Mike Fisher has officially announced his retirement from the NHL. On Thursday, the 37-year-old forward penned an article in The Tennessean on his impending retirement after 17 seasons in the NHL. Fisher was the captain of the Nashville Predators for the last year, and their sixth captain in franchise history.
Nashville Predators captain Mike Fisher announces retirement from the NHL
The 37-year-old veteran forward spent 17 seasons in the NHL.
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Fisher put up 42 points in 72 games last season for the Predators in the final year of his two-year, $8.8 million deal. Here’s what Fisher had to say in the retirement piece from The Tennessean:
“This job I’ve been able to have for a majority of my life is so much fun. To help create that entertainment and to see the joy we can bring to people is such a unique and exciting opportunity. I’ll miss my teammates, my coaches and the game itself.
This is the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make, but I know I’ve made the right one. I’ve decided to retire from the NHL.”
Fisher had 585 points in 1,088 career NHL games across 17 seasons in the league. He played for just two teams in his long NHL career, the Senators and the Predators. He was drafted with the 44th-overall pick in 1998 before playing 10 and a half seasons in Ottawa. Fisher was traded to the Predators in 2011 and was made captain in Nashville in 2016 after Shea Weber was traded to Montreal last offseason.
The veteran forward was two wins away from his first Stanley Cup championship this past season with the Predators.
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