Ray Shero, the long -standing executive of the NHL which won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, died at the age of 62.
A cause of death was not revealed for the native of Minnesota, who had spent the four years serving as the main advisor to the Director General General Bill Guerin.
“The smile and the personality of Ray Shero illuminated each piece in which he entered and lost the day of all those he met,” said the NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, in a statement.
“Widely respected throughout hockey for his sense of team consolidation talent, he was even more liked about how he treated everyone lucky enough to have known him. … Each time we run into a ice rink when he scoured, it was clear that he loved what he was doing and I have always amazed his contagious enthusiasm.
“The whole family of the National Hockey League mourns its death and sends our deepest condolences to the Shero family and Ray’s many friends in the world of hockey.”
Shero is survived by his wife, Karen, and their two sons, Chris and Kyle.
Ray Shero, the NHL executive which won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins, died
A university hockey player in Saint-Laurent, Shero was drafted by the Kings of Los Angeles in 1982, but never played in the NHL.
Instead, he became deputy director general of the Ottawa senators in 1993 before taking a similar position in Nashville.
But it was in Pittsburgh, where Shero made a name for himself in hockey circles by adding people like Jordan Staal and Marán Hosa to a team that already boasted of elite talents like Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
