury-plagued seasons and had to take a minor league deal with New Jersey that summer.

However, he played well enough with the Devils’ farm team to land a two-year, two-way deal with the Senators in 2017.  He was productive in limited action with Belleville that season which enabled him to make his NHL debut as he got into a pair of games with Ottawa.  Unfortunately, more injury issues followed and he was eventually traded to Pittsburgh in a four-player swap of minor leaguers in late 2018.

He only recorded 10 points in 26 games with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton following the move but he did enough to earn an AHL deal for this season.  However, he battled a concussion for the entire year and the lingering effects of that were enough to push him to call it a career.

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  1. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    5 years ago

    Very sorry to see another guy forced into retirement due to concussions. Get healthy, Ben, and best of luck in your future endeavors.

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