Martin St-Louis officially brought the curtain down on his career Thursday afternoon, announcing his retirement after 16 seasons in the National Hockey League and five appearances with Team Canada.

The Laval, Que., native didn’t represent his country for the first time until just before his 30th birthday; after winning the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy and Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2003-04, St-Louis had four points in six games to help Canada win the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

He finished second in Canadian scoring at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, and won back-to-back silver medals at the IIHF World Championship in 2008 and 2009, leading the tournament in scoring and earning a spot on the media all-star team in 2009.

St-Louis capped his international career just over a year ago in Sochi, seeing action in five games and helping Canada to its second consecutive Olympic gold medal.

In all, he concluded his Team Canada career with 32 points (10 goals, 22 assists) in 35 games.

St-Louis recorded 1,033 points (391 goals, 642 assists) in 1,134 NHL games with the Calgary Flames, Lightning and New York Rangers, leading the league in scoring twice (2003-04 and 2012-13).

In addition to his two Art Ross Trophies and one Hart Trophy, St-Louis was a three-time recipient of the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player (2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13), and earned a spot on the NHL First All-Star Team in 2003-04, and on the NHL Second All-Star Team in 2006-07, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2012-13.

MARTIN ST-LOUIS