The Shocking Reason Behind Christian Fischer’s Sudden NHL Retirement at Just 28

Fischer grew up in Chicago and played for the U.S. National Team Development Program en route to being the 32nd pick in 2015 NHL Draft. He made his NHL debut for the Arizona Coyotes at 19. The following season, the 6-foot-2 forward scored 15 goals and 33 points in a breakout campaign at age 20.

Soon, though, Fischer realized that his path to carving out an NHL career was probably not going to be that of a goal scorer. He viewed himself as a player of average skill, average skating — “pretty much average in everything,” Fischer said. “You had to work your butt off, and you had to find a way to impact the game in whatever way.”

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