Longtime NHL executive and Stanley Cup- winning basic supervisor Ray Shero has actually passed away, the organization introducedWednesday He was 62.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman introduced the information in a statement Wednesday, calling Shero a “widely respected” mind that “brightened the day of everyone he met.”
“Ray Shero’s smile and individuality illuminated every area he strolled right into and lightened up the day of everybody he fulfilled. Widely appreciated throughout hockey for his team-building acumen and eye for skill, he was much more cherished for exactly how he dealt with everybody lucky sufficient to have actually recognized him.”
Shero spent three decades working in NHL front offices. He was a longtime assistant general manager with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators early in his career. Shero worked his way up from there, eventually being hired as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager in 2006. He excelled with the team, making the playoffs in every year in which he oversaw the Penguins.
After watching the team fall short for two years, Shero won a Stanley Cup championship with the Penguins during the 2008-09 season. While the team continued to make the playoffs, it developed a reputation for being dispatched by lower-seeded opponents. That led to Shero being fired following the 2013-14 season, when the Penguins fell to the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs.
Shero was then hired by the New Jersey Devils. The team struggled to improve, making the playoffs just once with Shero running things. He was fired in 2020 and did not get another GM job in the league.
After leaving the Devils, Shero worked as a senior adviser to the general manager with the Minnesota Wild. The Wild also paid tribute to Shero on Wednesday, saying Shero will be “greatly missed by all of us“
