By Doud
The 41 year old American defenseman retired a few years ago pretty much ‘cuz God told him to which is cool and all, but now after playin in the Red Wings’ Legends game prior to the Winter Classic a couple weeks ago it appears he’s rekindled his other calling of pro hockey. Signing a deal with the ECHL’s Florida Everblades, Rafalski more or less quoted LL: “I wouldn’t call it a comeback right now…it’s just that God put it in my heart early/mid December to start skating again. I’ve said a constant prayer over that time, [while] at the same time getting back in shape and skating a little bit. Worse case, I get back in shape again. As far as anything else goes, we’ll see where it leads.”
Somewhere Legends teammate Chris Chelios is definitely looking to one up Raf…