Wisconsin's Stepan Calls it a Career

Longtime NHL center Derek Stepan (Wisconsin) has retired from professional hockey after 13 seasons.

Stepan, 33, recorded 182 goals and 333 assists for 515 points to go with 216 penalty minutes in 890 career NHL regular-season games with the New York Rangers, Arizona, Ottawa and Carolina. He also collected 20-35—55 points and 32 PIM in 120 Stanley Cup playoff contests, and earned an Eastern Conference title in 2014 with the Rangers, who drafted him 51th overall in 2008 out of Shattuck-Saint Mary's. Last season he helped Carolina to the Eastern Conference final after notching 5-6—11 points in 73 regular-season outings, before adding one assist in 11 playoff appearances in his final action.

Stepan, from Hastings, Minn., skated two collegiate seasons at Wisconsin, registering 21-66—87 points and 14 PIM in 81 outings. He turned pro shortly after helping the Badgers to the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four title game in Detroit, and played all of his pro hockey at the NHL level save for 12 games with KalPa Kuopio (Finland) in 2012-13.

Stepan also represented the U.S. at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, winning a gold medal. He also skated for Team USA at the 2011 World Championship, the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.