Valtteri Filppula has decided to retire from hockey at age 41 after playing one final season at home in his native Finland. Filppula announced Tuesday he is calling it a career.

Update from Friday's practice: Valtteri Filppula, who's been bothered by a sore leg, didn't practice, but the Wings said he will play in Game 5 vs. Dallas Saturday. Mark Hartigan and Justin ...

Darren Helm and Valtteri Filppula have played a combined 1,335 games for the Red Wings but might have appeared in their final game for the organization. Filppula, 37, almost surely won’t be re ...

16-year NHL veteran Valtteri Filppula has ended his playing career. Helsinki-based Jokerit of Finland’s second-tier league, Mestis, where he spent the 2024-25 campaign, made the announcement today.

What an year it's been already for former Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula. He joined the triple gold club Sunday, on home ice, when Finland defeated Canada, 4-3, in overtime to claim ...

It was widely expected and now it’s official: Valtteri Filppula is going home. After 19 years abroad in the NHL and Switzerland, the 40-year-old Finn is returning to Jokerit Helsinki , the club ...

Former NHL players Leo Komarov, Sami Vatanen, Valtteri Filppula and Markus Granlund were among those named to Finland's men's hockey roster for the Beijing Olympics ...

If Wednesday was the last time forward Valtteri Filppula ever plays for the Detroit Red Wings, his tenure ended in one of the worst ways possible. Not only did his team get eliminated by the Chicago ...

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HELSINKI (AP) — Valtteri Filppula has decided to retire from hockey at age 41 after playing one final season at home in his native Finland. Filppula announced Tuesday he is calling it a career.