WASHINGTON — T.J. Oshie, who scored 4 shootout objectives for the U.S. to beat host Russia on the 2014 Sochi Olympics and helped the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup in 2018, introduced Monday he’s retiring after taking part in 16 NHL seasons.
Oshie shared his information in entrance of a whole lot of followers gathered on the fountains at Washington Harbour in Georgetown, seven years to the day of one of the vital memorable Cup celebrations in hockey historical past when he and a number of other teammates jumped into the fountains and took a dip.
The announcement had been anticipated for fairly a while, with Oshie’s contract expiring. The 38-year-old didn’t play this previous season due to a nagging again damage that sidelined him on and off, happening long-term injured reserve as a substitute.
“I want to thank the Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues for giving me the chance to play the sport I like, all of my teammates who battled with me each evening, my coaches who challenged me to be higher on daily basis and the athletic trainers and gear employees who received me able to play,” Oshie mentioned in a information launch despatched out by the NHLPA.
Oshie mentioned within the spring of 2024 he would solely return to the Capitals if he discovered a everlasting answer or repair to the problem. His closing sport was at dwelling on April 28 final 12 months in opposition to the New York Rangers, a 4-2 loss within the first spherical that eradicated Washington in a sweep.
Taken twenty fourth within the 2005 draft by St. Louis, Oshie performed 1,116 regular-season and playoff video games within the league with the Blues and Capitals since making his debut in 2008. He had 336 objectives and 428 assists for 764 factors, together with 29 objectives throughout Washington’s Cup run.
Oshie made a global title for himself on the Olympics, incomes the nickname “T.J. Sochi” for going 4 for six in shootout makes an attempt in opposition to Sergei Bobrovsky throughout the U.S.-Russia preliminary spherical sport in that match.
Within the NHL, his largest impression got here after he was traded from the Blues to the Capitals in 2015. Oshie took on a right away management position as a key addition to the core of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and John Carlson, serving to the group make the playoffs in eight of his 9 seasons within the nation’s capitals.
Oshie’s 76 power-play objectives in D.C. are the fifth most in franchise historical past. He scored 49 instances within the shootout, tied for third all time because it was applied in 2005.
