Valtteri Filppula retired from professional hockey Tuesday after 22 seasons, 16 in the NHL.
The 41-year-old forward played in the League between 2005 and 2021, including 10 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. He had 530 points (197 goals, 333 assists) in 1,056 games for the Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders, and 86 points (25 goals, 61 assists) in 166 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Filppula, a native of Vantaa, Finland, won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008. He began playing pro hockey in 2003-04 for Jokerit in Liiga, the top professional league in Finland. He left the NHL in 2021 after returning to the Red Wings for two seasons and played two more with Geneve-Servette in National League, the top pro league in Switzerland, before returning home to become player-owner of Jokerit in Mestis, Finland’s second division.
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