After spending 18 years with the Philadelphia Flyers, team president Ron Ryan announced his retirement on Thursday.
Ryan held the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer before becoming president on June
13, 2003.
"It's one of the hardest decisions that I've had to make," Ryan said. "It has been a privilege and an honor to work
for [owner] Ed Snider and the Flyers for the past 18 years.
"My only regret is we weren't able to get a Stanley Cup back to Philadelphia to share with the greatest hockey fans in the National Hockey League," he said.