{"id":86044,"date":"2025-08-16T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86044\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:00:08","slug":"blues-legend-pat-maroon-announces-his-next-hockey-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86044\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues legend Pat Maroon announces his next hockey venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">We all knew that Pat Maroon wasn&#8217;t going to stay away from the game for long.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">The 2019 Stanley Cup champion with the St. Louis Blues announced his retirement earlier this year and <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedinblue.com\/pat-maroon-throws-out-first-pitch-at-cardinals-game-i-m-a-hometown-hero-baby-01jyarq7p4gg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hinted at wanting to stay around the game earlier this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">&#8220;Right now just diving deep in some things that maybe I want to do, venture off into media world, maybe do some side things,&#8221; Maroon said back in June. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to retirement and spending time with my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">Well, it&#8217;s not in media &#8212; although he did serve as a guest panelist for TNT in the playoffs &#8211;, but Maroon has landed his next gig in his hockey career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">The Muskegon Lumberjacks announced on Friday afternoon that<a href=\"https:\/\/muskegonlumberjacks.com\/news\/2025\/8\/15\/mens-ice-hockey-pat-maroon-joins-lumberjacks-coaching-staff.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Maroon will be joining the coaching staff for the upcoming season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Muskegon Lumberjacks are thrilled to announce the addition\u00a0of 3x Stanley Cup Champion, Pat Maroon, to the Coaching Staff!<\/p>\n<p>For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCD2PnciPn\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/xCD2PnciPn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7vlocrTarK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7vlocrTarK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muskegon Lumberjacks (@MuskegonJacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuskegonJacks\/status\/1956398569344131291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">&#8220;We are excited to add Pat to our coaching staff. As a program, we are always self-evaluating on how we get better. When this opportunity was presented to us, it was hard to turn down.&#8221; said Lumberjacks President Steve Lowe. &#8220;Adding someone like Pat, who has three Stanley Cup rings, is something that doesn&#8217;t come along very often. Pat will be a great mentor for our players, coaching staff, and everyone at the Muskegon Lumberjacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">The Muskegon Lumberjacks play in the USHL as one of the top junior leagues in the United States. They also have a pretty sick logo, if I say so myself, if you&#8217;re looking for some new gear to support the Big Rig.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">Best of luck behind the bench, Pat!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We all knew that Pat Maroon wasn&#8217;t going to stay away from the game for long. 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