Luke Richardson

Luke Richardson
Date of birth	March 26, 1969
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1987 , 1st round, 7th position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1985-1987	Peterborough Petes
1987-1991	Toronto Maple Leafs
1991-1997	Edmonton Oilers
1997-2002	Philadelphia Flyers
2002-2006	Columbus Blue Jackets
2006	Toronto Maple Leafs
2006-2007	Tampa Bay Lightning
2007-2008	Ottawa Senators

Luke Glen Richardson (born March 26, 1969 in Ottawa ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who, during his active career between 1987 and 2008, worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Edmonton Oilers , Philadelphia Flyers , Columbus Blue Jackets , Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators has played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . Richardson celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the gold medal at the 1994 World Cup . Since July 2018 he has been working as an assistant coach for the Canadiens de Montréal in the NHL.

Career

Luke Richardson began his career as a hockey player with the Peterborough Petes , for whom he played from 1985 to 1987 in the Ontario Hockey League . He was then selected in the first round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft as the seventh player in total by the Toronto Maple Leafs , for whom he was on the ice for a total of four years in the National Hockey League until 1991 , before he played in a so-called "Blockbuster- Transfer "was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers . Together with Vincent Damphousse , Peter Ing and Scott Thornton , he moved to the multiple Stanley Cup winner, who in return sent Grant Fuhr , Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube to Toronto.

After six seasons, Richardson left Edmonton in 1997 and was a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he was active until 2002. This was followed by four years with the Columbus Blue Jackets , interrupted by the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , while the Richardson paused. The 2005/06 season ended Richardson with his ex-club, the Toronto Maple Leafs , before he was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the summer .

The Canadian only stayed one season with the Lightning before signing a two-way contract for a year with the Ottawa Senators . This was extended for another season before the 2008-09 season, however, Richardson announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on November 27, 2008 to begin a career as a coach, having previously only worked for twice in the current season the Senators had stood on the ice. On February 3, 2009, the Canadian became an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators. For the 2012/13 season he took over at their AHL - Farm Team Binghamton Senators head coach post he held until the end of the season 2015/16.

In May 2017, he was introduced as the new assistant coach for the New York Islanders , where he worked under Doug Weight . When he was dismissed after the 2017/18 season, Richardson was also released and signed a little later in the same position with the Canadiens de Montréal .

International

For Canada , Richardson took part in the 1987 Junior World Championships , as well as the 1994 and 1996 World Championships . At the 1994 event, Richardson was world champion with Canada, and vice world champion in 1996.

Achievements and Awards

• 1994 gold medal at the world championship
• 1996 silver medal at the world championship
• 2013 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic (as head coach)
• 2016 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada (as head coach)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1985/86	Peterborough Petes	OHL		63	6th	18th	24	57		16	2	1	3	50
1986/87	Peterborough Petes	OHL		59	13	32	45	70		12	0	5	5	24
1987/88	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		78	4th	6th	10	90		2	0	0	0	0
1988/89	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		55	2	7th	9	106		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		67	4th	14th	18th	122		5	0	0	0	22nd
1990/91	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		78	1	9	10	238		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		75	2	19th	21st	118		16	0	5	5	45
1992/93	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	3	10	13	142		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		69	2	6th	8th	131		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		46	3	10	13	40		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	2	9	11	108		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		82	1	11	12	91		12	0	2	2	14th
1997/98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		81	2	3	5	139		5	0	0	0	0
1998/99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		78	0	6th	6th	106		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		74	2	5	7th	140		18th	0	1	1	41
2000/01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		82	2	6th	8th	131		6th	0	0	0	4th
2001/02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		72	1	8th	9	102		5	0	0	0	4th
2002/03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		82	0	13	13	73		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		64	1	5	6th	48		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		not played because of lockout
2005/06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		44	1	6th	7th	30th	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		21st	0	3	3	41	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		27	0	3	3	16	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Ottawa Senators	NHL		76	2	7th	9	41	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Ottawa Senators	NHL		2	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				122	19th	50	69	127	28	2	6th	8th	74
NHL overall				1417	35	166	201	2055	69	0	8th	8th	130

International

Represented Canada to:

• Junior World Championship 1987
• World Championship 1994
• World Championship 1996

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1987	Canada	June World Cup	disqualification		6th	0	0	0	0
1994	Canada	WM			8th	0	1	1	6th
1996	Canada	WM			8th	0	0	0	12
Juniors overall					6th	0	0	0	0
Men overall					16	0	1	1	18th

( 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 )

Web links

• Luke Richardson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Luke Richardson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Luke Richardson at hockeydb.com (English)