Report: Dan Boyle to announce his retirement

According to hockey insider Darren Dreger, veteran defenseman Dan Boyle is set to announce his retirement sometime this week.

Boyle, 40, spent six seasons with the San Jose Sharks and looks to be working with the club in order to make the announcement. A big part of the Sharks organization, Boyle wore an “A” for the club in all six of his campaigns with the club.

The Ottawa, Ontario native played four seasons for Miami University in Ohio before he joined the Florida Panthers in the 1998-99 season for his NHL debut. In his NHL seasons he saw the ice 22 times for the Panthers and have three goals and eight points while patrolling the teams blue line.

Boyle would go on to play in 1093 career NHL regular season games and record 163 goals and 605 points, along with 693 penalty minutes over the course of 17 seasons. He made 130 NHL playoff appearances, and won the Stanley Cup on 2003-04 with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Twice the 5’11”, 194-pound blue liner was named an NHL All-Star.

In additional to his Stanley Cup Championship Boyle earned an Olympic gold medal with Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and an IIHF Men’s World Championship silver medal in 2005. These were the only two times Boyle was selected to the Canadian national team.

Last season he laced up his skates in 74 games for the New York Rangers. In what looks to have been his final NHL season the had 10 goals and 24 points patrolling the Original Six franchises blue line.