Mike Richards

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Mike Richards
Date of birth February 11, 1985
place of birth Kenora , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 1st round, 24th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2001-2005 Kitchener Rangers
2005-2011 Philadelphia Flyers
2011-2015 Los Angeles Kings
2016 Washington Capitals

Michael "Mike" Richards (born February 11, 1985 in Kenora , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has had free agent status since July 2016 and has played 841 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals in of the National Hockey League on the position of the center . In the service of the Los Angeles Kings, Richards won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 . With the Canadian national team , he also won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Career

Juniors (2001-2005)

Richards began his career at the age of 16 in the 2001/02 season with the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League . In the 2002/03 season he was the strongest attacker of his team with 87 points scorer and won the Memorial Cup with the Rangers . After he was selected in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft as 24th in the first round of the Philadelphia Flyers, he stayed until the end of the 2004/05 season in Kitchener and acted as team captain . In 2004 and 2005 he took part with the Canadian selection in the Junior World Championship, while the team was defeated 3-2 in the final against the United States in 2004 , Richards was able to lead the team to the world title in 2005 as captain.

Philadelphia Flyers (2005-2011)

In April 2005 he was named by the Flyers in the roster of the Philadelphia Phantoms farm team in the American Hockey League and won the Calder Cup with the team . In October 2005, Richards made his debut with the Flyers in the top division of North America and was able to record the first NHL goal in the game against the New York Rangers . In February 2006, he succeeded in the game against the New York Islanders , the first hat trick of his NHL career, the Canadian finished his rookie - season 2005/06 with 32 scorer points and was chosen for its services from the Canadian Association for Assistance captain of the team for the A- 2006 World Championship appointed. The following year , Richards missed a third of the season due to gastric surgery and only got 32 scorer points from 59 games. In the 2007/08 season, the attacker established himself as a top performer in the Flyers' squad and received a 12-year contract extension in December 2007 with a reported total salary of around 69 million US dollars. Then Richards first took part in the All-Star Game and scored one assist. He finished the main round with a total of 28 goals and 47 assists, making him the player with the highest points in the Flyers team.

Shortly before the start of the 2008/09 season , Richards was named as the successor to Jason Smith as the new captain of the Philadelphia Flyers. In February 2009, he set a new NHL record when he scored twice in his career against the New York Rangers for the third time in his career. With a total of 80 scorer points, the Canadian played the best points season of his previous NHL career. In the course of the 2009/10 season , there was repeated speculation that several of the Flyers' actors - including Richards - had repeatedly attracted attention with excessive alcohol and partying. Richards then repeatedly complained publicly about the media coverage in Philadelphia and denied the allegations. At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , he won the gold medal with the Canadian team and in the final match against the USA he made it 1-0. In the 2010 NHL playoffs, the attacker was significantly involved with 23 scorer points from 23 games in the Flyers' surprising final, but lost with the team in six games against the Chicago Blackhawks .

Los Angeles Kings (2011-2016)

In June 2011, Richards was transferred to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn and a second-round vote in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft . During the following season he succeeded in May 2012 in the playoff game against the St. Louis Blues for the first time a Gordie Howe hat trick . In the further course of the post season , the attacker was involved in the Kings' first Stanley Cup win with 15 points . In June 2014, Richards was again Stanley Cup winner with the Kings and scored a total of 10 scorer points in 26 playoff games.

In the summer of 2015, his contract was terminated by the Kings because an investigation was opened against him for drug smuggling in Canada; the substance found was the pain reliever oxycodone . With the support of the NHLPA , he appealed against the termination of the contract, whereupon he agreed with the Kings in October 2015 on an arbitration, the exact contents of which were not published; however, the termination of the contract remains. The trial took place in Canada in February 2016 and ended with the criminal case being closed .

Washington Capitals (2016)

On January 6, 2016, Richards signed a $ 1 million one-year contract with the Washington Capitals .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2015/16 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 20th 38 58 52 4th 0 1 1 6th
2002/03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 67 37 50 87 99 21st 9 18th 27 24
2003/04 Kitchener Rangers OHL 58 36 53 89 82 1 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 43 22nd 36 58 75 15th 11 17th 28 36
2004/05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL - - - - - 14th 7th 8th 15th 28
2005/06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 11 23 34 65 6th 0 1 1 0
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 10 22nd 32 52 - - - - -
2007/08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 28 47 75 76 17th 7th 7th 14th 10
2008/09 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 30th 50 80 63 6th 1 4th 5 6th
2009/10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 31 31 62 79 23 7th 16 23 18th
2010/11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 23 43 66 62 11 1 6th 7th 15th
2011/12 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 18th 26th 44 71 20th 4th 11 15th 17th
2012/13 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 12 20th 32 42 15th 3 9 12 18th
2013/14 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 11 30th 41 28 26th 3 7th 10 17th
2014/15 Manchester monarchs AHL 16 3 11 14th 4th - - - - -
2014/15 Los Angeles Kings NHL 53 5 11 16 39 - - - - -
2015/16 Washington Capitals NHL 39 2 3 5 8th 12 0 0 0 4th
OHL total 233 115 177 292 308 41 20th 36 56 66
NHL overall 749 181 306 487 585 136 26th 61 87 95

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2004 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 2 3 5 2
2005 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 1 4th 5 2
2006 Canada WM 4th Place 9 3 2 5 10
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 2 3 5 0
Juniors overall 12 3 7th 10 4th
Men overall 16 5 5 10 10

( 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

Commons : Mike Richards  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Richards and Carter look for more success with Team Canada at worlds", message on nhl.com from May 8, 2006 ( English ).
  2. ↑ "NHLPA files grievance contesting Mike Richards contract termination" [1] Online articles by CBS Sports (English).
  3. ^ NHL, NHLPA reach settlement on Richards' contract. nhl.com, October 9, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Isabelle Khurshudyan: Possession charge against Mike Richards is stayed in court. The Washington Post , February 24, 2016, accessed February 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Richards, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards, Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenora (Ontario) , Ontario