Post Playing Career
Wells worked as a restaurant manager in Rochester Hills, Michigan, after his retirement from hockey, but had to retire from work while still in his early 40s due to constant back problems. He suffers from a rare genetic disease of his spinal cord discs. The illness has left him bed-ridden for years and will plague him for the rest of his life, yet he managed to play in the 2002 "Miracle on Ice" reunion game against doctor's orders where he played one shift and recorded a shot on goal.
Wells sold his gold medal medallion to a private collector who in turn consigned it to Heritage Auctions of Dallas in the fall of 2010. On November 5, 2010, the medal was sold at auction for $310,700 to a private collector because Wells needed finances for medical treatment.
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