Samuel Morin

The 6'6″ defenseman (who tried his hand at forward late in his career) suffered multiple major knee injuries that required surgery, including a procedure to ...

While he never possessed elite offensive upside, the mean, physical nature of Morin’s game had a place in the NHL. He was a strong contributor for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in his first two seasons of professional hockey, earning a single game with the Flyers in 2016-17. Morin, 26, ended up playing in just 29 NHL games, recording a single goal. Almost nine years after he was selected 11th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers, Samuel Morin’s playing career has come to an end.

Three surgeries on his battered right knee took their toll and forced Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin to retire.

My teammates and everyone I met in the organization in my eight or nine years was awesome. “It was really hard in the beginning,” he said of the realization that his career was over. They mobbed him on the ice after he scored and bolstered their playoff hopes. “He’s always smiling, always pumping up the team. Morin was the definition of perseverance. I’m from a little farm town and I worked my way up to the NHL, and I’m pretty proud of it. “Hockey is my life and I’m excited for the next step.” It’s not snobby, it’s just like a grinding mentality and I loved it.” “I’m lucky to have the Flyers on my side, and I’ll see what the best option is for me,” Morin said. “Just wanted to give him some time; it’s been a long road for him,” Fletcher said. Morin said he has received lots of support from family, friends, and teammates. A big man (6-foot-6, 230 pounds) who was ferocious on the ice, and a gentle giant off it.

Sélectionné au premier tour du repêchage de 2013, le Québécois Samuel Morin met fin à sa carrière de hockeyeur en raison des blessures.

Le patineur choisi avec le 11e tour de parole de son encan amateur n’a jamais été capable de s’établir dans la Ligue nationale en raison des blessures. Morin, 6 pi et 6 po et 202 lb, a disputé quatre saisons avec l’Océanic de Rimouski dans la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec. Il a aussi représenté le Canada lors du Championnat du monde de hockey junior de 2015. Il y a inscrit un but.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin has retired at 26 due to too much damage to his knee.

Morin had surgery this season to fix his knee and didn't return. Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin has retired at 26 due to a knee injury. The 6-foot-7 defender tore his ACL in his right knee in 2018 before tearing it again a year later.

According to general manager Chuck Fletcher, Morin's (knee) playing career is over, Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.

Reoccurring knee injuries will unfortunately end the career of Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin far before it was supposed to bed.

Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you find a diamond in the rough in a later round. Maybe had he not been injured, he could’ve been one of the great blueliners of the era. His size would’ve been imposing and he could’ve been that big hulking defender that the Flyers are still looking for. He went back to playing defense in 2020-21, playing in 20 games. One ACL tear is hard to come back from. Morin, like Nolan Patrick several years later, is a major bust first round pick by the Flyers. However, this is not them completely missing on a prospect.

Samuel Morin, the Flyers' happy-go-lucky defenseman who courageously fought for his career despite multiple ACL tears, is retiring from playing.

"Did everything he could to be a player; no one appreciated being a hockey player better than Sam Morin. But there's just, unfortunately, too much damage to the knee to resurrect his career." Morin was projected to be the Flyers' seventh defenseman this season but had to undergo a clean-out procedure on his knee Sept. 10. During November 2019, Morin tore the ACL in his right knee for the second time in a span of 19 months.

Le Québécois Samuel Morin, qui a souffert de plusieurs blessures au genou au cours des années, doit mettre fin à sa carrière.

Il a fait le saut dans la Ligue américaine avec le club-école des Flyers, les Phantoms de Lehigh Valley, lors de la saison 2015-2016. « C’est un jeune incroyable, avec un grand cœur et une énorme détermination, a ajouté Fletcher. Il a fait tout ce qu’il pouvait pour être un joueur de hockey. Le directeur général des Flyers de Philadelphie, Chuck Fletcher, en a fait l’annonce mardi matin.