Overview
- The Winnipeg Jets announced Monday that Michael Hutchinson is retiring from professional hockey and that he will return for the club’s Alumni Game in October.
- Hutchinson finished an 11-season NHL career with 154 appearances, a 57-62-18 record, a .902 save percentage, and a 2.94 goals-against average.
- Drafted 77th overall by the Boston Bruins in 2008, he developed in the AHL and ECHL before signing with Winnipeg in 2013 and producing his most sustained NHL success there.
- Hutchinson’s most memorable moments came in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche when he stepped in on short notice and won two elimination games to force a Game 7.
- He last played in the NHL with a single start for the Detroit Red Wings in 2023-24 and finished his pro career with SaiPa in Finland’s Liiga in 2024-25, and the Jets’ announcement converts his absence from rosters into an official retirement.