Former Blazers goaltender Devan Dubnyk announces retirement from NHL

Devan Dubnyk, the former Kamloops Blazers goaltender, announced his retirement from the NHL on Saturday.

The 36-year-old spent five seasons with the Blazers from 2001-06. He won the CHL's Scholastic Player of the Year in 2004. He finished his Kamloops career with 83 wins, 15 shutouts, a 2.69 goals-against-average and .912 save percentage in 192 games.

The native of Regina, Sask. was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers 14th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.

He then spent the next four years in the minor leagues, playing for the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Springfield Falcons.

The 6 ft 6 in goaltender made his NHL debut with the Oilers in 2009, making 21 saves.

He spent five seasons with Edmonton, juggling starting duties with the likes of Nikolai Khabibulin, Ilya Bryzgalov and Ben Scrivens.

He was traded in early 2014 to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Matt Hendricks, then shipped to the Montreal Canadiens where he finished out the season with the Hamilton Bulldogs.

The next season, he signed with the Arizona Coyotes, where his breakout finally came.

After playing 19 games with the 'Yotes, Dubnyk was traded to the Minnestoa Wild. There, he finished the season with a stellar 27-9-2 record. He had career numbers throughout the season, with a 2.07 GAA, .929 SV% and six shutouts.

He would finish third in Vezina trophy voting, fourth in Hart voting and was named to the NHL Second All-Star team.

The 2014-15 Masterton trophy was claimed by Dubnyk for his perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.

Dubnyk would spend six seasons for the Wild, making the playoffs in four of those seasons.

In 2020-21, the netminder was traded to the San Jose Sharks, then subsequently shipped to Colorado to finish out the season.

Last year, Dubnyk played in four games with the AHL's Charlotte Checkers.

Dubnyk represented Canada at the World Championships in four consecutive years (2010-13) and was a part of gold-medal winning teams at the World Juniors (2006) and Spengler Cup (2012). He was also a three-time NHL All-Star (2016, 17 and 19).

Congrats on a fulfilling career, Devan!