Four-time National Hockey League All-Star, three-time Stanley Cup champion, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jonathan Toews of Winnipeg, Manitoba retired on Friday at the age of 38 according to Darren Bernhardt of CBC News on Friday. Toews, a centre, was a NHL All-Star with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2009, 2011, 2015, and 2017. He won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks in 2010, 2013, and 2015, and the gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
Toews has also won two notable individual awards. He won the 2010 Conn Smythe Trophy with the Blackhawks presented to the most valuable player in the postseason, and the 2013 Frank J. Selke Award with the Blackhawks, presented to the best defensive forward in the NHL. When Toews won the Conn Smythe Trophy, he became the youngest captain to win the award at age 22 years and 41 days. Toews was the Blackhawks captain from 2008 to 2023.
In all, Toews played 16 NHL seasons. He was with the Blackhawks from 2007 to 2020, and again from 2021 to 2023. Toews then played one season with the Winnipeg Jets from 2025 to 2026. In 1149 games, Toews had 383 goals and 529 assists for 912 points. He was a +128 with 645 penalty minutes, 237 power-play points, 32 shorthanded points, 70 game-winning goals, exactly 2800 shots on goal, 12623 faceoff wins, 418 blocked shots, 646 hits, 860 takeaways, and 526 giveaways.
Toews has the Blackhawks franchise record for most assists in a playoff year (22 in 2010), points in a playoff year (29 in 2010), overtime goals in a career (16), shootout goals in a career (52), shootout goals in a season (eight in 2009-10), and overtime goals in a season (five in 2015-16). It should be noted that Denis Savard of Gatineau, Quebec also had 29 playoff points with the Blackhawks in 1985.
In 2012-13, Toews led the NHL with 19 even strength goals. In the playoffs, Toews led the NHL in assists (22 in 2010), power-play goals (five in 2010), game-winning goals (four in 2014), and shorthanded goals (one in 2015).
Toews had a distinguished international career for Canada. In addition to his two Olympic gold medals, he won the gold medal at the 2007 World Men’s Hockey Championship in Moscow, Russia, the gold medal at the 2006 and 2007 World Junior Hockey Championship (2006 in Kamloops, British Columbia, and 2007 in Leksand, Sweden), and the 2016 Canada Cup in Toronto, Ontario.
