Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero, who led Pens to 2009 Stanley Cup win, dead at 62

By Canadian Press on April 9, 2025.

SAINT PAUL — Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero died Wednesday.

He was 62.

Shero’s passing was first announced by the Minnesota Wild. No cause of death was provided.

He served as an assistant general manager with the Ottawa Senators from 1993 through 1998 and the Nashville Predators from team’s expansion season through 2006.

Shero became GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006 and helped the team win the 2009 Stanley Cup after coming up just short the previous season.

The St. Paul, Minn., product then served as GM of the New Jersey Devils from 2015 through 2020 and spent the last four years as a senior adviser for the Wild.

Shero, also an executive with the U.S. men’s team at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, played in the NCAA at St. Lawrence University of the NCAA, serving as captain in 1984-85. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1982, but he never suited up in the NHL.

Shero’s father, Fred, won two Cups as a coach with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974 and 1975.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 9, 2025.

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