The Shocking Reason Behind Christian Fischer’s Sudden NHL Retirement at Just 28
That side of the game doesn’t come with much glamor. It also doesn’t come with the biggest pay days. But Fischer was OK with all that.
“That’s never why I played hockey,” he said. “That had no meaning to me, and that’s probably why I was very OK with making kind of that career move and career adjustment, to just once again finding a way to make an impact in a game, and have a career.”
When he left Arizona in 2023 as a free agent, he signed in Detroit and became a relied-upon matchup player for the Red Wings, often on a line with Michael Rasmussen and Andrew Copp. He was a natural fit, and drew praise for what are often unheralded contributions in that role.
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