Devan Dubnyk announces his retirement.

A long time member of the National Hockey League fraternity is officially hanging up his skates, and his goalie pads.

On Saturday, veteran goaltender Devan Dubnyk officially announced his retirement via a statement released by the National Hockey League Players Association, calling it quits after 12 NHL seasons and over 500 NHL games under his belt.

Dubnyk will likely be remembered most fondly by fans of the Minnesota Wild who saw Dubnyk's incredible run of form during the 2014-15 NHL regular season. The Wild were well out of a playoff spot when they pulled the trigger on a trade with the Arizona Coyotes to bring in Dubnyk, which resulted in the goaltender veritably willing the Wild into playoff contention. He concluded the regular season with a 1.79 goals against average and a .936 save percentage over 39 games with the Wild and I believe that remains the strongest period of play over his NHL career.

Dubnyk played for many more franchises than the Wild however, spending several seasons with the Edmonton Oilers who selected him in the first round (14th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Dubnyk also spent time with the aforementioned Coyotes, the Nashville Predators, the San Jose Sharks, and the Colorado Avalanche but only remained on those teams for less than a full season.

Dubnyk spent last season playing exclusively in the American Hockey League, appearing in only 4 games for the Charlotte Checkers, and it seemed very unlikely that the 36 year old netminder would be returning to the NHL... at least not as a goaltender.

Dubnyk is now set to embark on the next chapter of his career, one that will see him try his hand at becoming one of the voices of the NHL as a broadcaster for the league's games. Dubnyk is currently working as an analyst for the NHL Network and I look forward to seeing his work on air.

We wish him well on all his future endeavors.