Retirement Announcement

Roberto Luongo retires after 19 seasons in the NHL

A day after both Brooks Orpik and Matt Hendricks retired from the NHL, Roberto Luongo followed suit. Luongo announced his retirement after 19 seasons in the NHL, splitting his time between the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, and New York Islanders.

The 40-year-old ends his NHL tenure with 489 career wins, third of all time behind Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy.

Luongo announced his retirement on Twitter with a joke about Florida retirement homes. His tweet was accompanied by a photo of a pair of goalie pads stung over an electrical wire next to a pair of sneakers.

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By Cara Bahniuk 2 months ago

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Former Capitals forward Joel Ward says he is retired from professional hockey

While in Charlottetown for the University of Prince Edward Island’s Men’s Hockey Alumni Day, former Caps winger and fan favorite, Joel Ward announced that he considers himself retired from professional hockey.

After a career spanning 11 seasons in the NHL, “The Big Cheese” is hanging up the skates at the age of 38.

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By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago

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Predators Mike Fisher announces retirement, thanks Nashville hockey fans

On June 11, 17,271 fans rocked Bridgestone Arena for Game Six of the Stanley Cup Final. The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 2-0 and took the Cup that night, but anyone who was there will remember the support Music City gave its hockey team.

For Mike Fisher, that night was a terrific sendoff for his hockey career. The 37-year-old center announced his retirement Thursday morning.

“I can still picture it vividly,” Fisher, a veteran of 17 NHL seasons wrote in an op-ed in The Tennessean. “I gasped. How was there that many people there? And all to support us? It was almost incomprehensible.”

While Fisher called the day “bittersweet” — the Preds lost after all — he knew wouldn’t play a game quite like that ever again.

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By Chris Gordon 2 years ago

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