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Anaheim Ducks ahead Jakob Silfverberg says he’ll retire on the finish of the common season.
ANAHEIM, Calif.: Anaheim Ducks ahead Jakob Silfverberg says he’ll retire on the finish of the common season.
The 33-year-old Silfverberg introduced the choice on social media Thursday. After beginning his NHL profession in Ottawa, he has been with the Ducks since 2013, serving as an alternate captain for the previous 5 years.
Silfverberg has 158 objectives and 196 assists in his tenure with the Ducks, scoring extra objectives than anybody on the workforce since his arrival 11 years in the past. He is fifth in franchise historical past in objectives, video games performed (769) and photographs, whereas rating third in short-handed objectives.
“To spend 11 years in Orange County playing for the Ducks is something I will cherish every day,” Silfverberg stated in a press release.
Silfverberg was thought of one of many NHL’s prime defensive forwards throughout his prime, and he was a key contributor to Anaheim groups that made the Western Conference finals in 2015 and 2017.
He was chosen to play within the 2020 NHL All-Star Game, though he sat out to attend the beginning of his second little one. He additionally made a powerful comeback in 2022 after lacking the ultimate 23 video games of the 2021-22 season due to a blood clot in his proper leg.
“He was the ultimate character player for the Ducks, Senators and his native Sweden, leading by example and always putting the team first,” Ducks basic supervisor Pat Verbeek stated. “His contributions on the ice and in the Orange County community will have a lasting impact.”
Silfverberg has seven objectives and 12 assists in 78 video games this season for the Ducks, who will miss the playoffs for the sixth straight season. Anaheim has three video games left, with its residence finale Friday in opposition to Calgary.
Silfverberg was a second-round choose by Ottawa in 2009, however he spent three extra seasons with Brynäs IF in his native Sweden’s prime league earlier than making his NHL debut throughout the Senators’ playoff run in 2012.
Ottawa traded Silfverberg to Anaheim in July 2013 as a part of a package deal for Bobby Ryan.
Silfverberg additionally gained an Olympic silver medal for Sweden on the Sochi Olympics in 2014.
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