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Video: NHL tough guy Jody Shelley retires

NJ:  Columbus Blue Jackets v New Jersey Devils

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 28: Jody Shelley #45 of the Columbus Blue Jackets looks on from the bench against the New Jersey Devils on October 28, 2006 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Devils won 1-0. (Photo by Norman Y. Lono/Getty Images)

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Jody Shelley has retired from the National Hockey League and will now begin a new career.

Shelley, who accrued more than 1,500 penalty minutes in 627 regular season games in the National Hockey League, will now move into the front office of the Columbus Blue Jackets, as first reported by Shawn Mitchell of The Columbus Dispatch

“When I decided to stop playing, the next question was: What do I want to do?” Shelley told the Columbus Dispatch.

“I wanted to remain involved in the NHL, in some capacity. For me, the Blue Jackets were a perfect fit. And this opportunity is amazing. My wife is from here, we’re settled back in the area and the way this is working out – it’s awesome.”

Shelley spent most of seven seasons in his NHL career with the Blue Jackets.

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