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After 16 seasons in the NHL, Andrew Ference has decided to retire from playing hockey.
#Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference has announced his retirement from professional hockey after 16 @NHL seasons: https://t.co/OX5RrOBLYV pic.twitter.com/1hIe8u8UgI
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) July 13, 2017
While he’s spend the last four years in the Oilers organization, he was longest tenured here in Boston, where he played between the 2006-07 season and the 2012-13 season. He scored 21 career goals, 16 regular season and 5 in the playoffs, in the Black and Gold, with a magical memory of a middle finger at the Bell Centre and a Stanley Cup hoisted over his head. Off the ice, he is a humanitarian and environmentalist, involved heavily with the November Project and with a carbon-neutral program running in the NHL. We wish you all the best, Ferknuckle!