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The Blackhawks are expecting more than 25 players from their golden age to attend Saturday’s festivities. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images
It’s not hard to find Patrick Kane these days. The Blackhawks icon just scored his 500th career goal, telling his teammates afterward, “I couldn’t be happier to be a Red Wing and do it in this uniform,” a thought that might have broken the city of Chicago not too long ago. Jonathan Toews is easy to spot, too. After two years of retirement, traveling the globe and largely staying out of the public eye, Toews returned to the NHL with his hometown Winnipeg Jets. He’ll use the visitors’ dressing room at the United Center for the first time Monday in what’s sure to be an emotional night for Blackhawks fans.
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Still, the Blackhawks were far more than just Kane and Toews in what the team is now calling “The Banner Years,” an era which will be celebrated before and during Saturday night’s game against the Boston Bruins. Dozens of players hoisted the Stanley Cup between 2010 and 2015. Some played massive roles, some were key depth pieces and some were just passing through, mere footnotes in Hawks history. The Blackhawks are expecting more than 25 players from their golden age to attend Saturday’s festivities, including Marián Hossa, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford.
We thought it would be fun to update fans to let them know where they all are now. Here’s a handy guide to what the modern Blackhawks champions are up to:
Dave Bolland: Bolland, 39, had to retire from hockey due to back issues and last played during the 2015-16 season. He lived in Florida while his NHL contract was still active. He mentioned during COVID that he was hoping to join the Blackhawks in some capacity. He was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 2025 and attended the ceremony in November, but otherwise, Bolland has mostly kept a low profile.
Bryan Bickell: Bickell, 39, retired from hockey in 2017 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He and his wife Amanda run the Bryan and Amanda Bickell Foundation, which helps support people living with multiple sclerosis in Canada and also raises positive awareness for pitbulls.
Troy Brouwer: Brouwer, 40, retired from playing after the 2019-20 season with the St. Louis Blues. He’s since joined the Blues as a pro scout and has been in that role for five seasons.
Adam Burish: Burish, 43, finished his career playing in Sweden in the 2015-16 season. He was on a path to be one of the Blackhawks’ main TV analysts, but he chose to return home to Wisconsin. He is co-owner of Rare restaurants in Wisconsin.
Dustin Byfuglien: Byfuglien, 40, last played with the Winnipeg Jets during the 2018-19 season. He is famously private, to the point where even his friends and teammates couldn’t locate him for months on end. Still, he attended Duncan Keith’s Hall of Fame induction in Toronto in November.
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Brian Campbell: Campbell, 46, joined the Blackhawks hockey operations staff after retiring in 2017 and is one of general manager Kyle Davidson’s most trusted people.
Ben Eager: Eager, 41, retired from hockey after the 2014-15 season. He still lives in the Chicago area. He has three daughters and has been running the Jet Hockey training facility in Glenview, Ill., for the past nine years.
Colin Fraser: Fraser, 40, last played in Germany during the 2016-17 season. He’s another former player who has found his way back to the Blackhawks organization and has been an amateur scout for the team since the 2018-19 season.
Jordan Hendry: Hendry, 41, retired from hockey in 2015 after playing a final season in Sweden. He is now a financial adviser in Alaska.
Niklas Hjalmarsson: Hjalmarsson, 38, retired in 2021 after four seasons in Arizona. He returned to play 17 games with HV71 in his home country Sweden during the 2022-23 season before retiring again. He is expecting a new child this month.
Marián Hossa: Hossa, 47, stopped playing after the 2016-17 season due to a skin disorder with his NHL contract running through the 2020-21 season. Hossa, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2021, returned home to Slovakia after his career and is running HOSSA Family, a food manufacturing and distribution company. He also owns a golf course and sports facility in his hometown.
Cristobal Huet: Huet, 50, concluded his playing career in net for Lausanne in the National League in Switzerland during the 2017-18 season. He became the team’s goalie coach the following season and has remained in that position since.
Patrick Kane: Kane, 37, still makes the Chicago area his home in the offseason, but he’s now in his third season playing for the Detroit Red Wings. He recently recorded his 500th career goal.
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Duncan Keith: Keith, 42, finished his playing career with the Edmonton Oilers during the 2021-22 season. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November. He worked briefly in player development with the Edmonton Oilers.
Tomáš Kopecký: Kopecký, 43, closed out his career playing in his home country of Slovakia for the 2016-17 season and he settled there with his family after his playing career.
Andrew Ladd: Ladd, 40, ended his playing career after the 2021-22 season with the Arizona Coyotes. He is the co-founder of 1616, an educational resource program for hockey coaches and parents, and the director of Novus Global, a firm that offers executive coaching.
John Madden: Madden, 52, finished his playing career with the Florida Panthers during the 2011-12 season. He has been an NHL assistant coach for the Arizona Coyotes/Utah Mammoth for the last four seasons.
Antti Niemi: Niemi, 42, played a final season for Jokerit in Finland during the 2019-20 season. He is now a majority owner of Kiekko-Vantaa, a second division team in his hometown in Finland.
Brent Seabrook: Seabrook, 40, stopped playing due to injuries after the 2019-20 season, with his NHL contract running through the 2023-24 season. He joined the Calgary Flames development staff in June of 2025, and before that, he worked with the Vancouver Giants of the WHL.
Patrick Sharp: Sharp, 44, retired from playing after the 2017-18 season with the Blackhawks. He began on a path as a TV commentator, but he’s since returned to the hockey side and is a hockey operations special adviser for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Brent Sopel: Sopel, 49, last played with the Chicago Wolves during the 2014-15 season. He is the founder of the Sopel Foundation of Dyslexia, which seeks to empower those with dyslexia.
