Nothing in English yet, but Austrian media outlets are all carrying that news tonight. Vanek hangs em up after 14 years in the league and 1,029 regular season games (373 goals and 416 assists).
Hard to put into words what he's meant for Austrian hockey. We really haven't produced a whole lot of NHL players (I think it's been 7 in total, plus a number of Canadians who later became Austrian citizens) and having a player score 30 or even 40 goals a season was pretty amazing. Easily the best Austrian player ever (ahead of Michael Grabner, who hopefully can stick around for a couple more years), too bad he didn't get to win a Stanley Cup.
Vanek also says he wants to stay in hockey and maybe become a GM one day. All the best to him in retirement
