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
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International
- 2004 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
- 2005 gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
- 2010 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2015/16 season
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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:
- U20 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 Junior World Championship 2005
- World Championship 2006
- 2010 Winter Olympics
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2004 | Canada | U20 World Cup | 6th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
2005 | Canada | U20 World Cup | 6th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 2 | ||
2006 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
2010 | Canada | Olympia | 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
- Mike Richards at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Mike Richards at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Richards and Carter look for more success with Team Canada at worlds", message on nhl.com from May 8, 2006 ( English ).
- ↑ "NHLPA files grievance contesting Mike Richards contract termination" [1] Online articles by CBS Sports (English).
- ^ NHL, NHLPA reach settlement on Richards' contract. nhl.com, October 9, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Isabelle Khurshudyan: Possession charge against Mike Richards is stayed in court. The Washington Post , February 24, 2016, accessed February 28, 2016 .
personal data | |
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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 |