The Colorado Avalanche have been blessed with talented stars among their ranks of athletes in the last thirty years: Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, and Milan Hejduk, just to name a few.
Tyson Barrie is among the names of recognizable talent who have called Colorado home during their career. On August 25th, 2025, Barrie made the decision to hang up the skates professionally.
After 822 NHL games, Tyson Barrie is calling it a career. 👏
— NHL (@NHL) August 25, 2025
Best of luck in retirement! pic.twitter.com/3lcarmiaZw
Drafted by Colorado 64th overall in the third round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Barrie finished his NHL career with a total of 822 games played, tallying 508 points (110g/398a). 307 of those points, including 75 goals and 232 assists, were scored with the Avalanche.
In the 13 seasons he played in the NHL, eight of those were spent in Denver. The remaining seven were spent among the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators, and, most recently, the Calgary Flames.
In 2019, Barrie was an instrumental piece in a trade with Toronto that brought Nazem Kadri to Colorado. He was sent with forward Alex Kerfoot to the Maple Leafs in return for Kadri and defensive prospect Calle Rosen. Kadri played a crucial role in Colorado's Stanley Cup run in 2022.
"It's probably a decision in tandem with the 32 National Hockey League teams," Barrie said on Hockey Today via SiriusXM NHL when asked why he made the decision when he did. "It felt pretty organic. There was probably a little bit of opportunity out there for me to go and take a [professional try out] and take another crack at it, but I kinda put my heart and soul into that last year and this season didn't go as I'd hoped in Calgary. So, it felt organic to roll over into the next chapter of my life. Like I said in my Instagram post, I'm just super grateful for the time I did get to spend in the league. The hockey family is a special thing, and to be a part of it for that long and I know it doesn't end when you retire, so I'm just super grateful for the life I got to lead thus far."
Tyson Barrie Retirement Post via Instagram.
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