Players who retired playing for only one team (retiring after 2000)

[Jack DiBiase]

The other topic about current players, who would retire with having only played for one team got me thinking. With guys like Brodeur, Alfredsson, Modano etc., whom everyone assumed would only play for one team ended up elsewhere, who are the players, that actually retired in the same team they first started playing for.

I'm only looking for players, who have had a career of some kind of significance. Not necessarily just star players, but also team icons like Ken Daneyko count. Please don't list names who only played a couple of seasons.

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[the_fan]

Sakic

 

[vippe]

Lidstrom

 

[PerpetualTankYear]

Yzerman.

 

[tsanuri]

Doesn't fit your 2000+ but Dave Taylor retired in 1994.

 

[The Red Line]

Lidstrom

Also Tomas Holmstrom. And while not totally what the OP is looking for because of a shortened career, Jiri Fischer kinda fits the description.

 

[Wrath]

Mario Lemieux.

 

[PerpetualTankYear]

The Red Wings are loaded with them.

Lidstrom.
Yzerman.
Holmstrom.


Soon to add:
Datsyuk
Zettterberg
Kronwall

 

[Jack DiBiase]

Also Tomas Holmstrom. And while not totally what the OP is looking for because of a shortened career, Jiri Fischer kinda fits the description.

Nah. I'm not really looking for guys like Fischer, whose career got cut down by injuries or illnesses that early. He only played for about 300 games. Homer definitely fits the description though.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Hasn't retired yet but likely Dipietro

 

[Josepho]

Milan Hejduk.

 

[Vilica]

The other topic about current players, who would retire with having only played for one team got me thinking. With guys like Brodeur, Alfredsson, Modano etc., whom everyone assumed would only play for one team ended up elsewhere, who are the players, that actually retired in the same team they first started playing for.

I'm only looking for players, who have had a career of some kind of significance. Not necessarily just star players, but also team icons like Ken Daneyko count. Please don't list names who only played a couple of seasons.

I compiled a list about a year ago of the 27 players who had played 1000+ games for only 1 team. Since then both Sedins have joined the club and Brodeur got kicked out. Spent a couple minutes updating the list with the active players current games played. The next players up as far as I can tell are Chris Neil and Pavel Datsyuk.

1 Nicklas Lidstrom DET 1564
2 Alex Delvecchio DET 1549
3 Steve Yzerman DET 1514
4 Stan Mikita CHI 1394
5 Joe Sakic QUE/COL 1378
6 Shane Doan WIN/PHX 1361
7 Patrick Marleau SJS 1296
8 Ken Daneyko NJD 1283
Martin Brodeur NJD 1266/1259
9 Henri Richard MTL 1256
10 Patrik Elias NJD 1193
11 Gilbert Perreault BUF 1191
12 George Armstrong TOR 1187
13 Chris Phillips OTT 1177
14 Bob Gainey MTL 1160
15 Bobby Clarke PHL 1144
16 Jean Beliveau MTL 1125
17 Dave Taylor LAK 1111
18 Craig Ramsey BUF 1070
19 Rod Gilbert NYR 1065
20 Denis Potvin NYI 1060
21 Henrik Sedin VAN 1056
22 Ron Ellis TOR 1034
23 Wayne Cashman BOS 1027
24 Tomas Holmstrom DET 1026
25 Daniel Sedin VAN 1025
26 Milan Hejduk COL 1020
27 Bob Murray, CHI 1008
28 Claude Provost MTL 1005

 

[Church of Toews*]

Sakic

Well technically yes and no in terms of Sakic

 

[puckeater]

Alex Kovalev only ever played for team Kovalev.

 

[Viqsi]

He was never a league superstar, but we do think pretty highly of David Vyborny here in Columbus and he was a big part of the early years, so maybe he counts?

 

[Shakey Rustie]

He was never a league superstar, but we do think pretty highly of David Vyborny here in Columbus and he was a big part of the early years, so maybe he counts?

The "Me So Vyborny" fantasy team name was awesome.

 

[Voight]

Well technically yes and no in terms of Sakic

It is a yes, same franchise, just different team name/city.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Sergei Brylin

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Ooops

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Rod Gilbert and Mike Richter for the Rangers

 

[reckoning]

Jere Lehtinen

 

[Hisch13r]

Brod... Oh wait