FORMER HAB CHRIS CHELIOS HANGS THEM UP

Today, former Hab captain Chris Chelios retires after 26 NHL seasons.
"I have been so fortunate to be on great teams and have great teammates throughout my whole career, starting with the Montreal Canadiens,” offered Chelios, who played his first seven years in Montreal. “I would like to thank [former Canadiens GM] Serge Savard for the support he showed me. He went to bat for me from day one. I will never forget my start. I had one point in my first 14 games with the Canadiens. I never even unpacked my bags because I thought I was going to the minors,” Chelios said.

“Serge Savard and [head coach] Jacque Lemaire kept playing me and I finally figured it out. It also didn't hurt that I had Patrick Roy behind me for the next six years, so thank you, Patrick – a good friend and teammate.” Chelios played in 11 all star games and he won 3 Stanley Cups (2 with Detroit and 1 with Montreal). Chelios retires at the age of 48 only one NHL player retired when he was older than 48 and that was Gordie Howe at the age of 52.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Chelios Career statistics

From Wikipedia

				Regular season							Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1978–79	Moose Jaw Canucks	SJHL		24	3	16	19	—	68		—	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Moose Jaw Canucks	SJHL		53	12	31	42	—	118		—	—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Moose Jaw Canucks	SJHL		54	23	64	87	—	175		—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA		43	6	43	49	—	50		—	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Wisconsin Badgers	WCHA		45	16	32	48	—	62		—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		12	0	2	2	-5	12		16	1	9	10	3	17
1984–85	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		74	9	55	64	11	87		9	2	8	10	2	17
1985–86	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		41	8	26	34	4	67		20	2	9	11	3	49
1986–87	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		71	11	33	44	-5	124		17	4	9	13	-1	38
1987–88	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		71	20	41	61	14	172		11	3	1	4	3	29
1988–89	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	15	58	73	35	185		21	4	15	19	2	28
1989–90	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		53	9	22	31	20	136		5	0	1	1	-4	8
1990–91	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		77	12	52	64	23	192		6	1	7	8	2	46
1991–92	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		80	9	47	56	24	245		18	6	15	21	19	37
1992–93	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		84	15	58	73	14	282		4	0	2	2	-1	14
1993–94	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		76	16	44	60	12	212		6	1	1	2	0	8
1994–95	EHC Biel	Swiss-A		3	0	3	3	—	4		—	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		48	5	33	38	17	72		16	4	7	11	6	12
1995–96	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		81	14	58	72	25	140		9	0	3	3	2	8
1996–97	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		72	10	38	48	16	112		6	0	1	1	-2	8
1997–98	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		81	3	39	42	-7	151		—	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		65	8	26	34	-4	89		—	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		10	1	1	2	5	4		10	0	4	4	-6	14
1999–00	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		81	3	31	34	48	103		9	0	1	1	-3	8
2000–01	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		24	0	3	3	4	45		5	1	0	1	-1	2
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		79	6	33	39	40	126		24	1	13	14	15	44
2002–03	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		66	2	17	19	4	78		4	0	0	0	-3	2
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	2	19	21	12	61		8	0	1	1	1	4
2004–05	Motor City Mechanics	UHL		23	5	19	24	13	25		—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		81	4	7	11	22	108		6	0	0	0	2	6
2006–07	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		71	0	11	11	11	34		18	1	6	7	7	12
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	3	9	12	11	36		14	0	0	0	2	10
2008–09	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		28	0	0	0	1	18		6	0	0	0	0	2
2008–09	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		2	0	1	1	0	2		—	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Chicago Wolves	AHL		46	5	17	22	34	24		14	0	0	0	0	12
2009–10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		7	0	0	0	-2	2		—	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1651	185	763	948	350	2891		268	31	113	144	48	423