Francouz has spent the last six years with the Avalanche organization, winning a Stanley Cup in 2022.
On Friday, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz announced he is retiring from hockey at the age of 33.Francouz has been dealing with injury troubles over the past year. An adductor surgery performed last offseason led to the Avalanche placing the Czech netminder on long-term injured reserve. The team eventually announced in November that he was not going to play in the 2023-24 season.
Francouz burst onto the North American scene after a fruitful career in Europe. With Czech Extraliga club HC Litvínov, he was named the league’s top goaltender twice, and in 2014-15, he backstopped Litvinov to the league championship. In the Kontinental Hockey League with Traktor Chelyabinsk, he was named the goaltender of the year in the 2017-18 season.
That injury led to hip surgery that caused Francouz to miss the entire 2020-21 season. When he returned the following year, he proved to be a solid supporting character to Darcy Kuemper. However, when Kuemper was injured during the 2022 Playoffs, Francouz stepped up, going unbeaten in six games before Kuemper returned to help Colorado win the Stanley Cup.
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