Jonathan Toews formally announced his retirement from the NHL on Friday, concluding a 16-season run that included three Stanley Cup victories, two Olympic gold medals and a storybook comeback season with his hometown Winnipeg Jets, Yankee Scores reports.
The 38-year-old made the announcement of his retirement at a news conference at the Jonathan Toews Sportsplex in his hometown of Winnipeg.
“It’s a privilege to be up here saying goodbye to the game of hockey and the NHL”, Toews said, reflecting on a journey that began when Chicago selected him third overall in the 2006 NHL Draft.
3 championships, 16 seasons, 383 goals, and countless memories to last a lifetime!
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— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 19, 2026
Toews, a 15-season veteran with the Chicago Blackhawks and was the team’s captain from 2008, led the franchise to Stanley Cup championships in 2010, 2013 and 2015. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 2010 and the Selke Trophy as the league’s outstanding defensive forward in 2013, establishing his reputation as one of his era’s premier two-way centers.
Chronic immune response syndrome and lengthy COVID disrupted his career, causing him to miss the entire 2020-21 season and limiting him during his final Blackhawks season in 2022-23.
Toews became an unrestricted free agent that summer but never fully retired and instead took two years off from the game to focus on his health, including a restorative trip to India.
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— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 19, 2026
He returned in 2025-26, signing a one-year, incentive-laden contract with the Jets, the team he grew up cheering for. Toews played all 82 games, his first full season since 2018-19, and scored 11 goals and 18 assists.
He also received a finalist nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy, granted for tenacity and dedication to the sport.
Toews ends his career with 383 goals and 529 assists for 912 points in 1,149 regular-season games, including six All-Star appearances and a berth among the NHL’s 100 Greatest Players.
He captured Olympic gold with Canada in 2010 and 2014, the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, a World Championship in 2007 and consecutive World Junior crowns in 2006 and 2007.
Toews said: “I have to say I am happy, I am fulfilled. “I’m very thankful and grateful for the career I had.
