Mark Messier celebrates his 62nd birthday today. Although it has been more than three decades since Messier joined the Rangers and nearly two decades since he played his final NHL game, the impact ...

NEW YORK — Mark Messier retired Monday, ending a 25-year career in which he won six Stanley Cup championships and ranked second only to Wayne Gretzky on the NHL all-time scoring list.

Messier scored 109 playoff goals, 13 fewer than Gretzky, and set up 186 others 74 fewer than Gretzky, now the Phoenix Coyotes' coach. Their second partnership lasted just one year as Messier left the ...