Veteran Forward Keith Tkachuk Retires

After a 17-year NHL career, veteran left wing Keith Tkachuk has decided to retire. He played this past season with the St. Louis Blues, appearing in 67 games and scoring 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points and 56 penalty minutes. In 1,201 career NHL games with the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, and Atlanta Thrashers, he has 538 goals and 527 assists for 1,065 points and 2,219 penalty minutes. Tkachuk won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City as a member of Team USA, appeared in five all-star games, but never won a Stanley Cup. He had back-to-back 50 goal seasons in 1996 and 1997. Tkachuk was always a tremendous player throughout his career. He was a terrific goal scorer, played with lots of toughness and grit, and was a proven leader on the ice. Tkachuk will be missed in the NHL and should be very proud of everything he accomplished throughout his career, and hopefully one day he will earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.