Another legend retires

At the end of March I noted that two greats of the Sheffield Steelers, Hewitt and Legue, were due to retire.

Now the news has broken that Rod Sarich has decided ten seasons is enough and he has obviously decided that three titles and two championship successes are plenty.

The Florida Panthers draft pick (104^th overall) joined Sheffield Steelers in 2005 from Augusta Lynx in the East Coast Hockey League. Early in his career he played with Vancouver Canucks before being drafted to the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL where he spent four seasons as a junior before moving to Louisiana Icegators of the ECHL for a couple of seasons.

Sheffield Steelers became his club though and he made 577 appearances for them clocking up 360 points.

His career almost came to an abrupt end in 2011 when a big hit caused him to need a kidney operation.

However, he came back the following season and adapted his role from being a flamboyant offensive defenceman to a more stay at home type of player.

He did not lose any of his earlier impact though, as one might expect after a serious injury and his smooth skating style and quarterbacking of the powerplay were synominous of his Sheffield Steelers career.

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