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On YouTubeFilppula, Triple Gold Club member, retires at 41 
Valtteri Filppula -- one of just 30 players in the Triple Gold Club for winning the Stanley Cup, Olympics and world championships -- has decided to retire from hockey at age 41 after playing one final season at home in his native Finland.
NHL News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 29
Valtteri Filppula Announces Retirement
16-year NHL veteran Valtteri Filppula has ended his playing career. Helsinki-based Jokerit of Finland’s second-tier league, Mestis, where he spent the 2024-25 campaign, made the announcement today.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / April 29
Stanley Cup champion Valtteri Filppula retires from pro hockey
One of the more underrated players in the modern age has hung up his skates. On Tuesday, Helsingin Jokerit of Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland, announced that captain Valtteri Filppula is retiring from pro hockey.
The 'NHL Conn Smythe Trophy winners' quiz
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
Detroit Red Wings News / Detroit Hockey Now / August 26
The Five: Red Wings Worst UFA Contracts
When it comes to contracts given by the team to unrestricted free agents, the Detroit Red Wings fanbase isn’t shy about giving their opinion. And for the most part, they don’t tend to like many of the signings.
Detroit Red Wings News / Detroit Hockey Now / August 19
Former Red Wings player suiting up for free on overseas team
Former Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula is actually doing what so many players over the years have suggested they’d be willing to do. He’s going to be playing the game for free.
Detroit Red Wings News / Detroit Hockey Now / August 16
Homecoming Afoot For Former Red Wings Player
It’s been 16 years since the Detroit Red Wings were lifting the Stanley Cup. And yet one of the players from that championship squad keeps on trucking.
NHL News / Yardbarker / March 2, 2017
Biggest news and moves from NHL trade deadline
Winger Jannik Hansen perfectly summarized what it is like for an NHLer in the middle of trade deadline mania. “Very hectic, the last 18 hours or so,” he told the Bay Area media in his first conference call since being traded to the San Jose Sharks from the Vancouver Canucks.
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