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Canada News.Net
18-07-2025
- Canada News.Net
Jaroslav Halak announces retirement from NHL after 17 seasons
(Photo credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images) Goaltender Jaroslav Halak officially announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons on Friday, more than two years removed from his last game. Halak, 40, last played a game on April 13, 2023, with the New York Rangers. He then spent time with the Carolina Hurricanes early in the 2023-24 season on a professional tryout but was released before competing in a game. 'Last year I completed summer training ... but when nothing came of it, I told myself it was pointless. After that I didn't even try anymore,' Halak told Slovakia's Dennik Sport, per a translation. 'I'm officially ending my career. I would like to thank my family, friends, fans and especially my wife Petra, who has been by my side my entire career.' A two-time William M. Jennings Trophy Award winner as the goalie on the team that allowed the fewest goals in a season, Halak posted a 295-189-69 record with 53 shutouts, a 2.50 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 581 career games (555 starts). He has played with the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and Rangers. 'It's been two years and I've come to terms with not reaching 300 (wins),' Halak said. 'Looking back on my career, it's been a good one. It would have been nicer with 300 wins, but I'll be happy with 295.' Halak also played for his native Slovakia at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014 and guided Team Europe to the championship game at the World Cup of Hockey 2016.
CTV News
18-07-2025
- CTV News
Jaroslav Halak announces retirement from NHL after 17 seasons
New York Rangers goaltender Jaroslav Halak (41) stands in goal during a face-off in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Goaltender Jaroslav Halak officially announced his retirement from the NHL after 17 seasons on Friday, more than two years removed from his last game. Halak, 40, last played a game on April 13, 2023, with the New York Rangers. He then spent time with the Carolina Hurricanes early in the 2023-24 season on a professional tryout but was released before competing in a game. 'Last year I completed summer training ... but when nothing came of it, I told myself it was pointless. After that I didn't even try anymore,' Halak told Slovakia's Dennik Sport, per a translation. 'I'm officially ending my career. I would like to thank my family, friends, fans and especially my wife Petra, who has been by my side my entire career.' A two-time William M. Jennings Trophy Award winner as the goalie on the team that allowed the fewest goals in a season, Halak posted a 295-189-69 record with 53 shutouts, a 2.50 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in 581 career games (555 starts). He has played with the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and Rangers. 'It's been two years and I've come to terms with not reaching 300 (wins),' Halak said. 'Looking back on my career, it's been a good one. It would have been nicer with 300 wins, but I'll be happy with 295.' Halak also played for his native Slovakia at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014 and guided Team Europe to the championship game at the World Cup of Hockey 2016. Field Level Media via Reuters
Global News
17-07-2025
- Global News
‘Father time wins': Former Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler says he's retired
Former Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler is enjoying life after hockey, now more than a year since he last played an NHL game. While there was no official retirement announcement last summer when he didn't sign a new contract, Wheeler confirmed on Wednesday's edition of Jets at Noon that he is indeed done and retired from the pro game. 'More or less, right after last year knew I was all done,' said Wheeler. 'I just haven't felt like a rush to like make a formal announcement or anything. But yeah, after my injury and kinda the way things ended last year, I just didn't have anything left in the tank for it. So yeah, I was at peace with it almost immediately after last year and yeah, I'm just enjoying being a dad and kinda slowing things down a little bit, and being around my family.' Wheeler closed out his career with the New York Rangers in the 2023-2024 season. He suffered a nasty leg injury in February of 2024 and returned to play one game in the playoffs which would turn out to be the final game of his playing career. Story continues below advertisement 'I tore the ligaments on both sides of my ankle and then I broke my fibula,' he said. 'Once I got hurt, I was already kinda feeling like that was gonna be sort of my last year when I was playing, even healthy in New York. And then when the injury happened, it just felt like that was some sort of sign. I hadn't really been hurt my entire career more or less.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Wheeler played 12 seasons in Winnipeg and on Wednesday, spoke candidly about his time with the Jets, admitting things weighed on him at times as the team captain. 'I think 2018 we can all agree we were the best team in the league and we let that one slip away,' said Wheeler. 'I wanted to, with every ounce of me, win a Stanley Cup in Winnipeg. And pretty quickly we kinda like, I would call it, had a tumultuous year in 2019. Buff (Dustin Byfuglien) retired and it just kinda fell apart pretty quick.' 'I was at a point, I was 35. I was at that point our highest paid player. The expectations were sky high being the captain in a small Canadian town. All those pressures and then you factor in, I had three young children at home. It got really heavy for me and ultimately father time wins, and I could feel my play starting to slip.' 'So now I'm answering questions. It just started to like really pile up on me. And so then I started dealing with some things that just made it really tough. And it effected how I was showing up, my leadership. I mean, you guys could probably see in the media how I was responding as well. It just wasn't who I wanted to be.' Story continues below advertisement Wheeler dabbled in broadcasting during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but these days the 38-year-old is coaching his kids hockey teams, and he's also been working with other professional athletes as a mental performance coach. 'I started working with some guys and obviously there's a ton of sensitivity around like the who. But definitely that is part of my goal, I guess share my experience obviously being a pro athlete, but also like the added tool kit that I've been equipped with to sort of help with some of these challenges athletes are facing and how they could maybe relate to it in a different way.'
