Reaves’ retirement leaves just 3 visorless NHL-ers

A HOCKEY GENERATION FADING AWAY: San Jose Sharks enforcer Ryan Reaves retires from the NHL, leaving just three players who played before 2013 — Nashville’s Ryan O’Reilly, Dallas’ Jamie Benn and Minnesota’s Zach Bogosian — still grandfathered in under league rules allowing them to skate without visors on their helmets; everyone joining the league after has been required to wear them.

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