Canes all wearing No. 29 on helmets in Bryan Bickell's final home game
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.
All #Canes are wearing No. 29 on their helmets in honor of @bbicks29. #BickellBrave #Redvolution pic.twitter.com/Axb1OetOPv
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) April 8, 2017
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.
[WATCH] @bbicks29 made plans to participate in this morning's #WalkMS, but he didn't expect his teammates to all show up. #BickellBrave pic.twitter.com/zy2emeM9nZ
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) April 8, 2017
All class, the Hurricanes.
Bickell, 31, will leave the NHL on Sunday a champion, his name engraved on the Stanley Cup three times.