28-year old NHL forward suddenly announces his retirement from hockey
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A former member of the Detroit Red Wings revealed the reasons behind his sudden retirement from the NHL in an exclusive interview.
In a recent interview published on The Athletic on Friday morning, former Red Wings player Christian Fischer, 28, confirmed the reasons why he decided to retire from the NHL 10 years after being drafted by the Arizona Coyotes.
He opened up on many topics, starting with the main reason behind his decision:
"Over the last couple of years, I think I just look at my life and what makes me happy, and being around family and kind of my life in Scottsdale - some of my friends here are really close with me, and I have a pretty small group out here, and honestly it's just more so a decision of moving on into another chapter of my life. I wish there was a big reasoning why, but in the end, I'm very thankful for the career I had, but just personally I think I know it's time for a new chapter in my life."
"In the last year or two, I've really thought about just kind of what I want to do with my life, and what makes me happy, and spending time with my friends and family. And obviously, listen, I know if I were to play another five or six years, I could do that when I'm 34, 35, I understand that. It's what makes me happy, and it's what I want to do, and I've got a great business opportunity to (pursue) and be around my family more, and just basically move on that way."
"In the last year or two, I've really thought about just kind of what I want to do with my life, and what makes me happy, and spending time with my friends and family. And obviously, listen, I know if I were to play another five or six years, I could do that when I'm 34, 35, I understand that. It's what makes me happy, and it's what I want to do, and I've got a great business opportunity to (pursue) and be around my family more, and just basically move on that way."
He later thanked the people who helped him in his career:
"I'm very thankful for all the people I've come across, and I'd tell you right now: I didn't get here on my own. It makes me look back and just appreciate the whole journey, and it makes me very thankful for it all."
Later, he talked about how he had to adapt in the NHL, going from a goal scorer to a limited role:
"They kind of sat me down after my second or third year and just said, 'hey, listen, everybody wants to score 20 goals, everyone wants to be on the power play, but if you're not doing that, your time in this league's going to be cut short pretty quickly.' I remember being young, just going into the (penalty kill) meetings in Arizona, I wasn't even PKing, just to learn the systems just in case that opportunity ever called. And wouldn't you know it, a couple years later, that was my role, that was what I loved to do. Just the little details of the game, and just being a good teammate and just doing the little mucky things."
"That's never why I played hockey. That had no meaning to me, and that's probably why I was very OK with making kind of that career move and career adjustment, to just once again finding a way to make an impact in a game, and have a career."
"That's never why I played hockey. That had no meaning to me, and that's probably why I was very OK with making kind of that career move and career adjustment, to just once again finding a way to make an impact in a game, and have a career."
Despite what he went through, he's thankful and happy going into retirement:
"If you told me that when I was 10 years old, 'you're going to play 500 games in the NHL,' I would be the happiest kid you've ever seen."
"Just very, very thankful. I think that's the biggest thing is just thanking all the people that have been involved, all the way from media to trainers to coaches, players, family, friends, everybody. I'm so, so grateful to have experienced this with so many people. I guess that's my biggest wish, is that I got to make a lot of people happy and smile, and when they got to see me skate on the ice, I hope I made them proud."
"Just very, very thankful. I think that's the biggest thing is just thanking all the people that have been involved, all the way from media to trainers to coaches, players, family, friends, everybody. I'm so, so grateful to have experienced this with so many people. I guess that's my biggest wish, is that I got to make a lot of people happy and smile, and when they got to see me skate on the ice, I hope I made them proud."
We wish him all the best going into the next chapter of his life.
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