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PLAYER PROFILE
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Forward |
| Jersey No.: |
18 |
| Height: |
5' 11 /1.8 m | | Weight: |
195 lbs /88 kg | | Shoots: | Left | | Hometown: | Kenora, Ont., CAN | | Born: | February 11, 1985 |
| NHL Draft: |
PHI ’03 (1, 24) |
| Team: |
Philadelphia Flyers |
| League: |
NHL |
| MHA: |
Kenora (ON) Stars |
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Preliminary round action at the 2008 World Jr. A Challenge |
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# |
Season |
Event |
Team: |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
+/- |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
FG |
GW |
GT |
IG |
MGG |
3GG |
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2002-06 |
INTL TOTAL |
CAN |
26 |
9 |
12 |
21 |
0/0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals: |
26 |
9 |
12 |
21 |
0/0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2008-09: His fourth NHL season, all with Philadelphia … Named team captain … Set new personal bests with
30 goals, 50 assists and 80 points … Led the NHL with seven shorthanded goals, which gives him 19 career
shorthanded goals in only four seasons … Became the first player in NHL history to score three career
shorthanded goals with his team down two men … 2007-08: Led all Philadelphia forwards in average ice-time
(21:30) …… 2006-07: Missed 16 games recovering from surgery to repair a sports hernia … Played in his 100th
career NHL game on November 20 vs. Pittsburgh … 2005-06: Scored his first career NHL goal in his first career
NHL game vs. NY Rangers on October 5 … Minor professional: Registered 15 points in 14 playoff games with the
Philadelphia Phantoms in 2004-05, after joining the team following the elimination of Kitchener from the OHL
playoffs … Amateur: Led the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers in points for two seasons (2002-04) …Served as
Kitchener’s captain for two seasons (2003-05) … Played four seasons with Kitchener (2001-05) … Registered 115
goals and 177 assists for 292 points in 233 regular season OHL games … Minor hockey: Played all his minor
hockey in Kenora … Names Doug Novak as his favourite minor hockey coach |
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An alternate captain with Team Canada at the 2006 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Riga, Latvia,
finishing fourth … Won two medals with Canada at the World Junior Championships (2005-gold, 2004-silver) and
served as team captain in 2005 … Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Under-18 summer team at the 2002
Eight Nations Cup in Slovakia … Won a bronze medal with Team Ontario at the 2002 World Under-17 Challenge in
Stonewall, Man. |
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Nickname: Richie … His cousin Jeff Richards plays University hockey … Held the Mike Richards Hockey School
in his hometown of Kenora (ON) during the summer of 2006 … Favourite NHL Player growing up: Joe Sakic …
Favourite NHL team growing up: Vancouver Canucks … Would like to learn how to sail … Son of Norm and Irene …
has two brothers, Matt and Mark |
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For more information:
Brad Pascall Vice-President, Hockey Operations
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