Drafted in 2007, forward played for five NHL teams.
from hockey. Though he hadn’t played since March 2022, after suffering a significant eye injury in practice and later undergoing hip resurfacing surgery, the Washington Capitals forward remained optimistic that one day, he’d be able to resume his NHL career.On Wednesday, however, Hagelin announced his retirement from the NHL, citing lingering effects from his eye injury.
“It’s been an amazing ride, but it ends here,” Hagelin wrote on Instagram. “Unfortunately my eye injury is too severe to keep playing the game I love.”Hagelin suffered the injury in practice, when a stick popped under his visor and hit him directly in his left eye. Doctors initially thought they may have to remove Hagelin’s eye, but it was salvaged after multiple surgeries, which left his pupil unable to dilate and giving him only partial vision in that eye.
Drafted by the New York Rangers in the sixth round of the 2007 draft, Hagelin played four seasons at the University of Michigan before signing with the Rangers in April 2011. He was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in June 2015 and traded again, this time to Pittsburgh, in January 2016. He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017.
“I’m extremely grateful for all the memories hockey has given me and I’ve loved every single day of it,” Hagelin wrote. “I’m gonna miss going to battle [with] my teammates on a daily basis, I’m gonna miss the ups and downs of a season. “Nothing excites me more than stepping on the ice in front of 20,000 passionate fans. … I want to thank my family, my wife and my kids for all their support. They made it possible for me to live out my dream.”
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