Brad Richards

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Brad Richards
Date of birth May 2, 1980
place of birth Murray Harbor , Prince Edward Island , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 3rd round, 64th position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1996-1997 Notre Dame Hounds
1997-2000 Rimouski Océanic
2000-2008 Tampa Bay Lightning
2004-2005 Ak Bars Kazan
2008-2011 Dallas Stars
2011-2014 New York Rangers
2014-2015 Chicago Blackhawks
2015-2016 Detroit Red Wings

Bradley Glenn Richards (born May 2, 1980 in Murray Harbor , Prince Edward Island ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Tampa Bay Lightning , Dallas Stars , New York Rangers , Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings has played in the National Hockey League . Over the course of his career, Richards played 1,272 games in the NHL, during which time he won the Stanley Cup with both the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004 and the Chicago Blackhawks in 2015 . In addition, he was the most valuable player in the play-offs in the 2003/04 season . On the international stage, Richards won the World Cup of Hockey in the same year and represented his home country at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy .

Career

Richards was brought to position 64 in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft along with his teammate and childhood friend Vincent Lecavalier from a youth team, the Rimouski Océanic , in the National Hockey League . The draft was followed by two more years of preparation in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League before Richards moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL in 2000 .

In the 2003/04 season he managed to win the Stanley Cup for the Tampa Bay Lightning together with Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Dave Andreychuk . Richard's performance won the Conn Smythe Trophy for Best Player of the Playoffs ( MVP ). He was the top scorer in the playoffs that season and managed to break the 1996 record set by Joe Sakic for most game-winning goals. Seven of the 16 playoff victories were decided by a goal from him in 2004.

With the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Richards was awarded in 2004 for his fair play by the NHL. In 2004 Brad Richards was part of the victorious Canadian national team at the World Cup of Hockey , and in 2006 the Canadians were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy .

The strike in the 2004/05 NHL season bridged Richards in the Russian ice hockey league at Ak Bars Kazan , where he was only able to play part of the season due to an injury. He ended the 2005/06 NHL season with 91 points as his personally most successful season. He wears the number 19 in honor of his great role model Joe Sakic .

Shortly before the end of the NHL trade deadline , on February 26, 2008, Richards and his teammate Johan Holmqvist were transferred from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Dallas Stars . In return, Tampa Bay received Jussi Jokinen , Jeff Halpern , Mike Smith and a four-round vote in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Stars.

On July 2, 2011, Richards signed a nine-year contract worth approximately $ 60 million with the New York Rangers . The Rangers dissolved this prematurely after the 2013/14 season , whereupon Richards joined the Chicago Blackhawks in July 2014 . The following season, Richards completed his 1,000th game in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup again at the end of the playoffs. Subsequently, his expiring contract was not extended, so that he joined the Detroit Red Wings in July 2015 . He ended his active career after the 2015/16 season.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Richards in the jersey of the New York Rangers (2011)
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 68 33 82 115 44 19th 8th 24 32 2
1998/99 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 59 39 92 131 55 11 9 12 21st 6th
1999/00 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 63 71 115 186 69 12 13 24 37 16
2000/01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 21st 41 62 14th - - - - -
2001/02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 20th 42 62 14th - - - - -
2002/03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 17th 57 74 24 11 0 5 5 12
2003/04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 26th 53 79 12 23 12 14th 26th 4th
2004/05 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 6th 2 5 7th 16 - - - - -
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 23 68 91 32 5 2 6th 8th 4th
2006/07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 25th 45 70 23 6th 3 5 8th 6th
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 62 18th 33 51 15th - - - - -
2007/08 Dallas Stars NHL 12 2 9 11 0 18th 3 12 15th 8th
2008/09 Dallas Stars NHL 56 16 32 48 6th - - - - -
2009/10 Dallas Stars NHL 80 24 67 91 14th - - - - -
2010/11 Dallas Stars NHL 72 28 49 77 24 - - - - -
2011/12 New York Rangers NHL 82 25th 41 66 22nd 20th 6th 9 15th 8th
2012/13 New York Rangers NHL 46 11 23 34 14th 10 1 0 1 2
2013/14 New York Rangers NHL 82 20th 31 51 18th 25th 5 7th 12 4th
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 12 25th 37 12 23 3 11 14th 8th
2015/16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 10 18th 28 8th 5 1 0 1 7th
LHJMQ total 190 143 289 432 168 42 30th 60 90 24
NHL overall 1126 298 634 932 251 146 37 68 105 65

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 1 2 0
2001 Canada WM 7th place 7th 3 3 6th 0
2004 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 6th 1 3 4th 0
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 2 2 4th 6th
Juniors overall 7th 1 1 2 0
Men overall 19th 6th 8th 14th 6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Richards, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards, Bradley Glenn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Murray Harbor , Prince Edward Island