64 retire from EURO League

Loui Eriksson, Joe Pavelski, Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuck and Henrik Lundquist are among the biggest of the 64 names added to the retirement list today as the league moved from Season 12 to 13.

Even at age 37, Eriksson seemed to have plenty of gas in the tank. With Paris, last season, the left wing scored 24 goals and 69 points. He ends his career with 868 points. He began Season 1 in his native Sweden with Stockholm, but was soon off to Berlin (5 seasons), Athens (2), St. Petersburg (2) and Paris (2).

Ryan Kesler of the Dublin Fighting Irish

Loui Eriksson, Ryan Kesler and Ilya Kovalchuk are among the 64 players who decided to retire this season.

Here is a breakdown of the positions of the retired players:

8 centers
6 left wings
13 right wings
26 defensemen
11 goalies

And here is the list of newly retired players:

First	Last	Age	Position	OV
LOUI	ERIKSSON	37	RW	76
ILYA	KOVALCHUK	39	LW	73
MARC-EDOUARD	VLASIC	35	D	72
HENRIK	LUNDQVIST	40	G	72
STEVE	MASON	34	G	72
DUSTIN	BROWN	38	RW	72
RYAN	KESLER	38	C	71
TYLER	BOZAK	36	C	71
ANDREW	MACDONALD	36	D	71
JAROSLAV	HALAK	37	G	71
ANTTI	NIEMI	39	G	71
JOE	PAVELSKI	38	RW	71
JASON	SPEZZA	39	C	70
NIKLAS	HJALMARSSON	35	D	70
RYAN	WILSON	35	D	70
RICK	NASH	38	RW	70
MATTHEW	CARLE	38	D	69
CAM	WARD	38	G	69
JARKKO	IMMONEN	34	C	68
VALTTERI	FILPPULA	38	LW	68
DWIGHT	KING	32	LW	68
MILAN	MICHALEK	38	RW	68
MATT	MARTIN	33	RW	68
ALEXEI	KALYUZHNY	38	C	67
JOSH	GORGES	38	D	67
CARL	GUNNARSSON	36	D	67
MICHAEL	SAUER	35	D	67
ZACH	REDMOND	32	D	67
DAMIEN	BRUNNER	35	RW	67
CARL	SODERBERG	36	C	66
BRAYDON	COBURN	37	D	66
STEVE	OLEKSY	35	D	66
SERGEI	BOBROVSKY	34	G	66
BEN	SCRIVENS	35	G	66
ALEX	CHIASSON	32	RW	66
VIKTOR	STALBERG	36	RW	66
JUSTIN	FALK	34	D	65
DMITRI	KALININ	36	D	65
COREY	CRAWFORD	38	G	65
THOMAS	VANEK	38	LW	65
BENOIT	POULIOT	36	LW	65
TROY	BROUWER	37	RW	65
RICKARD	WALLIN	36	RW	65
KAREL	RACHUNEK	37	D	64
GREG	PATERYN	30	D	63
JARED	COREAU	29	G	63
CHRIS	VANDEVELDE	33	LW	63
MATT	D’AGOSTINI	36	RW	63
LADISLAV	SMID	36	D	62
THEO	PECKHAM	35	D	62
JUSTIN	BRAUN	35	D	62
BRIAN	STRAIT	33	D	62
LUKE	WITKOWSKI	30	D	62
JACK	SKILLE	35	RW	62
JOONAS	KEMPPAINEN	32	C	61
JAKUB	KINDL	35	D	61
JORDIE	BENN	34	D	61
KORBINIAN	HOLZER	32	D	60
RETO	BERRA	34	G	60
ROBERT	BORTUZZO	32	D	59
JEAN-FRANCOIS	BERUBE	29	G	59
ZAC	DALPE	32	C	58
VICTOR	BARTLEY	33	D	58
STEVEN	KAMPFER	32	D	57