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Miami Alum Andy Greene Retires From NHL After 16-Year Career
10/12/2022 1:50:00 PM | Hockey
Miami Hall of Famer Andy Greene, who played for the RedHawks' hockey team from 2002-2006, retired today after a 16-year career in the National Hockey League. Greene signed a one-day contract with the Devils to retire as a member of the New Jersey franchise. He spent 14 of his 16 seasons with New Jersey before joining the New York Islanders via trade in 2020. Greene became the 358th player in league history to play 1,000 games, reaching the milestone in November 2021. He concludes his NHL career with 264 points (52-212-264) in 1,057 regular-season games played.
Greene earned four letters at Miami University from 2002-06, appearing in 159 games, which ties for sixth in program history, while totaling 114 points. He scored 27 goals and handed out 87 career assists for 114 career points. A three-time team captain, Greene was a Hobey Baker Finalist as a senior in 2006 when he was also a First-Team All-American, while he received Second-Team All-America honors as a junior. The Trenton, Mich., native is Miami's only three-time First-Team All-CCHA selection and was twice named the CCHA's Best Offensive Defenseman (2005 and 2006). Greene picked up CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman honors as a senior, as well. He was named to the All-CCHA Tournament Team twice (2004 and 2006), helping Miami get to the title game as a senior when he also led the RedHawks to a CCHA regular-season championship. Greene was named to the CCHA's All-Decade Team for 2000-2013, voted to Miami's All-2000s First Team, and selected as a member of the CCHA All-Time First Team, making him one of the top two defensemen to ever play in the 42-year history of that conference. Greene was inducted into the Miami Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
"Coming out of Miami University in 2006, as an undrafted free agent, I was lucky enough to sign an NHL contract with the New Jersey Devils. In January of 2007, I fulfilled my dream and played my first NHL game. As I sit here 16 years later, it still seems surreal that I was one of the fortunate ones who got to do what I had dreamed of when I was five years old," said Greene. His full statement is available here.
"With Andy Greene, it's really personal [for me]...one of the first big-time 'recruits' in my time as an assistant," said Miami head coach Chris Bergeron. "I remember being on the phone with Andy's mom and his dad, and obviously the boy, and now to look back in October of 2022: he's got 1,000 games under his belt, he's got a family, young kids, and he's just starting his life after hockey. That's a proud moment.
"I speak on behalf of anybody who knows Andy, within the Miami Hockey program or not, but he is such a fantastic human being and we wish him nothing but the best in his retirement...we're just so proud of him and what a great career. Hopefully he can sit back and celebrate it a little bit, because he deserves it."
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Greene earned four letters at Miami University from 2002-06, appearing in 159 games, which ties for sixth in program history, while totaling 114 points. He scored 27 goals and handed out 87 career assists for 114 career points. A three-time team captain, Greene was a Hobey Baker Finalist as a senior in 2006 when he was also a First-Team All-American, while he received Second-Team All-America honors as a junior. The Trenton, Mich., native is Miami's only three-time First-Team All-CCHA selection and was twice named the CCHA's Best Offensive Defenseman (2005 and 2006). Greene picked up CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman honors as a senior, as well. He was named to the All-CCHA Tournament Team twice (2004 and 2006), helping Miami get to the title game as a senior when he also led the RedHawks to a CCHA regular-season championship. Greene was named to the CCHA's All-Decade Team for 2000-2013, voted to Miami's All-2000s First Team, and selected as a member of the CCHA All-Time First Team, making him one of the top two defensemen to ever play in the 42-year history of that conference. Greene was inducted into the Miami Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
"Coming out of Miami University in 2006, as an undrafted free agent, I was lucky enough to sign an NHL contract with the New Jersey Devils. In January of 2007, I fulfilled my dream and played my first NHL game. As I sit here 16 years later, it still seems surreal that I was one of the fortunate ones who got to do what I had dreamed of when I was five years old," said Greene. His full statement is available here.
"With Andy Greene, it's really personal [for me]...one of the first big-time 'recruits' in my time as an assistant," said Miami head coach Chris Bergeron. "I remember being on the phone with Andy's mom and his dad, and obviously the boy, and now to look back in October of 2022: he's got 1,000 games under his belt, he's got a family, young kids, and he's just starting his life after hockey. That's a proud moment.
"I speak on behalf of anybody who knows Andy, within the Miami Hockey program or not, but he is such a fantastic human being and we wish him nothing but the best in his retirement...we're just so proud of him and what a great career. Hopefully he can sit back and celebrate it a little bit, because he deserves it."
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