Rich Sutter

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CanadaCanada  Rich Sutter Ice hockey player
Date of birth 2nd December 1963
place of birth Viking , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 1st lap, 10th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1980-1983 Lethbridge Broncos
1983 Pittsburgh Penguins
1983-1986 Philadelphia Flyers
1986-1990 Vancouver Canucks
1990-1993 St. Louis Blues
1993-1995 Chicago Blackhawks
1995 Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlanta Knights
1995 Toronto Maple Leafs

Richard G. "Rich" Sutter (born December 2, 1963 in Viking , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and - functional and current - scout . The right winger played over 900 games for seven teams in the National Hockey League , most of them for the Philadelphia Flyers , Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues .

Career

As a player

Rich Sutter ran in his youth for the Lethbridge Broncos in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and came there in the 1981/82 season with 69 points from 57 games on an average of over 1.0. As a result, he was selected in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in tenth position by the Pittsburgh Penguins . The attacker then returned to Lethbridge for another season, where he won the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup with the Broncos and took part in the Memorial Cup . He also made his debut for the Penguins in the National Hockey League (NHL) towards the end of this season . After another five NHL appearances at the beginning of the following season, however, he was already given to the Philadelphia Flyers , with the Flyers also receiving a second and a third round vote for the 1984 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Andy Brickley , Mark Taylor , Ron Flockhart and a first- and a third-round vote for the same draft moved to Pittsburgh.

In Philadelphia, Rich Sutter established himself in the NHL and from then on played together with his twin brother Ron . After just two and a half years, however, the couple was separated again when Rich was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks in June 1986 along with Dave Richter and a third-round vote in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft . In return, the Flyers received Jean-Jacques Daigneault , a second-round vote for the same draft and a five-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 . In Vancouver, the winger was promptly named assistant captain and achieved his personal career best of 42 points in 74 games in his first season for the Canucks.

After almost four years in Vancouver, Sutter was surrendered to the St. Louis Blues in March 1990 along with Harold Snepsts and a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 , where he met his brother Brian , who was coaching the team at the time. In return, the Canucks received Adrien Plavsic , a first-round vote for the same draft and a second-round vote for the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . Sutter was active in St. Louis until 1993, when he joined the Chicago Blackhawks in October via the NHL Waiver Draft . After one and a half seasons they sent him and Paul Ysebaert to the Tampa Bay Lightning in February 1995 and received Jim Cummins , Tom Tilley and Jeff Buchanan . With the Lightning, the Canadian did not get a regular place in the NHL line-up, played briefly for the Atlanta Knights in the International Hockey League and was finally given to the Toronto Maple Leafs just three weeks later for financial consideration . There he ended the 1994/95 season and then announced the end of his active career. In total, Sutter has played 952 NHL games and scored 162 goals with 333 points scorer.

As an official, trainer and scout

In 1999, Sutter was hired by the newly founded Minnesota Wild as a scout and was active in this role until 2005, before he was active in the same position for the Phoenix Coyotes . In 2008 he returned to Lethbridge in the WHL and served two years as assistant to the general manager of the Hurricanes . After a hiatus, the Canadian worked as assistant coach for the University of Lethbridge's ice hockey team in the 2015/16 season before he was hired by the Columbus Blue Jackets from the NHL in the 2016/17 season and has been back as a scout for them since 2017.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1980/81 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 72 23 18th 41 255 9 3 1 4th 35
1981/82 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 57 38 31 69 263 12 3 3 6th 55
1982/83 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 64 37 30th 67 200 17th 14th 9 23 43
1983 Lethbridge Broncos Memorial Cup 3 4th 2 6th 2
1982/83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 4th 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
1983/84 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
1983/84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
1983/84 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 70 16 12 28 +10 93 3 0 0 0 ± 0 15th
1984/85 Hershey Bears AHL 13 3 7th 10 14th - - - - - -
1984/85 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 56 6th 10 16 +2 89 11 3 0 3 -2 10
1985/86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 14th 25th 39 +29 199 5 2 0 2 +2 19th
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 20th 22nd 42 -17 113 - - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 15th 15th 30th -4 165 - - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 17th 15th 32 +3 122 7th 2 1 3 +1 12
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 62 9 9 18th -1 133 - - - - - -
1989/90 St. Louis Blues NHL 12 2 0 2 -2 22nd 12 2 1 3 -3 39
1990/91 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 16 11 27 +6 122 13 4th 2 6th +2 16
1991/92 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 9 16 25th +7 107 6th 0 0 0 -3 8th
1992/93 St. Louis Blues NHL 84 13 14th 27 -4 100 11 0 1 1 –6 10
1993/94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 83 12 14th 26th -8th 108 6th 0 0 0 -1 2
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 15th 0 0 0 +1 28 - - - - - -
1994/95 Atlanta Knights IHL 4th 0 5 5 +5 0 - - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1994/95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18th 0 3 3 –7 10 4th 0 0 0 -3 2
WHL overall 193 98 79 177 718 38 20th 13 33 133
AHL total 15th 3 8th 11 14th - - - - - -
NHL overall 874 149 166 315 +11 1411 78 13 5 18th -13 133

( 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 )

family

Rich Sutter has six brothers, five of whom made it to the NHL. His twin brother Ron Sutter played with him for three years in Philadelphia and was active in over 1,000 games in the NHL. Both were trained by their older brother Darryl Sutter while they were active in the NHL . He completed 406 games, scored 279 points and was later employed as general manager and coach of several teams. Brian Sutter , who had played 779 games for the St. Louis Blues and led the team as captain for nine years, was also active as a coach after his active career .

Brent Sutter played 1,111 games and scored 829 points. With the New York Islanders , of which he was captain for four years, he won the Stanley Cup twice. Brent played with his older brother Duane , who won the Stanley Cup four times. Duane played 731 times in the NHL and got 342 points. From 2000 to 2002 he trained the Florida Panthers and later also worked as a functionary.

Several players from the second generation of the family also moved to the NHL. While Shaun Sutter , Brian's son, was selected by the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft , but never ran into the NHL, Brett Sutter , Darryl's son, Brandon Sutter , Brent's son, and Brody Sutter , succeeded Son of Duane, the leap into the highest league in North America. Moreover played Luke Sutter , son of Rich, also briefly in the professional sector, while Riley Sutter is active (1999 *), the son of Ron at youth level.

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personal data
SURNAME Sutter, Rich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sutter, Richard; Sutter, Richard G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach, official and scout
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Viking , Alberta , Canada