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Ben Lovejoy ’06 Announces Retirement from the NHL After 11 Seasons
8/29/2019 3:53:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Lovejoy is Dartmouth's all-time leader with 76 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
HANOVER, N.H. – Ben Lovejoy '06 — a former member of the Dartmouth men's hockey team — announced his retirement from pro hockey on Wednesday night during a segment on the NHL Network.
Lovejoy used his first appearance as an analyst on NHL Tonight to announce that he has concluded his 11-season National Hockey League career, a career that included becoming the first New Hampshire native to win the Stanley Cup as a player, earning that distinction in 2016.
"Playing in the NHL was a lifelong dream come true," Lovejoy said. "I spent 24 years of my life trying to get to the NHL, then 11 trying to stay. I'm so lucky with how everything turned out."
Third all-time in career games played by a Dartmouth alum with 544, Lovejoy played for four teams during his career: Pittsburgh Penguins (twice), Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars.
Undrafted, Lovejoy started his career in the American Hockey League (AHL) before making his way to Pittsburgh for his first of two stops with the Penguins in 2009. Traded to Anaheim in 2013, he was dealt back to Pittsburgh in 2015. He would eventually hoist the Stanley Cup a year later, becoming the first Dartmouth player since Myles Lane '28 did so with the Boston Bruins in 1929.
Lovejoy used his day with the Stanley Cup to celebrate with fans at Thompson Arena, taking pictures and signing autographs for four hours on the concourse of his collegiate home rink.
He signed with the Devils in the summer of 2016 and finished his career with the Stars this season, helping Dallas reach the second round.
Lovejoy made an impact on the hockey world when he announced in 2017 that he would donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation to support Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and concussion research, becoming the first active player to do so. Following Lovejoy's lead, men's and women's players Shawn McEachern, Angela Ruggiero, Hayley Wickenheiser, A. J. Mleczko, Bob Sweeney and Ted Drury have also made the same pledge.
"I look forward to what's next. We moved to Hanover, and I am excited to be a dad and raise our three girls here," Lovejoy commented. "Dartmouth Hockey is so special to me. When I arrived at Dartmouth, my hockey career was struggling. Coach Bob Gaudet gave me a second chance and a new lease on my hockey career, and I am forever grateful and consider him the most important coach I have ever played for."
"I can't wait to sit in the stands at Thompson and watch the boys play," Lovejoy added. "I look forward to being a fan."
Lovejoy retires with 20 goals and 81 assists for 101 career points. His plus-51 rating is the best by a former Big Green skater at the NHL level. The defensive defenseman also holds the Dartmouth record for most NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games with 76 over eight appearances.
Lovejoy used his first appearance as an analyst on NHL Tonight to announce that he has concluded his 11-season National Hockey League career, a career that included becoming the first New Hampshire native to win the Stanley Cup as a player, earning that distinction in 2016.
"Playing in the NHL was a lifelong dream come true," Lovejoy said. "I spent 24 years of my life trying to get to the NHL, then 11 trying to stay. I'm so lucky with how everything turned out."
Third all-time in career games played by a Dartmouth alum with 544, Lovejoy played for four teams during his career: Pittsburgh Penguins (twice), Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars.
Undrafted, Lovejoy started his career in the American Hockey League (AHL) before making his way to Pittsburgh for his first of two stops with the Penguins in 2009. Traded to Anaheim in 2013, he was dealt back to Pittsburgh in 2015. He would eventually hoist the Stanley Cup a year later, becoming the first Dartmouth player since Myles Lane '28 did so with the Boston Bruins in 1929.
Lovejoy used his day with the Stanley Cup to celebrate with fans at Thompson Arena, taking pictures and signing autographs for four hours on the concourse of his collegiate home rink.
He signed with the Devils in the summer of 2016 and finished his career with the Stars this season, helping Dallas reach the second round.
Lovejoy made an impact on the hockey world when he announced in 2017 that he would donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation to support Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and concussion research, becoming the first active player to do so. Following Lovejoy's lead, men's and women's players Shawn McEachern, Angela Ruggiero, Hayley Wickenheiser, A. J. Mleczko, Bob Sweeney and Ted Drury have also made the same pledge.
"I look forward to what's next. We moved to Hanover, and I am excited to be a dad and raise our three girls here," Lovejoy commented. "Dartmouth Hockey is so special to me. When I arrived at Dartmouth, my hockey career was struggling. Coach Bob Gaudet gave me a second chance and a new lease on my hockey career, and I am forever grateful and consider him the most important coach I have ever played for."
"I can't wait to sit in the stands at Thompson and watch the boys play," Lovejoy added. "I look forward to being a fan."
Lovejoy retires with 20 goals and 81 assists for 101 career points. His plus-51 rating is the best by a former Big Green skater at the NHL level. The defensive defenseman also holds the Dartmouth record for most NHL Stanley Cup Playoff games with 76 over eight appearances.
— ben lovejoy (@RevLovejoy6) August 29, 2019
Congratulations to Ben Lovejoy '06 on his retirement!
— Dartmouth Men's Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) August 29, 2019
Undrafted to 11 seasons in the @NHL. pic.twitter.com/N1zaHQrNGg
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