Mike Ridley

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CanadaCanada  Mike Ridley Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 8, 1963
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1980-1983 St. Boniface Saints
1983-1985 University of Manitoba
1985-1987 New York Rangers
1987-1994 Washington Capitals
1994-1995 Toronto Maple Leafs
1995-1997 Vancouver Canucks
1997 Manitoba mosses

Michael Owen Guy Ridley (* 8. July 1963 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who during his playing career 1983-1997 among other 970 games for the New York Rangers , Washington Capitals , Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks in graduated from the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Ridley played successfully during his junior years for the St. Boniface Saints in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and then at the University of Manitoba in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union , where he received numerous awards between 1983 and 1985. Undrafted he was taken in the summer of 1985 by the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League under contract. In his rookie season , the striker impressed with 65 points in 80 games. This gave him the election to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the end of the season . Also in the following season Ridley was a constant point collector and reached by the turn of the year 1986/87 36 points in 38 games. Nevertheless, the Rangers separated from their attacker when he was given to the Washington Capitals with Bob Crawford and Kelly Miller for Bobby Carpenter as well as a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 .

Ridley spent eight and a half successful years at the capital club. His personally most successful was the game year 1988/89 , in which he scored 89 points in 80 games. This made him the best scorer of the Capitals. He was also invited to the NHL All-Star Game . Before the 1994/95 season , Ridley was again part of a barter deal. Together with a first-round suffrage in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 , he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Rob Pearson and a first-round suffrage in the same draft . After the season shortened by the lockout , the Maple Leafs separated from Ridley and exchanged him for Sergio Momesso from the Vancouver Canucks .

At the Canucks, Ridley had bad luck with injuries and he fell out of large parts of the 1995/96 season . Although he was able to achieve a remarkable mark again with 52 scorer points in the following season, due to persistent problems he ended his career shortly after the start of the 1997/98 season with the Manitoba Moose in the International Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 St. Boniface Saints MJHL 9 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
1981/82 St. Boniface Saints MJHL 48 37 32 69 48 - - - - -
1982/83 St. Boniface Saints MJHL 48 91 100 191 49 - - - - -
1983/84 University of Manitoba CIAU 46 39 41 80 - - - - -
1984/85 University of Manitoba CIAU 23 23 36 59 40 7th 6th 2 8th 38
1985/86 New York Rangers NHL 80 22nd 43 65 69 16 6th 8th 14th 26th
1986/87 New York Rangers NHL 38 16 20th 36 20th - - - - -
1986/87 Washington Capitals NHL 40 15th 19th 34 20th 7th 2 1 3 6th
1987/88 Washington Capitals NHL 70 28 31 59 22nd 14th 6th 5 11 10
1988/89 Washington Capitals NHL 80 41 48 89 49 6th 0 5 5 2
1989/90 Washington Capitals NHL 74 30th 43 73 27 14th 3 4th 7th 8th
1990/91 Washington Capitals NHL 79 23 48 71 26th 11 3 4th 7th 8th
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 80 29 40 69 38 7th 0 11 11 0
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 84 26th 56 82 44 6th 1 5 6th 0
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 81 26th 44 70 24 11 4th 6th 10 6th
1994/95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 48 10 27 37 14th 7th 3 1 4th 2
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 37 6th 15th 21st 29 5 0 0 0 2
1996/97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 20th 32 52 42 - - - - -
1997/98 Manitoba mosses IHL 4th 2 2 4th 0 - - - - -
MJHL total 105 130 133 263 99 - - - - -
CIAU total 69 62 77 139 40 7th 6th 2 8th 38
IHL total 4th 2 2 4th 0 - - - - -
NHL overall 866 292 466 758 424 104 28 50 78 70

( 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 Ridley, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ridley, Michael Owen Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba