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Ryan Miller Will Retire After This Season

April 29, 2021 at 10:55 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 7 Comments

When the 2021-22 season begins, for the first time in nearly two decades the NHL will not include Ryan Miller. The Anaheim Ducks goaltender has announced that he will retire at the conclusion of 2020-21. In a team release, Miller explained his decision:

It was a dream come true when I played my first NHL game and it has been a privilege to spend 18 years as a professional. I have decided that I am going to retire after the season having been given more time doing what I love than I could ever have hoped for. Thank you to you my teammates and staff, past and present. I’m thankful to so many who made my career possible and helped me on my journey from youth hockey to the NHL. Thank you to my family for supporting me with so much love and enthusiasm.

Now 40, Miller will hang up his pads as arguably the best U.S.-born goaltender in history. He leads all American goaltenders in wins with 390 over his long career, coming in 14th all-time in the category. His career save percentage still sits at .914 even after the last few years, and he has a cabinet full of trophies. The 2001 Hobey Baker Award winner at Michigan State University, he went on to win the AHL Goaltender of the Year and Vezina Trophy along with adding an Olympic silver medal.

Though he never did get a chance to raise the Stanley Cup over his head, Miller has been a constant presence in the NHL for the last generation and has an outside shot of landing in the Hall of Fame at some point. Of the 13 goaltenders ahead of him on the all-time list, only Curtis Joseph (454 wins) and Chris Osgood (401) have been retired long enough to be eligible but are not in the Hall–Roberto Luongo, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Henrik Lundqvist will all likely get there when eligible.

It is fitting that Miller ends with at least 390 wins, just one ahead of his Buffalo Sabres predecessor Dominik Hasek. Though he may have never reached the spectacular highs of Hasek’s career, Miller’s long, consistent performance is something to marvel. Congratulations on a wonderful career, Ryan!

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  1. Gbear

    4 years ago

    Nice career. Unfortunately, I’ll always remember the Crosby OT goal in the 2002 Gold Medal Olympic game that got by him. Ugh. :(

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    • MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

      4 years ago

      @Gbear – We have got to get you a new keyboard! That was 2010! Worth a laugh, though, although not for us on this side of the border, nor Millsy, either. An online article has the pic of him bent over and I remember that like it was yesterday. I thought he’d start hurling right then and there. Hopefully he won’t be bugged to come out of retirement to play. Happy Retirement, Millsy!

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    • backhandinbaptist

      4 years ago

      One of my favorite goals of all time…#sidthekid

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    • Gbear

      4 years ago

      @Mac – That edit button needs to be longer than 5 minutes, LOL!

      Same silver medal in 2002 as 2010 though, so I got that right at least. ;)

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  2. lapcheung39

    4 years ago

    Come back in a couple years and be a goalie coach !

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  3. TexasNYR

    4 years ago

    No disrespect for Ryan Miller’s accomplishments but the best American-born goalie is Mike Richter.

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    • luxwolf

      4 years ago

      Richter and Ranford were good for sure.

      But Miller must have seen a lot of rubber in Buffalo.

      and passing Hasek by one win is a remarkable achievement.

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