Of all of the losses suffered by the Minnesota Wild last season, none hit the team harder than the sudden passing of team executive Ray Shero in April.
Shero, 62, was a senior advisor for the team at the time of his passing. He won the 2008 Stanley Cup as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On Friday, the NHL announced that Shero will be posthumously awarded the 2025 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the U.S.
“His true legacy will be as a man who embodied the best of our game: fierce competition on the ice and welcoming fellowship off the ice,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement from the league. “Widely respected throughout hockey for his team-building acumen and eye for talent, he was even more beloved for how he treated everyone fortunate enough to have known him.”
Shero will be formally honored as part of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Celebration Dec. 10 in St. Paul. Ray Shero’s father, Fred Shero, was honored with the 1980 Lester Patrick Trophy.
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