ST. LOUIS – Pat Maroon, the St. Louis-raised NHL forward and 2019 Stanley Cup champion with his hometown Blues, will retire at the end of his 2024-25 season next month.
Maroon, now 36 years old with 14 years of NHL experience, announced his plans to retire ahead of the St. Louis Blues’ Saturday afternoon matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks. He shared the news alongside former Blues analyst Darren Pang during a pregame broadcast on the Chicago Sports Network.
“It’s tough. Sometimes you got to give up everything you know and everything you dreamed of your whole life. I just know it’s time for me and it’s time for my family to start a new chapter in our lives,” said Maroon in a pregame interview with Pang.
Maroon cemented his legacy in St. Louis by scoring one of the most iconic goals in Blues history. In a winner-take-all Game 7 matchup against the Dallas Stars, in the second-round of the 2019 playoffs, Maroon scored a double-overtime, series-clinching goal that sparked the Blues to their only Stanley Cup title in franchise history.
On Saturday, shortly after his retirement announcement, the Blues crowd honored Maroon with a midgame standing ovation. He later engaged in a light-hearted fight with Blues defenseman Tyler Tucker, more for the spirit of the moment rather than serious gameplay.
The Blackhawks were eliminated from Stanley Cup playoff contention earlier this week, so Maroon’s NHL career will conclude at the season’s end in mid-April.
A three-time Stanley Cup champion, Maroon won them all consecutively from 2019-2021, first with his hometown Blues, then in back-to-back years with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Over 14 seasons, Maroon has played more than 800 games for eight teams, scoring 125 goals and 320 points. He spent significant time, parts of 11 seasons with the Lightning, Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers. Throughout his career, he also earned a reputation as a tough, physical forward, averaging around 155 hits per full season.
Raised in south St. Louis County, Maroon graduated from Oakville High School in 2006 before being recruited to the North American Hockey League, setting the stage for his NHL career.