{"id":439343,"date":"2023-07-06T08:10:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T12:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.7sport.net\/en\/news-single\/2-time-stanley-cup-champ-hornqvist-retires\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:08:23","slug":"2-time-stanley-cup-champ-hornqvist-retires","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/2-time-stanley-cup-champ-hornqvist-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"2-time Stanley Cup champ Hornqvist retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patric Hornqvist decided to call it a career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two-time Stanley Cup champion Patric Hornqvist, who scored the Cup-winning goal for the Penguins in 2017, is retiring.  <\/p>\n<p>Hornqvist played in 901 career NHL games and also won a World Championship with Sweden in 2018.   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CN2p4X3Uph\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CN2p4X3Uph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/1676693714058502147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The winger, who triumphed with back-to-back Stanley Cup titles with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017, shared today that he is retiring after spending 15 years in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>The player from Sweden played for the Florida Panthers in the last 3 years but only took part in 22 matches in the past campaign, as he suffered from a head injury that he sustained in December in the clash vs. the Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m feeling better now, and hopefully, I can enjoy many good years ahead of me, and with my injury problems during my career, I don&#8217;t want to risk potential new ones,&#8221; the Swede shared.<\/p>\n<p>Patric record in the NHL is 264 goals and 279 assists in 901 regular-season matches with Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Florida. The winger also notched 28 goals and gave 28 assists in 103 postseason matches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patric Hornqvist, who was the 230th and   pick of the 2005 Draft, is calling it a career \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f901 NHL games played<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f264 goals<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f543 points<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f2x Stanley Cup champion<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0fScored the Cup-winning goal in 2017<\/p>\n<p>What an unbelievable ride   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvmeceeTTY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/YvmeceeTTY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BR_OpenIce\/status\/1676689828732186624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patric Hornqvist decided to call it a career. 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