ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Maroon said he is retiring after this season. Maroon, who turns 37 next month, made the announcement in a pregame television interview before he and the Chicago Blackhawks played at his hometown St. Louis Blues.

The St. Louis Blues are fighting hard to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs and they took care of business Saturday afternoon as they registered a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. While the win helped the Blues climb into eighth place and the final spot in the Western Conference playoff structure,

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Patrick Maroon has had quite the NHL journey, rising from a sixth-round pick for the Philadelphia Flyers to become a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning.