Retirement

Justin Schutlz #4 skating for the Seattle Kraken

Justin Schultz Announces Retirement

Justin Schultz announced that he would retire immediately, effective Friday morning, for personal reasons. Schultz is a 34-year-old defenseman who played in 745 career games with 324 points (71 G, 253 A). Most recently, Schultz played for the Seattle Kraken, joining the team in 2022. He played in 143 games for the Kraken, scoring 60 […]

Bryan Little to Sign One-Day Contract to Retire a Winnipeg Jet

The Winnipeg Jets announced today that longtime center Bryan Little has signed a one-day contract with the team to retire a Winnipeg Jet. Little last suited up for the Jets in the 2019-20 season before being struck in the head by a puck in his seventh game on November 5th. He later had surgery to […]

BREAKING NEWS: Rick Bowness Announces His Retirement

38 years in the NHL coaching, Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness has announced his retirement today. From Moncton, NB, Bowness helped propel the Jets to a win-loss record of 98-57-9 record during his time as the teams’ coach. Bowness’ first NHL head coaching job was with the original Winnipeg Jets franchise as a mid-season […]

ECHL: Reading Royals’ Star Announces Retirement

Reading Royals fans were met with the news this week of the retirement of one of their star players from the past two seasons. Though his legacy has come to an end, Reading will never forget the great effort he put forth when defending the net. Over the past two seasons, the Reading Royals have […]

Former Hershey Bear, Reading Royal, and IceHog Garrett Mitchell Retires

Garrett Mitchell, the former Hershey Bear and Reading Royal captain of the Rockford IceHogs, recently announced that he has officially retired from professional hockey at the age of 31. Mitchell played for the IceHogs the last three seasons and put up 20 points in 120 games over this period. With the Reading Royals, in 2019-20, […]

Carl Hagelin Announces Retirement from NHL

Carl Hagelin, 35, announced his retirement from the NHL via an Instagram post on Wednesday, August 30th, citing a scary eye injury he suffered in 2022. “Unfortunately, my eye injury is too severe to keep playing the game I love,” Hagelin stated in his Instagram caption. After taking a stick to the face during a […]

Will Patrice Bergeron Return for One More Season?

After a devastating first-round playoff exit, the Boston Bruins face an uncertain future as they undergo significant roster changes, including the departures of Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, and Tyler Bertuzzi, alongside the return of Milan Lucic and additions like Morgan Geekie, Kevin Shattenkirk, and James van Riemsdyk. However, one burning question still remains: Will Patrice […]

St. Andrews, Manitoba’s Own Darren Helm Retires From the NHL

Darren Helm, born in St. Andrews, Manitoba, has enjoyed three seasons in the Western Hockey League and 16 seasons in the National Hockey League. Drafted in the fifth round at 132nd overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Darren Helm has enjoyed an illustrious career that stands above many others. Darren Helm’s junior career started […]

ECHL: Icemen’s Goalie Mafia Loses Its Godfather

Parker Gahagen, Olaf Lindbom, and Charles Williams are a trio of names Jacksonville Icemen fans have quickly come to love. The three, collectively known as the “Goalie Mafia,” split time in the Icemen crease this season, each respectively making clutch stops and ending scoring chances in breathtaking fashion. On Monday, Icemen fans learned that the […]

Brodt-Brown with the Isobel Cup in a black Whitecaps jersey

Career Review: Winny-Brodt Brown Retires

After a very long career, Winny Brodt-Brown is retiring. The Minnesota Hockey icon has been playing since 1995, setting records and redefining what it means to be a women’s hockey player. Brodt-Brown’s hockey career started at Roseville Area High School. In her senior season (1995-96), she led through an undefeated season to the Minnesota state […]