March 22, 2025, 04:39 ET
st. Louis – Three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Maroon said he has retired since this season.
Maroon, who turns 37 next month, made an announcement in a pre-game television interview before he and the Chicago Blackhawks performed in their hometown of St. Louis Blues.
“Sometimes you have to give up everything you know and everything you dreamed of for the rest of your life,” Maroon told Darren Pan on the Chicago Sports Network. “I’ll start a new chapter in our lives because it’s time for me.”
The Maroon helped the Blues win the first championship in franchise history in 2019. He then joined the Tampa Bay Lightning, winning back-to-back in 2020 and ’21.
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Maroon became the fourth player in NHL history and his first player since 1964, winning the Cup for the third year in a row with two different teams. It was no coincidence that he made it known that he called it a career.
“It’s tough,” Maroon said. “It’s difficult to do something like this. You can’t really handle it, but I think it’s special for me and my family to start a new chapter.”
The Maroon played 1,002 regular season and playoff games with Anaheim, Edmonton, New Jersey, New Jersey, St. Louis, Minnesota, Boston and Chicago after being drafted in the sixth round of Philadelphia.
