- Trevor Lewis announced his retirement Wednesday after 17 NHL seasons and 1,034 games
- The two-time Stanley Cup champion spent 14 of those years with the Los Angeles Kings
- Read below for Lewis’ full statement and the Utah angle that puts a bow on his career
Trevor Lewis is calling it a career.
The 39-year-old forward announced his retirement Wednesday after 17 NHL seasons, capping a journey that took him from Salt Lake City to two Stanley Cup parades down Figueroa Street.
Lewis finished with 237 points (104 goals, 133 assists) in 1,034 regular-season games split between the Kings, Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames, per NHL.com. He added 28 points across 106 playoff games and spent 14 of his 17 seasons in Los Angeles.
The 2012 and 2014 championship teams leaned on Lewis as a penalty-killing depth winger who could chase pucks all night and never took a shift off. That niche kept him in the league deep into his late 30s.
“As a kid growing up in Utah, I could have never imagined this journey,” Lewis said in his statement. “Playing over 1,000 games and winning two Stanley Cups. Those milestones aren’t just numbers to me, they represent years of sacrifice, perseverance, and a deep love for the game.”
One record Lewis takes into retirement that nobody saw coming back in 2006. Per Pro Hockey Rumors, he holds the mark for most NHL games played by any Utah-born player. That number got a fresh layer of meaning this week, with the Utah Mammoth picking up their first playoff win in franchise history.
Lewis came out of the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers as the 2006 USHL MVP. The Kings grabbed him 17th overall that June and stuck with him through three AHL seasons in Manchester before he locked down a regular role in Los Angeles in 2010-11.
His thank-you to the only NHL franchise that ever really felt like home was short and direct.
“I want to especially thank the Los Angeles Kings organization for believing in me from day one,” Lewis said. “You gave me an opportunity to chase this dream, and together we built something I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
The brothers in the room will remember the rest.
