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Former Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin, who also played for the Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes and Anaheim Ducks, has officially announced his retirement from professional hockey.
Former Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin, who helped them reach the 2020 Stanley Cup Final in the NHL’s “bubble” during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has announced his retirement from professional hockey.
He was taken with the 206th overall pick by the Minnesota Wild in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, and started his career with the club before being traded in 2011 to the Boston Bruins for Jeff Penner and Mikko Lehtonen.
After a tenure with the Bruins, he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes but was later traded to the Anaheim Ducks for James Wisniewski.
In 2016, he returned to the Bruins on a 2 year contract to once again serve as backup to Tuukka Rask.
After completing that deal, he joined the Stars on a 2 year contract, and would go 14-10-1 during the 2020 postseason, helping the Stars to within a pair of wins of what would have been their 1st Stanley Cup since 1999.
He then signed a 3 year contract to stay in Dallas, but would be sent to the AHL after being waived in December 2021. He would later be traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Max Domi and Dylan Wells, where he would conclude his NHL career.
He’s spent the last 2 years playing overseas in Russia.
Overall, he went 114-92-33 with a 2.52 GAA, a .916 SV% and had 11 shutouts in 260 career NHL games. He also made a special appearance at American Airlines Center in support of the Stars during this year’s postseason, much to the delight of the crowd.
Anton Khudobin becomes the 2nd former NHL goalie to retire this summer
With the retirement of Khudobin, he becomes the 2nd NHL goalie to call it a career this summer.Also joining him in retirement is Marc-Andre Fleury, who is the NHL’s 2nd winningest goaltender in League history behind only his boyhood idol and fellow Quebec native Martin Brodeur.
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