Three-time Stanley Cup winner Jonathan Toews announced his retirement on Friday, June 19 after his one-season comeback with the Winnipeg Jets.
The former Chicago Blackhawks captain had joined his hometown Jets in 2025-26 after missing two years with health issues. He played all 82 games, finishing with 11 goals, 18 assists and 29 points.
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Toews, 38, was a standout with the Blackhawks, recording 372 goals, 511 assists and 883 points in 1,067 career-regular season games over 15 seasons. He was captain — nicknamed Captain Serious — when the team won Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
He won the 2010 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after leading all postseason scorers with 29 points as the Blackhawks ended a 49-year championship drought.
Toews won the Selke Trophy as top defensive forward during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. The Blackhawks opened that season with a 24-game point streak and captured the Stanley Cup. He had 21 points in 23 games during the 2015 Cup run.
He also won Olympic gold medals with Canada in 2010 and 2014, scoring in both championship games.
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Toews’ final years in Chicago were marked by health issues.
He missed the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season because of chronic immune response syndrome and also sat out for two months in 2021-22 because of the effects of that and of long COVID. After playing in 2022-23, he skipped two seasons in order to get healthy.
After his comeback season, he was a finalist for the Masterton Trophy for perseverance.
Is Jonathan Toews a Hall of Famer?
Easily. He was a captain of three Stanley Cup championship teams and won several individual awards.
The Hall of Fame also factors in international play and he won two Olympic gold medals. He’s a member of the triple gold club, winning a Stanley Cup, Olympics and world championships.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jonathan Toews retires, won three Stanley Cups as Blackhawks captain
