Joel Quenneville: Brent Seabrook ‘had a heck of a career'

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On Friday, Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook announced he was hanging up his skates.

And later in the afternoon, former Blackhawks coach Joel Qunneville recounted one of the key cogs of the three-time Stanley Cup champion team of the early 2010s.

"He had a heck of a career," Quenneville said. "Privilege to coach Seabs."

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The thing that really stood out to Quenneville was Seabrook's leadership.

"He's one of the guys on our team that was a true leader, Quenneville recounted. "His voice was probably the one you heard the most in the locker room with the players.

"I think he was part of the leadership committee and group. Scored a lot of key goals for us at key times in big moments. Stabilizing force for the team, played a lot of minutes - important minutes."

On Blackhawks Pregame, Jamal Mayers highlighted Seabrook's leadership when he went into the penalty box to talk to Jonathan Toews during the 2013 playoffs to turn the series around.

"He was part of that group of the young guys that had a big impact on the team," Quenneville said. "We had a very young team. Toews was a tremendous leader, Seabs might of did more talking while Jonny led in a lot of great ways. Fortunate to have that type of leadership as a coach coming into a young team."

And Seabrook clearly had an indelible impact on Quenneville.

"I think that you look back over your career and certain players had an effect, a memorable effect on what you went through as a coach," Qunneville said.

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