Canadian defensive stalwart Dan Boyle, who spent the last two seasons in New York after illustrious tenures in Tampa and San Jose, today retired as a member of the Sharks, signing a one-day contract to end his career at the age of 40.
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Just a year after Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, joined the Triple Gold Club at the 2015 World Championships, the 2016 captain became the 27th player and tenth Canadian to join the club, with Corey Perry adding to his Stanley Cup and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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Finnish forward Antti Miettinen, whose career spanned the NHL and top leagues in Finland, Russia, Germany and Switzerland, today announced his retirement from the club he began his career with, HPK.
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After a nagging wrist injury forced him to sit out the entire 2014-15 NHL season, Sami Salo today officially announced his NHL retirement, after a 15 year NHL career with Ottawa, Vancouver and Tampa Bay, along with stints with Turku, Jokerit and Frölunda in Scandinavia.
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With Team Canada’s victory over Russia to capture the 2015 IIHF World Championship, Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby, became just the 26th player in international hockey history, and the ninth Canadian, to enter the prestigious Triple Gold Club, adding Gold to his two Stanley Cups and two Olympic Gold Medals.
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Canadian defenseman Robyn Regehr, a sixteen-year veteran of the National Hockey League, has announced he will be retiring from the Los Angeles Kings following their disappointing season, just short of his 35th birthday.
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After perhaps the most illustrious goaltending career in NHL, if not all hockey, history, Martin Brodeur has announced that he will retire from the game after 22 seasons, after limited playing time this season for the St. Louis Blues. Brodeur will join the Blues’ front office to finish his contract before considering a return to the New Jersey Devils, the club he spent all but seven games of his brilliant career with.
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The hockey world has lost another giant, as reports today confirmed that Montréal Canadiens legend Jean Béliveau has died at the age of 83.
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Canada 3-2 United States 
(OT)
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Flashes of Gretzky to Lemieux were evident in the overtime period of the Gold Medal Game of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics – Iginla to Crosby, Crosby beats Miller, the “Golden Goal” of a new generation is born. The hero of the hour’s reaction? “I didn’t see it go in – I just heard everyone scream.”
And scream they did – over the opportunity to win at Canada’s game on Olympic home ice for the first time ever, over Canada’s second gold medal in the last three Olympics, over the chance to beat Canada’s geographic rival, and over the fact that Canada is once again International Hockey Lineal Champions.
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Canada 3-2 Slovakia 
Olympic Semifinal
Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Friday, February 26, 2010
BOXSCORE
1st Period
13:30 – GOAL – Marleau (Weber, Niedermayer)
15:17 – GOAL – Morrow (Pronger, Getzlaf)
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