Canadian hockey player Iginla has decided to end his NHL career – NHL News – Ice Hockey

Iginla will hold a press conference in collaboration with the NHL's "Calgary" club, where he spent most of his career. The 41-year-old hockey player will announce his retirement

. The striker was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1995 as 11th overall in Dallas, but in December of that year he was traded to Calgary. Iginla has three NHL symbols for the season (2002, 2008, 2009) and six times in the All Star League (2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012). In 2002 and 2004, he became the best shooter in the NHL and in 2002, he became the league's top scorer and was voted best player of the season by the hockey players themselves

. "Boston", "Colorado" and "Los Angeles", for which he held his last game in the NHL on April 9, 2017, giving an effective transfer in the match against "Anaheim" (3: 4).

In total, he led 1,554 games in the regular NHL championships and scored 1300 points (625 goals and 675 badists). He ranks 13th in the history of the league in terms of the number of games he has played and shares 15th place with Canadian forward Joe Sakic by the number of abandoned pucks. In the playoffs the Canadiens played 81 games and scored 68 points (37 + 31).

As a member of the Canadian team, Iginla won the Junior World Championship in 1996. In 1997, he became the world champion in the main team, and in 2004, he won the World Cup. In addition, Iginla is a double Olympic champion (2002, 2010).