Twelve-year NHL veteran Cody McLeod retires, joining Wild organization in a coaching role
After parts of eighteen seasons of professional hockey, including twelve in the National Hockey League, Cody McLeod has decided to retire and has been named a player development coach with the Minnesota Wild.
Note: Russo meant 18 years of professional hockey in total.
McLeod, 38, went undrafted and after parts of three seasons in the minor leagues (UHL, ECHL, AHL), he made his NHL debut with the Colorado Avalanche, where he became a mainstay on their roster for the next nine and a half years.
In 776 career games with the Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators and New York Rangers, McLeod put up 127 points (72 goals, 55 assists), 1,630 penalty minutes and was a minus-59.
Best of luck to Cody McLeod in retirement and in his new role with the Minnesota Wild.
Cody McLeod, after 18 years in the NHL mostly with the #avs and 6 years in the AHL (the last 3 with Iowa), is retiring from pro hockey. He has been hired as a player development coach with the #mnwild and will be on the ice tomorrow morning at development camp. Great career.— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) July 12, 2022
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| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anton Lundell | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Patrick Maroon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
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