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With playing career in limbo, Peverley ponders management or coaching roles

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Retiring is rarely easy for professional hockey players, especially when they’re just 32 like Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley.

It’s unclear what lies ahead as far as Peverley’s on-ice options go a year removed from a scary “cardiac emergency,” but as this Puck Daddy story illustrates, he’s getting a taste of the management and coaching sides of the sport.

He already seems to be making a difference as a mentor with his team’s AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars.

“It’s great to have him out on the ice,” Texas Stars center Taylor Peters said. “He has such a wealth of knowledge from playing in the league. He knows what the guys are going through and I think he really has an eye for coaching.”

Like most people involved in the situation, Stars GM Jim Nill doesn’t seem to know what is in store for Peverley. Even so, Nill mentions that he’s conversed with the forward about staying involved with the sport whenever it’s time for him to hang up the skates.

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