A former Edmonton Oiler has hung up the skates.
Alex Chiasson has retired from the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players’ Association announced Monday
Chiasson was selected in the second round of the 2009 draft by the Dallas Stars. The journeyman spent two seasons there, scoring 19 goals and 42 points in 86 games. On the opening day of the 2014 free agency, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators in the Jason Spezza deal, playing two seasons with the Senators where he scored 19 goals and 40 points in 153 games.
The right winger was on the move again in the 2016 off-season, as the Senators traded him to the Calgary Flames, where he spent one season and scored 12 goals and 24 points. He became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, signing a one-year deal with the Washington Capitals for the 2017-18 season.
In 61 games for the Capitals, Chiasson scored nine goals and 18 points as the Alexander Ovechkin-led team made the postseason. For the first time in franchise history, the Capitals won the Stanley Cup, with Chiasson scoring one goal and two points in 16 games.
Before the 2018-19 season, the Montréal native signed a professional tryout with the Oilers and managed to have his career-best season. Overall, Chiasson scored 22 goals and 38 points in 73 games. In the off-season, Chiasson signed a two-year deal with the Oilers, scoring 20 goals and 40 points in 110 games over the next two seasons.
Chiasson had another tryout for the 2021-22 season, eventually signing with the Vancouver Canucks where he scored 13 goals and 22 points in 67 games. The following season, he played for the Detroit Red Wings where he scored six goals and nine points in 20 games. He earned another professional tryout for the 2023-24 season, this time with the Boston Bruins, but he was released this time and never played another game in the National Hockey League.
After 651 games where he scored 120 goals and 233 points, Chiasson’s NHL tenure came to an end on Monday. The 6’4” winger was always in front of the net with a nice release on his shot. Nothing but the best for the former Oiler in his life after hockey!
