What Is Marian Hossa Doing Now? Life After the Blackhawks

Marian Hossa reached the Stanley Cup Final with three different teams in three straight years, lost the first two and went on to win three Cups with the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored 525 NHL goals and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020. Back in Slovakia, the company that carries his name operates far from the rink.

What is Marian Hossa doing now?

Marian Hossa owns Hossa family, a Slovak food company based in Poprad that makes frozen meals, above all pirohy, the filled dumplings of Slovak home cooking, and the potato dumplings called sulance. He told NHL.com in February 2024 that he runs the frozen food business himself and is busy even without hockey. As of July 2026, the company employed more than 200 people, ran its own freezing plants near Poprad and had built a logistics center near Bratislava, Kanal1 reported. It supplies restaurants, hotels, and grocery stores.

Marian Hossa: then and now
Known for	Three Stanley Cups with Chicago, 525 NHL goals
Position	Right wing, shoots left
Born	12 January 1979, Stara Lubovna, Czechoslovakia
Drafted	1997, first round, 12th overall, Ottawa Senators
NHL career	19 seasons, 1,309 games, five teams
Last NHL season	2016-17, Chicago Blackhawks
Current role	Owner of the Hossa family food company, as of July 2026
Business	Hossa family, Poprad, Slovakia
Slovak name	Marián Hossa

The business predates the name. According to an interview with the company in Priemysel Dnes, it has operated in the industrial park in Poprad since 2008 and was called HO&PE family until a restructuring, after which it took the name Hossa family in 2021. It sells frozen dumplings under the Stara mama brand, and much of its work involves distributing chilled and frozen food from other producers. Hossa began investing in it while he was still playing and turned to it full time after his NHL contract ended in 2021.

Not every part of the group has lasted. A subsidiary that processed potatoes for the company’s flour products went into bankruptcy proceedings, Pravda reported in January 2025, while the main company kept operating.

Marian Hossa now: a sports center and golf course in Trencin

Hossa’s other project is in Trencin, the town where his hockey career began. In the same NHL.com interview, he described a sports center built in cooperation with the city, with tennis courts, a multipurpose surface for ball hockey and basketball, and a nine-hole golf course that had been open for about seven years. He called the golf course mostly a hobby.

As of February 2024, he held no job in hockey. He turned down an offer from Slovak federation president Miroslav Satan because the business left him little time, and he left open a Blackhawks role he compared to an ambassador. Together with Marian Gaborik, he has financially supported the hockey club in Trencin.

Is Marian Hossa still playing hockey?

No. Marian Hossa’s last NHL season was 2016-17, when he scored 26 goals for Chicago, and he did not play in the league again. On 12 July 2018, the Blackhawks traded his contract to the Arizona Coyotes in a seven-player deal that also sent Vinnie Hinostroza and Jordan Oesterle to Arizona, CBS Chicago reported. The contract had three seasons left at the time. His last game on the ice was a farewell game in August 2023, he told NHL.com.

Is Marian Hossa in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Marian Hossa was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020, his first year of eligibility, and the Blackhawks retired his No. 81 on 20 November 2022, making him the eighth player whose number hangs in the United Center rafters, TSN reported. He is part of our list of every Hockey Hall of Fame class since 2010.

Marian Hossa’s Stanley Cups and the two Finals he lost first

Marian Hossa won the Stanley Cup three times, all with Chicago, in 2010, 2013 and 2015. The Hall of Fame’s induction profile calls him the first player to reach three consecutive Finals with three different teams. Atlanta traded him to Pittsburgh at the 2008 deadline, and the Penguins lost the Final to Detroit. He signed with the Red Wings for 2008-09, led them with 40 goals and lost the Final to Pittsburgh. He signed with Chicago in July 2009, and the Blackhawks beat Philadelphia for the Cup the next June. The later Cups came against Boston and Tampa Bay.

Ottawa had drafted him 12th overall in 1997, and he played seven seasons there before moving to Atlanta in 2005, where he had his only 100-point season in 2006-07.

During his day with the Cup in Trencin in August 2013, Hossa served bryndza pirohy, dumplings with sheep cheese, out of the trophy, the Slovak news agency SITA reported. About 2,000 fans came to the arena to congratulate him.

Marian Hossa’s stats and teams

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P
1997-98	Ottawa	7	0	1	1
1998-99	Ottawa	60	15	15	30
1999-00	Ottawa	78	29	27	56
2000-01	Ottawa	81	32	43	75
2001-02	Ottawa	80	31	35	66
2002-03	Ottawa	80	45	35	80
2003-04	Ottawa	81	36	46	82
2005-06	Atlanta	80	39	53	92
2006-07	Atlanta	82	43	57	100
2007-08	Atlanta and Pittsburgh	72	29	37	66
2008-09	Detroit	74	40	31	71
2009-10	Chicago	57	24	27	51
2010-11	Chicago	65	25	32	57
2011-12	Chicago	81	29	48	77
2012-13	Chicago	40	17	14	31
2013-14	Chicago	72	30	30	60
2014-15	Chicago	82	22	39	61
2015-16	Chicago	64	13	20	33
2016-17	Chicago	73	26	19	45
Total		1,309	525	609	1,134

Figures are from Hockey-Reference.

Marian Hossa scored 89 of his 149 NHL playoff points (60 percent) in the five springs that ended in a Stanley Cup Final. Those five runs took up 110 of his 205 playoff games.