Connor Ingram announces retirement from hockey
After more than 300 professional hockey games, Connor Ingram is calling it a career.
The Saskatoon native announced his retirement on Instagram Friday.
“Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy it happened,” Ingram wrote on Instagram. “Thanks hockey, I owe ya.”
Last season, he dressed in 32 games with the Edmonton Oilers, where he posted a 16-10-3 record with an .899 save percentage (SV%) and a 2.60 goals against average (GAA). He also played in five Stanley Cup Playoff games last spring
Ingram, 29, spent parts of five NHL seasons Oilers, Nashville Predators, Arizona Coyotes and Utah Mammoth. He compiled a record of 55-54-18 with a .901 SV% and 3.01 GAA.
His best season came in 2023-24 with the Coyotes, where he posted a 23-21-3 record with a .907 SV% and a league-leading six shutouts. He would go on to win the 2024 Bill Masterton Trophy.
Ingram entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program in March 2025 to focus on his mental health. He remained in the program until late August, where he was cleared to return. In October, he was acquired by the Oilers.
Taken in the third round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Ingram played 161 regular-season AHL games with the Bakersfield Condors, Tucson Roadrunners, Milwaukee Admirals, Chicago Wolves and Syracuse Crunch. He went 91-48-17 with a .915 SV% and 2.51 GAA.
Ingram played his junior hockey in the Western Hockey League, where in four seasons with the Kamloops Blazers, he went 81-50-18 with a .918 SV% and 2.68 GAA. He also went 5-8 with a .942 SV% and 2.15 GAA in 13 WHL playoff games.