Jonathan Toews: Toews, 37, stepped away from hockey for a couple of seasons after his last one with the Blackhawks. He returned this season with the Winnipeg Jets.
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Kris Versteeg: Versteeg, 39, retired after playing for the Rockford IceHogs and in the KHL during the 2019-20 season. He’s the founder of Klevr, which is a platform that allows parents, players and coaches to record and share video.
Brandon Bollig: Bollig, 38, spent his last few hockey seasons in the AHL and retired after the 2017-18 season. He is now a commercial real estate adviser and investor in Florida.
Sheldon Brookbank: Brookbank, 45, got into coaching after his playing career ended with the 2016-17 season. He was part of the Blackhawks’ organization until he was let go as an assistant coach when Jeremy Colliton was fired. Brookbank is now a player development coach and pro scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Daniel Carcillo: Carcillo, 40, retired after the 2014-15 NHL season due to multiple concussions. He’s since become a mental-health advocate in his retirement, promoting the use of psychedelics to help people heal from brain injuries.
Corey Crawford: Crawford, 41, was hoping to continue his career with the New Jersey Devils during the 2020-21 season, but he retired due to his health. He’s appeared in public more in recent years, including voicing the Blackhawks’ recent documentary. He retired in the Chicago area with his family.
Michael Frolík: Frolík, 37, was playing in Czechia until the 2023-24 season. There’s not much known about him since he retired.
Michal Handzuš: Handzuš, 48, played three seasons in Slovakia, his home country, before retiring after the 2016-17 season. He is now the chairman of the Barani youth hockey club in Slovakia.
Marcus Krüger: Krüger, 35, played his last NHL season in 2018-19 but has continued to play in Europe. He is a hero to his Swedish hometown club, Djurgården, captaining the team last season as it earned promotion back to the SHL. Additionally, he is now teammates with Blackhawks prospect Anton Frondell.
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Nick Leddy: Leddy, 34, left the Blackhawks after the 2013-14 season because they couldn’t afford him and he’s been well paid ever since. He’s in his 12th consecutive season with a cap hit at $4 million or higher since leaving the Blackhawks. He now plays for the San Jose Sharks.
Johnny Oduya: Oduya, 44, retired from hockey after last playing in the NHL during the 2017-18 season. He returned to Stockholm after his playing career and founded Atunya Performance, a performance training brand, and is the co-founder of Hale, which teaches science-based breathing.
Michal Rozsival: Rozsival, 47, never played again after the 2016-17 season due to concussion symptoms from a facial fracture. He retired in the Chicago area and has coached his children in youth hockey, including with the Chicago Mission.
Brandon Saad: Saad, 33, has become more of a role player late in his NHL career, but he’s still contributing to a winning team. The Vegas Golden Knights mark his fifth NHL team.
Andrew Shaw: Shaw, 34, retired in 2021 after multiple concussions. He returned to his hometown of Belleville, Ontario, and is now coaching both of his children in youth hockey.
Ben Smith: Smith, 37, retired after playing in Germany last season. He joined the Boston Bruins as a player development coordinator this season.
Viktor Stålberg: Stålberg, 39, closed out his career in Switzerland and retired after the 2020-21 season. He and fellow former NHL player Douglas Murray have since gone into the wine business together and run Global Wines & Spirits Sweden.
Team also included Bolland, Bickell, Hjalmarsson, Hossa, Kane, Keith, Seabrook, Sharp and Toews, who were all previously mentioned.
Kyle Cumiskey: Cumiskey, 39, played five seasons in Germany before retiring after last season. He is now a skill development coach for Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford, B.C.
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Scott Darling: Darling, 37, attempted a comeback with the Rockford IceHogs in 2021 but played just one game on a PTO. He’s been a hockey analyst and comedian in recent years.
Andrew Desjardins: Desjardins, 39, spent five years as a significant contributor for the Mannheim Eagles in Germany, then played two seasons in Austria before retiring at the end of the 2023-24 season. He’s now an assistant coach with the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves.
Joakim Nordström: Nordström 33, last played in the NHL during the 2020-21 season. He is under contract with Davos in Switzerland, but hasn’t been able to play since the 2023-24 season due to concussion symptoms.
Brad Richards: Richards, 45, played one more season in the NHL before retiring after the 2016-17 season. He’s now a coach for the Florida Surf, a AAA hockey program in West Palm Beach, Fla.
David Rundblad: Rundblad, 35, has had a long European playing career after leaving the NHL during the 2016-17 season. He’s currently the captain of MoDo in Sweden’s second division.
Teuvo Teräväinen: Teräväinen, 31, was the youngest player on the Blackhawks when they won in 2015. He’s in his 13th NHL season now and is back with the Blackhawks after spending a bulk of his career with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Kimmo Timonen: Timonen, 50, didn’t play again after winning the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2015. He settled in Philadelphia in his retirement and is Finland’s honorary consulate for New Jersey.
Trevor van Riemsdyk: Van Riemsdyk, 34, has had a long NHL career beyond his time with the Blackhawks. He is currently in his sixth season with the Washington Capitals.
Antoine Vermette: Vermette, 43, played three more seasons in the NHL after winning the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks and retired after the 2017-18 season. He is now quietly retired in Quebec City.
Team also included Bickell, Crawford, Hjalmarsson, Hossa, Kane, Keith, Krüger, Oduya, Rozsival, Saad, Seabrook, Sharp, Shaw, Toews and Versteeg, who were all previously mentioned.
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