{"id":217278,"date":"2025-09-30T21:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/217278\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:43:24","slug":"former-habs-captain-pacioretty-retires-from-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/217278\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Habs captain Pacioretty retires from NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANN ARBOR \u2013 Veteran forward Max Pacioretty, who spent three seasons as captain of the Montreal Canadiens and spent the 2024-25 campaign with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has retired from the NHL after 17 seasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The University of Michigan, where Pacioretty spent the 2007-08 season before turning pro, announced Tuesday that Pacioretty was joining the Wolverines men\u2019s hockey program as a special assistant to the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Pacioretty was selected by the Canadiens in the first round, 22nd overall, at the 2007 NHL draft. He became the 29th captain in Canadiens history before the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n<p>After 10 seasons in Montreal, Pacioretty was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in September 2018 for a package that included current Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki. He had 448 points (226 goals, 222 assists) in 626 regular-season games and 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in 38 playoff contests with the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Videos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image c-video__image--short\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'MLSE President and CEO Pelley not \u2018deciding who we draft and what free agents we sign\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759268602_442_FRI_KEITH_PELLEY_YTS_V3_230525_thumbnail_720x1280.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:06<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMLSE President and CEO Pelley not \u2018deciding who we draft and what free agents we sign\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>After brief injury-riddled stints with Carolina and Washington following four seasons in Vegas, Pacioretty joined the Maple Leafs on a professional tryout before the 2024-25 season and made the team out of camp.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up with 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in a season limited by injuries and roster decisions. But he rediscovered his scoring touch in the playoffs, putting up three goals and five assists in 11 games after starting the post-season in the press box.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old from New Canaan, Conn., reached the 30-goal mark six times in his career. He had 335 goals and 346 assists over 939 regular-season games and 28 goals and 30 assists over 89 playoff appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11456684\/dying-toronto-woman-daughter-bedbugs-palliative-care-bed\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bug_mom.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDying Toronto woman\u2019s daughter says she spotted bedbugs in palliative care bed\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11456881\/imperial-oil-to-cut-workforce-20-by-end-of-2027\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/imperial-1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tImperial Oil to cut workforce 20% by end of 2027\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was an all-star with Vegas in 2020 and won the Bill Masterton Trophy with the Canadiens in 2012, after his 2010-11 season was cut short in March when he sustained a neck fracture and a grade 2 concussion after a hit by Boston defenceman Zdeno Chara.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 17 seasons in the NHL, I\u2019m excited to begin this next chapter with Michigan Hockey,\u201d Pacioretty said in a statement released by the Wolverines. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful for the teammates, coaches and fans who have been a part of my journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHockey has given me so much, and now I have the opportunity to help develop the next generation of players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANN ARBOR \u2013 Veteran forward Max Pacioretty, who spent three seasons as captain of the Montreal Canadiens and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,18448,2656,18450,5,68,381,20,264,21,18451,5147,285,4,18452,18453,43,383,384,31,385],"class_list":{"0":"post-217278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-canadiens-hockey","10":"tag-habs","11":"tag-habs-hockey","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-leafs","14":"tag-leafs-hockey","15":"tag-maple-leafs","16":"tag-montreal","17":"tag-montreal-canadiens","18":"tag-montreal-hockey","19":"tag-montrealcanadiens","20":"tag-national-hockey-league","21":"tag-nhl","22":"tag-quebec-hockey","23":"tag-quebec-sports","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-toronto-hockey","26":"tag-toronto-leafs","27":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","28":"tag-toronto-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115295433977480497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}