Former New York Rangers captain and native New Yorker Ryan Callahan announced his retirement today.
The former Rangers captain retires after 13 years and 757 career regular season games played, split between the Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Originally a fourth-round pick of the Rangers (127th overall) in the 2004 Draft, Callahan spent the first six years of his NHL career on Broadway before being traded to the Lightning in his seventh season in the deal that brought Martin St. Louis to New York. He scored 254 points in 450 games as a Ranger and succeeded Chris Drury as the team’s captain in the 2011-12 season.