New Jersey Devils icon Patrik Elias, the team's all-time leader in goals and assists, has announced his retirement, the team said Friday.
The Devils said Elias will join Ken Daneyko, Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer and Martin Brodeur as the fifth player in team history to have his number retired when the team raises his No. 26 to the rafters next season.
"Time flies. Some great years, successful years," Elias said in a video on the team's website. "Some rough years, but it all brought us here.