 As a free agent over the summer and into the mid-point of the 2018–19 season, Bollig announced his retirement from his 8-year professional career on January 16, 2018.Bollig married Dannah Lakin on August 4, 2018 in Chicago, IL.Bollig was cast as Will Cross, age 12, in the 2002 film "Defiance", notable for also including former St. Louis Blues enforcer Tony Twist in the cast.