*Canadiens G Andy Moog retires after 18 NHL seasons*

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Montreal Canadiens goaltender Andy Moog, who is seventh on the
all-time wins list, won three Stanley Cups and made four
All-Star teams, today announced his retirement, concluding a
stellar 18-year career. 

Moog's 372 victories are impressive enough, but his .622 winning
percentage in a career that also included stops in Edmonton,
Boston and Dallas is tops among the 15 netminders with 300 wins.

He started his career in the shadow of Grant Fuhr, who is fifth
with 382 victories, as part of the Oilers' dynasty of the
mid-1980s. The Fuhr-Moog combination gave the Oilers' offensive
juggernaut the rare combination of two world-class goaltenders,
though Moog was normally the backup.  Whenever Fuhr went down
with injuries, Moog was there to step in and Edmonton never
missed a beat. 

Moog's desire to play more prompted him to join the Canadian
national team.  He played for the team during the balance of the
1987-88 NHL season and shared time with Sean Burke for Team
Canada in the 1988 Olympics. 

Moog was dealt to Boston on March 8th, 1988 for Geoff Courtnall,
Bill Ranford and a second-round draft choice and starred for the
Bruins for six seasons, including 1992-93, when he posted a
career-best 37 wins.  He played six games for his new team at
the end of the 1987-88 season. 

He was dealt to Dallas in the 1993 offseason and embarked on a
four-year stint in Texas.  In 1996-97, he was second in the NHL
with a 2.15 goals-against average, but with the free agent
acquisition of Ed Belfour, Dallas elected to let Moog sign with
Montreal, where he was 18-17-5 with a 2.49 GAA last season. 

Despite his advanced age compared to 23-year-old Jocelyn
Thibault, Moog was given the nod for the playoffs and engineered
a first-round upset of the second-seeded Pittsbugh Penguins, but
Montreal was swept in the second round by the Buffalo Sabres. 

For his career, Moog was 372-209-88 with a 3.13 GAA and was
68-57 with a 3.04 GAA in 132 playoff games.  He was a member of
the 1984, '85 and '87 Stanley Cup champion Oilers and went to
the Stanley Cup Finals one other time with Edmonton and twice
with Boston.  He won the Jennings Trophy in 1990 and was
selected for the All-Star Game in 1985, '86, '91 and '97.