WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Chaz Lucius, a first-round draft choice of the Winnipeg Jets in 2021, announced his retirement from hockey on Tuesday after recently being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Lucius in a statement said EDS is “a hereditary disorder that affects the connective tissue that stabilizes and supports the joints and organs throughout the body.”
“As I struggled with incurring and recovering from various joints injuries over the last several year, I thought I was just unlucky,” he said.
“With this diagnosis of EDS, I now realize that my body impacted by EDS could not handle the physical nature of playing hockey.