{"id":4036,"date":"2025-07-18T20:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4036\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:26:07","slug":"former-nhl-goalie-jaroslav-halak-retires-after-17-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4036\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NHL goalie Jaroslav Halak retires after 17 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who spent 17 seasons in the NHL, officially announced his retirement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old played his last NHL game on April 13, 2023, with the New York Rangers. Early in the 2023-24 season, Halak spent time with the Carolina Hurricanes on a professional tryout, but was released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year I completed summer training \u2026 but when nothing came of it, I told myself it was pointless. After that I didn\u2019t even try anymore,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denniksport.sk\/hokej\/c\/jaroslav-halak-ukoncil-karieru-spomienky-uspechy-buducnost-rozhovor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Halak told reporter Tomas Prokop of Slovakia\u2019s Dennik Sport<\/a>, per translation. \u201cI\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 581 NHL games, Jaroslav Halak is hanging up the skates. <\/p>\n<p>Best of luck in retirement! \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UErJMw4rLz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UErJMw4rLz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/1946204296078295103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A ninth-round pick (No. 271) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Draft, Halak played with the Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and Rangers in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Halak also dressed for one game with the Sabres after getting traded to Buffalo in 2014, but never saw action with the team because he was traded just days later to the Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>He posted a 295-189-69 record with 53 shutouts, a 2.50 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in 581 career regular-season games (555 starts). He also went 17-20-0 in 39 playoff games (37 starts).<\/p>\n<p>Halak\u2019s postseason heroics helped define his career, specifically in 2009-10, when he led the Montreal Canadiens to an improbable berth in the Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Bratislava, Slovakia, also played for his home country at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been two years, and I\u2019ve come to terms with not reaching 300 (wins),\u201d Halak told Dennik Sport. \u201cLooking back on my career, it\u2019s been a good one. It would have been nicer with 300 wins, but I\u2019ll be happy with 295.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Halak won the William M. Jennings Trophy in both 2011-12 (Blues) and 2019-20 (Bruins), awarded to the goalie(s) whose team allowed the fewest goals in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Photo: Dave Sandford \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Longtime goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who spent 17 seasons in the NHL, officially announced his retirement Friday. 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