Mike Ricci

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CanadaCanada  Mike Ricci Ice hockey player
Mike Ricci
Date of birth October 27, 1971
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 1st round, 4th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1987-1990 Peterborough Petes
1990-1992 Philadelphia Flyers
1992-1995 Nordiques de Québec
1995-1997 Colorado Avalanche
1997-2004 San Jose Sharks
2004-2007 Phoenix Coyotes

Michael "Mike" Ricci (born October 27, 1971 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , functionary and scout of Italian descent. During his playing career between 1987 and 2007, he played 1209 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Nordiques de Québec , Colorado Avalanche , San Jose Sharks and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Ricci celebrated his greatest career success, who had already been selected in fourth overall position in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 , in service of the Colorado Avalanche by winning the Stanley Cup in 1996 . He also won gold medals with the Canadian national team at the 1990 World Junior Championship and 1994 Men's World Championship .

Career

Mike Ricci began his career in 1987 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League with the Peterborough Petes , where he scored 61 points in 41 games in his first season . He had his best year in the OHL in the 1989/90 season when he scored 116 points. He was then awarded the Red Tilson Trophy as the best player in the OHL and the entire Canadian Hockey League with the CHL Player of the Year Award . There was also the award of the William Hanley Trophy as the fairest player in the OHL. In the following NHL Entry Draft in 1990 , the attacker was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League in the first round in fourth position and joined the team. There he immediately prevailed and played two convincing years for Philadelphia.

In the summer of 1992 he was part of the largest transfer deal in the history of the NHL. Together with Ron Hextall , Peter Forsberg , Steve Duchesne , Kerry Huffman , Chris Simon , two first-round draft picks in 1993 and 1994 and $ 15 million, he was transferred to the Nordiques de Québec for Eric Lindros . In his first season for the Nordiques he achieved a personal best with 78 points, which he never achieved again. In the 1993/94 season he set another record with 30 goals. He scored five of the 30 goals in a game against the San Jose Sharks . After three years with the Frako-Canadians, the Nordiques moved to Denver in the US state of Colorado in the summer of 1995 and renamed themselves Colorado Avalanche . Ricci followed the team to Colorado and was part of the team that won the trophy of the same name in the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs . He scored 17 points in the 22 playoff games.

In November 1997 Ricci was transferred to the San Jose Sharks together with a second-round suffrage in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and in exchange for Shean Donovan and a first-round suffrage of the same draft, where he became one of the best defensive strikers in the National Hockey League. However, this reduced his point yield. At the NHL Awards 2000 he was nominated for the Frank J. Selke Trophy , which is awarded to the best defensive striker in the league. In the 2003/04 season he was an important pillar for the team that reached the final of the Western Conference for the first time in its history as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 2004 and he wore the "C" in the first ten games Team captain .

After seven years in the service of the San Jose Sharks, the Canadian signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent in the summer of 2004 , but had to wait a year for his first assignment as the 2004/05 NHL season was canceled due to the lockout . In the 2005/06 season he made his debut with the Coyotes. It turned out to be the worst season of his career. He scored only 16 points, was −22 in the plus / minus rating and missed the playoffs with the team. In the summer of 2006 he suffered a serious neck injury and missed both the training camp and the first 20 games of the Coyotes season. On November 20, 2006, he returned to the Phoenix 'squad, but was only seven times in the team's regular squad until the beginning of January. Ricci's advisor stated in January 2007 that Ricci would consult his family and then make a decision as to whether to continue his career in Phoenix, or possibly even quit it. Ricci initially decided to continue his career and did not play a game in the 2006/07 season . In August 2007, Ricci finally announced the end of his career at the age of 35.

Ricci was considered a very good defensive striker who was particularly strong at bullies . He was also a leader in almost every one of his teams. He wore the "A" as an alternative captain in the Nordiques de Québec, in the Stanley Cup victory of the Colorado Avalanche, in the San Jose Sharks and finally in Phoenix. A few weeks after the announcement of the end of his career, Ricci returned to the organization of the San Jose Sharks as Advisor of Hockey Operations . He is particularly responsible for the development of young players in the farm teams and scouting .

International

On an international level, Ricci came to work in the junior as well as the senior division for the Canadian national team . In the junior division, he represented the U20 team at the World Junior Championships in 1989 in Anchorage, USA, and in Finland in 1990 . While he was personally far more successful in 1989 with seven scorer points, including five goals, than with his four points in the following year, he won the gold medal in 1990. In the previous year, the maple leaves only took fourth place.

In the senior division, he played for his home country at the 1994 World Cup in Italy . He contributed three points to winning the world title in eight games.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Peterborough Petes OHL 41 24 37 61 20th 12 7th 6th 13 12
1988/89 Peterborough Petes OHL 60 54 52 106 43 17th 19th 16 35 18th
1989/90 Peterborough Petes OHL 60 52 64 116 39 - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 68 21st 20th 41 64 - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 20th 36 56 93 - - - - -
1992/93 Nordiques de Québec NHL 77 27 51 78 123 6th 0 6th 6th 8th
1993/94 Nordiques de Québec NHL 83 30th 21st 51 113 - - - - -
1994/95 Nordiques de Québec NHL 48 15th 21st 36 40 6th 1 3 4th 8th
1995/96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 62 6th 21st 27 52 22nd 6th 11 17th 18th
1996/97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 63 13 19th 32 59 17th 2 4th 6th 17th
1997/98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 6th 0 4th 4th 2 - - - - -
1997/98 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 9 14th 23 30th 6th 1 3 4th 6th
1998/99 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 13 26th 39 68 6th 2 3 5 10
1999/00 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 20th 24 44 60 12 5 1 6th 2
2000/01 San Jose Sharks NHL 81 22nd 22nd 44 60 6th 0 3 3 0
2001/02 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 19th 34 53 44 12 4th 6th 10 4th
2002/03 San Jose Sharks NHL 75 11 23 34 53 - - - - -
2003/04 San Jose Sharks NHL 71 7th 19th 26th 40 17th 2 3 5 4th
2004/05 Phoenix Coyotes NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 78 10 6th 16 69 - - - - -
2006/07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 7th 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2006/07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
OHL total 161 130 153 283 102 29 26th 22nd 48 30th
NHL overall 1099 243 362 605 979 110 23 43 66 77

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1989 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 5 2 7th 6th
1990 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 5 0 4th 4th 0
1994 Canada WM 1st place, gold 8th 2 1 3 8th
Juniors overall 12 5 6th 11 6th
Men overall 8th 2 1 3 8th

( 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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Commons : Mike Ricci  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Ricci, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ricci, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach, functional and scout
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario