Red Wings goalie Osgood retires with 401 wins

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Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday, ending a 17-year career in which he won 401 games and three Stanley Cups.

Osgood, 38, had expressed interest in playing another season, but his health was a concern. Despite reaching 400 career wins this past season, he played in only 11 games because of nagging groin injuries and underwent surgery for a sports hernia.

Osgood will stay with the Red Wings organization as a goalie consultant.

He finishes his career fourth all-time with 15 postseason shutouts, eight all-time with 74 playoff wins and 10th all-time with 401 regular-season wins. He played 744 games with the Red Wings, New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues.

Osgood served as a backup to Jimmy Howard last season. His retirement leaves Detroit searching for another backup goalie. The Red Wings recently re-signed Joey MacDonald to be the team's No. 3 goaltender.

Osgood was the starter goalie during Detroit's Stanley Cup runs in 1998 and 2008. The Red Wings also won the title in 1997, with Osgood as a backup.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[hockeytown]

It will be very interesting to see if he makes the hall of fame...his numbers support induction but will he get the support from the voters