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FILE - This Oct. 14, 2010, file photo shows Detroit Red Wings center Mike Modano lifting his stick to applause during the first period of a hockey game against his former team, the Dallas Stars, in Dallas. Modano is retiring after 21 seasons in the NHL. Modano, in a phone interview Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, from Dallas, said he recently declined a chance to continue his career with the Vancouver Canucks. (AP Photo/LM Otero, FIle)