Former NHL Norwegian veteran and Edmonton Oiler, Patrick Thoresen, has officially called it quits on his professional hockey career, retiring at the age of 41. Former Edmonton Oiler Patrick Thoresen hung up <a href='https://www.difhockey.se/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>his pro hockey skates at the age of 41.</a> <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/SEllisHockey/status/1955699693859525100'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> The Norwegian legend left home for Sweden at 19 after two QMJHL seasons with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar and the Moncton Wildcats, racking up 118 points in 83 combined regular-season and playoff games. He played 200 career SHL games, all for Stockholm's Djurgården over five years. Djurgården is the club that has made me the hockey player I am, Thoresen said. Patrick Thoresen returned to Djurgården for 2015-16 after nine years abroad in North America, Austria, Switzerland, and Russia, with 57 points in 57 games and SHL MVP honors. <h3>Thoresen Played in the NHL Between 2006 and 2008</h3> In North America, he appeared in 120 NHL games for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Edmonton Oilers between 2006 and 2008 and scored a total of 26 points. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Scouching/status/1955703788762734710'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> Globally, Thoresen represented Norway in 10 IIHF World Championships and three Winter Olympics (2010, 2014, 2018). Thoresen captained Norway at the 2024 Worlds in Prague, recording six points in seven games on a line with veteran Mats Zuccarello and 19-year-old Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, a first-round Detroit Red Wings draft pick. The fun part is I played with Michael's dad when I got into the national team and I played with him for three or four years, Thoresen said during the tournament, referring to Kjell Richard Nygård, who played for Norway at seven World Championships between 2001 and 2008. He was watching from the stands today. There are six or seven guys here whose dads I played with. That's how old I am. Thoresen retires as Norway's finest player, admired for his talent, leadership, and extended career in a variety of top-flight leagues.