Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero, a former general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils, died Wednesday at 62, the league announced. “Ray Shero’s smile and personality lit up every room he walked into and brightened the day of everyone he met,

Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero, who was general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the 2009 Stanley Cup, has died. He was 62.

Shero spent three decades working in NHL front offices, including serving as GM of the Penguins and Devils and senior adviser for the Wild.