Ray Shero, a longtime NHL executive and son of a Hockey Hall of Fame coach, has died, the NHL announced in a statement Wednesday. He was 62.
Shero started out as a sports agent before launching an NHL front office career that spanned three decades. He served as GM for the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins, turning the latter from a franchise that hadn\'t made the playoffs in five seasons into a Stanley Cup winner in 2009 with the first championship of the Sidney Crosby era. Shero held his post with the Penguins from 2006 to 2014, guiding Pittsburgh to the postseason in every year of his tenure.
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