Milan Lučić

Milan Lucic is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played his major junior career with the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL) for three seasons and captured the Memorial Cup, while being named tournament MVP in 2007. He was selected 50th overall in the 2006 NHL entry draft and made the Boston Bruins roster as a 19-year-old in 2007–08. Three years later, he won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins. He spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with Boston before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in June 2015. Following a single season in Los Angeles, Lucic signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers in July 2016, playing three seasons for the Oilers before being traded to the Calgary Flames in July 2019. He then briefly returned to Boston, before his release due to a domestic violence arrest. After spending a year out of hockey, Lucic played parts of the 2025–26 season with the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) and Fife Flyers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), before announcing his retirement in 2026.