Joe Pavelski is formally calling it a profession. Throughout an look on SiriusXM’s NHL Morning Skate on Tuesday, Pavelski introduced his retirement after 18 seasons.

When the Dallas Stars had been eradicated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in June, Pavelski hinted he was probably hanging up his skates.

“I do not need to say that is official, however, you already know, the plan is to not be coming again. There will be extra to come back on that,” Pavelski stated on the time. “Every thing’s nonetheless uncooked, like nothing official. There will be extra phrases and I’ll want a bit little bit of time to essentially put it collectively and determine it out that manner.”

Pavelski was initially chosen within the seventh spherical of the 2003 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He tallied 1,068 factors (476 objectives, 592 assists) in 1,332 profession regular-season video games. The star heart’s 74 playoff objectives are probably the most by an American-born participant in league historical past and probably the most amongst energetic gamers. 

In the course of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Pavelski grew to become the twenty fifth participant to compete in 200 playoff video games. 

Pavelski had deliberate to stay with the Sharks through the 2019 offseason, however ended up signing a three-year, $21 million contract with the Stars that summer time. In every of the final two offseasons, Pavelski signed one-year offers to stay with the Stars. He ended up enjoying in all 302 regular-season video games throughout his time with Dallas.

In his closing NHL season, Pavelski racked up 27 objectives and 40 assists in 82 regular-season video games.