Former NHLer Ryan Getzlaf joins the NHL's Department of Player Safety

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TJ Tucker
August 14, 2024 (6:14 PM)

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Ryan Getzlaf, a Stanley Cup winner and the Anaheim Ducks all-time leading scorer, has joined the NHL's Department of Player Safety under Senior VP George Parros

The NHL's Department of Player Safety, which "watches every NHL game from a state-of-the-art video room at the League headquarters in New York City," has made a big addition to its team. It comes in the form of Stanley Cup Champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Getzlaf.

Getzlaf had a 17-year season career, all with the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks after being drafted by the team 19th overall in 2003. He holds a number of franchise records with the team, career seasons (17), games (1,157), assists (737) and points (1,019), among many others. He helped the Ducks capture the Stanley Cup in 2006-07 and was the longest-serving captain in Anaheim history (12 seasons, 2010-22).

"We are thrilled to welcome Ryan as the newest member of our department," [the NHL's Senior Vice President of Player Safety," Parros said. "His accomplishments on the ice speak for themselves: he won at every level and was widely respected for being a hard-nosed and highly-skilled Player and effective leader. From his rookie NHL season in 2005 until his recent retirement, he lived and played through many of the changes our game has seen, which will provide our group with unique and valuable perspective moving forward."

The news release from the NHL doesn't give Ryan Getzlaf an official title with the NHL's Department of Player Safety. It would be along the lines of an advisor and a person helping with pivotal decisions.

Former NHL enforcer George Parros has been with the NHL's Department of Player Safety since 2016, and was named Senior Vice President in 2017. He's been at the centre of plenty of controversial decisions over that time. Parros and Getzlaf were teammates with the Anhiem Ducks when the team won a Stanley Cup in 2006-07.

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