3-Time Cup Champ Pat Maroon Makes Surprising Choice For His Next Hockey Journey
Pat Maroon made a career in the NHL as one of the toughest hombres around. But after retiring at the end of last season, he has now decided to trade in his brawn for his brains, accepting a job as an assistant coach with the USHL's Muskegon Lumberjacks.
The Muskegon Lumberjacks are thrilled to announce the addition of 3x Stanley Cup Champion, Pat Maroon, to the Coaching Staff!
— Muskegon Lumberjacks (@MuskegonJacks) August 15, 2025
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Maroon lent his toughness and physical play to eight different teams across his 14-year NHL career, and won three consecutive Stanley Cups from 2019-2021, first with his hometown St. Louis Blues and then the following two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Retiring at the end of last season was tough for the 37-year-old. "It's hard to go through things like this, you can't really process it, but I think it's best for me and my family to go start a new chapter," Maroon said at the time.
He did a little commentating work on the desk at the NHL on TNT this past spring during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but now is ready for the next phase of his career.
Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round (161st overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Maroon went on to play in the league for the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Blues, Lightning, Minnesota Wild, Boston Bruins and finally with the Chicago Blackhawks this past season.
He finished his 848-game NHL career with 323 points on 126 goals and 197 assists, along with 1,590 hits, 1,087 penalty minutes and 141 fights (the most notable of which, you can watch at hockeyfights.com).
