Canes all wearing No. 29 on helmets in Bryan Bickell's final home game
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It's Bryan Bickell's night.
The forward is skating in the final home game of his NHL career with the Carolina Hurricanes, announcing earlier Saturday that he's retiring at the end of the season after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last November.
Bickell played seven games with Carolina in October, and after time in the AHL, returned on April 4, playing 12:35 in a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Earlier Saturday, Bickell's teammates surprised him by joining him at a Walk MS event in Raleigh, N.C.
All class, the Hurricanes.
Bickell, 31, will leave the NHL on Sunday a champion, his name engraved on the Stanley Cup three times.
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