South Surrey-raised NHL goaltender Andrew Hammond has called it a career.

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The White Rock-born Hammond grew up playing for teams with Semiahmoo Minor Hockey Association and graduated from Earl Marriott Secondary.

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As a teen he played 32 games for Surrey Eagles and began to doubt whether he wanted to continue playing hockey.

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During the 2007-08 season, Hammond was dealt to Vernon Vipers of the BCHL.

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to see Hammond香蕉视频直播檚 career stats on eliteprospects.com.

Hammond played at Bowling Green State University from 2009 to 2013. During his NHL career, Hammond signed with six teams, including Ottawa, Montreal, Colorado, Buffalo, Minnesota and New Jersey. Over the years he bounced around the AHL minor league, too, and ended his pro days this year with a pair of games in the Russian KHL league, with Traktor Chelyabinsk.

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Appropriately, he signed off with a hamburger emoji.

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