Ryane Clowe's NHL career is likely over, reports say
Fermeuse native continues to be hobbled by concussion symptoms
It's now looking more likely that Fermeuse native Ryane Clowe's National Hockey League career may be over.
Clowe, who plays for the New Jersey Devils, is still experiencing symptoms from his latest concussion, which he sustained Nov. 6 during a game against the St. Louis Blues.
That's according to media reports emerging Monday from the team's final get-together after failing to make the playoffs this season.
Sound doubtful that Clowe will play again, but also sounds like Devils and he will leave that decision in hands of doctors.
—@TGfireandiceTom Gulitti, who covers the Devils for The Record, a newspaper in northern New Jersey, said Clowe has admitted he is considering retirement, even if doctors clear him to play at some point in the future.
"Clowe said he would have played this season if he had been cleared," Gulitti wrote in a blog called Fire and Ice.
Clowe is a rugged left winger who plays a very physical style of game. He has not been medically cleared to play since early November. Clowe listed headaches, neck pain, fatigue and mood swings among the symptoms he is still experiencing.
Clowe, 32, spent eight seasons with the San Jose Sharks and part of a season with the New York Rangers before signing a five-year, $24.25 million contract with the Devils prior to the 2013-14 season.
It sounds as if Devils and Clowe are waiting for doctors to say he can never play again, so that insurance will cover remainder of contract
—@Ledger_NJDevilsHe played just 13 games this season, registering a goal and three assists.
Clowe's career has been derailed by a series of concussions over the past two seasons.