Alex Chiasson played over 600 NHL games and won a Stanley Cup in 2018.
Alex Chiasson played over 600 NHL games and won a Stanley Cup in 2018.
After 11 NHL seasons and a Stanley cup victory, former Ottawa Senators forward Alex Chiasson called it a career on Monday. The NHLPA made the announcement on X.
Chiasson will most be remembered in Ottawa as being part of the deal, along with Nick Paul, that sent Sens captain Jason Spezza to the Dallas Stars. After that 2014 trade, Chiasson played two seasons in Ottawa and was part of the epic Hamburglar run to the playoffs in 2015.
The 34-year-old forward had 233 points in 651 regular-season games for seven NHL teams. He had two points in 16 playoff games to help the Washington Capitals win it all in 2018.
Chiasson was a second-round pick (No. 38) of the Dallas Stars in the 2009 NHL Draft. He last played an NHL game with the Detroit Red Wings in April of 2023. That fall, he got a shot with the Boston Bruins on a PTO but it didn't pan out.
By then, Chiasson had been slowed by recurring hip pain, so he underwent hip surgery in January 2024 and upon recovery, got another PTO with the Red Wings this season. But the comeback was not meant to be, and after failing to catch on somewhere else this season, Chiasson apparently decided this week to hang 'em up.
A personal memory of Chiasson's time in Ottawa came over a friendly dispute I had with Sens play-by-play man Dean Brown over the proper pronunciation of Chiasson's last name. Dean, who loves a good laugh, enlisted Chiasson's help to finally set me straight after practice one morning. You can hear their quick conversation here:
Dean got to the bottom of it, but let's be real, Alex provided the bigger truth that day.
Congratulations to Alex Chiasson on a fine career. We wish him well in life after hockey.
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