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During the off-season, he goes back to Prince Edward Island, his childhood province.<ref name="Brad Richards - Official Website"/> Richards has hosted the Brad Richards PEI Celebrity Golf Classic for the past six years. The event supports two charities:<ref>[http://www.bradrichardsfoundation.org/home Foundation]</ref> Children’s Wish Foundation, Prince Edward Island Chapter and Autism Society of Prince Edward Island. He is friends with ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' host [[Ron MacLean]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keller|first1=Jason|title=Don Cherry defends Ron MacLean|url=http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2012/05/10/don_cherry_defends_ron_maclean.html|accessdate=June 20, 2014|publisher=Toronto Star|date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> who spends a lot of time in PEI. During his time with the Rangers, he lived in an apartment in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brad-richards-rich-loved-manhattan-131000339--nhl.html">{{cite web | url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brad-richards-rich-loved-manhattan-131000339--nhl.html | title=Brad Richards is Rich, and loved, in Manhattan | accessdate=July 10, 2012}}</ref> |
During the off-season, he goes back to Prince Edward Island, his childhood province.<ref name="Brad Richards - Official Website"/> Richards has hosted the Brad Richards PEI Celebrity Golf Classic for the past six years. The event supports two charities:<ref>[http://www.bradrichardsfoundation.org/home Foundation]</ref> Children’s Wish Foundation, Prince Edward Island Chapter and Autism Society of Prince Edward Island. He is friends with ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' host [[Ron MacLean]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keller|first1=Jason|title=Don Cherry defends Ron MacLean|url=http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2012/05/10/don_cherry_defends_ron_maclean.html|accessdate=June 20, 2014|publisher=Toronto Star|date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> who spends a lot of time in PEI. During his time with the Rangers, he lived in an apartment in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brad-richards-rich-loved-manhattan-131000339--nhl.html">{{cite web | url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brad-richards-rich-loved-manhattan-131000339--nhl.html | title=Brad Richards is Rich, and loved, in Manhattan | accessdate=July 10, 2012}}</ref> |
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Richards rented a suite at the [[Amalie Arena|St. Pete Times Forum]] (now called Amalie Arena) for several Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games and invited families dealing with various forms of pediatric cancer to use it. After each game he would go and visit the children who had come to watch the game. It began during the 2002–03 season and ended in 2008. When he was traded to the Dallas Stars, he continued his charity work with the Children’s Medical Center’s Oncology Department, supplying tickets for sick children. He also donates tickets to every home game to men and women in the military.<ref>[http://www.positiveimpactmagazine.com/athletesbradrichards.html ]{{ |
Richards rented a suite at the [[Amalie Arena|St. Pete Times Forum]] (now called Amalie Arena) for several Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games and invited families dealing with various forms of pediatric cancer to use it. After each game he would go and visit the children who had come to watch the game. It began during the 2002–03 season and ended in 2008. When he was traded to the Dallas Stars, he continued his charity work with the Children’s Medical Center’s Oncology Department, supplying tickets for sick children. He also donates tickets to every home game to men and women in the military.<ref>[http://www.positiveimpactmagazine.com/athletesbradrichards.html ] {{wayback|url=http://www.positiveimpactmagazine.com/athletesbradrichards.html |date=20090522113020 }}</ref> |
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Richards underwent arthoscopic hip surgery on April 23, 2010, to repair a small labrum tear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=319288 |title=Dallas Stars forward Richards has hip surgery |publisher=Tsn.ca |date=April 24, 2010 |accessdate=February 12, 2012}}</ref> In September 2010, he donated [[Canadian dollar|$]]500,000 to the [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Prince Edward Island|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]] in [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]], Prince Edward Island.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/09/21/pei-richards-hospital-donation-584.html#socialcomments|title=NHL star gives $500K to Charlottetown hospital|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |accessdate=September 21, 2010}}</ref> |
Richards underwent arthoscopic hip surgery on April 23, 2010, to repair a small labrum tear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=319288 |title=Dallas Stars forward Richards has hip surgery |publisher=Tsn.ca |date=April 24, 2010 |accessdate=February 12, 2012}}</ref> In September 2010, he donated [[Canadian dollar|$]]500,000 to the [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Prince Edward Island|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]] in [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]], Prince Edward Island.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/09/21/pei-richards-hospital-donation-584.html#socialcomments|title=NHL star gives $500K to Charlottetown hospital|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |accessdate=September 21, 2010}}</ref> |
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Brad Richards | |||
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Born |
Murray Harbour, P.E.I, CAN | May 2, 1980||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Detroit Red Wings Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas Stars New York Rangers Chicago Blackhawks | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
64th overall, 1998 Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
Playing career | 2000–present | ||
Website |
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Bradley Glenn "Brad" Richards (born May 2, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Richards was drafted in the third round, 64th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and has previously played for the Lightning, New York Rangers, Dallas Stars, and Chicago Blackhawks.
Richards won the Stanley Cup in 2004 with the Lightning, where he was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player during the playoffs. In 2015, he won the second Stanley Cup of his career with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Early career
Richards was born and raised in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island. Since the age of 14, Richards has been friends with Vincent Lecavalier when they met at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school with a renowned hockey program in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. They were roommates and soon became good friends as they were both the youngest players on their hockey team. Since then, they have gone on to being teammates for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Tampa Bay Lightning. Lecavalier was also responsible for suggesting to the Lightning management after they had drafted him to draft Richards.[1][2]
In his final season with Rimouski, Richards won nearly every honour possible for a Canadian junior player in the QMJHL: he earned the Jean Béliveau Trophy after leading the League with 186 points, as well as the Telus Cup, given to the League's best offensive player; he won the QMJHL and Canadian Hockey League Plus/Minus Awards with a plus-80 mark, and was a First-Team All-Star in both the Quebec circuit and the CHL, as well as the CHL Player of the Year and Leading Scorer. In the post-season, Richards took home both the Guy Lafleur Trophy as MVP of the QMJHL playoffs, then the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as MVP of the 2000 Memorial Cup, as the Océanic won both the QMJHL playoff title and the CHL national championship.
Playing career
Tampa Bay Lightning
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Brad_Richards_2007.jpg/220px-Brad_Richards_2007.jpg)
Richards was drafted in the third round, 64th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, having recorded 82 assists and 115 points in his draft year. During that same draft, the Lightning selected Vincent Lecavalier, Richards' teammate at both the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame and Rimouski, with the first overall pick. During the 2003–04 NHL season, the Lightning would win their first Stanley Cup, with Richards' contributions during the playoffs earning him the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the postseason, which included a record seven game-winning goals, overtaking Joe Sakic's and Joe Nieuwendyk's record of six. He also won the Lady Byng Trophy that season.[3] Later that same year, he won the World Cup of Hockey Championship playing on Team Canada.[4]
On September 26, 2004 the Rimouski Océanic of the QMJHL retired Richards' jersey.[5]
Richards played for Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Superleague (RSL) during the 2004–05 NHL lock-out on a team with fellow NHLers Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Kovalev, Vincent Lecavalier, Michael Nylander, Alexei Zhitnik, Dany Heatley and Nikolai Khabibulin. Richards played for Team Canada at the 2006 Olympics. After the team was eliminated from the 2006 playoffs, the Lightning signed Richards to a five-year, US$39 million contract extension.[6]
Dallas Stars
On February 26, 2008, roughly three hours before the NHL trade deadline, Richards was traded to the Dallas Stars in a blockbuster deal along with goaltender Johan Holmqvist in exchange for goaltender Mike Smith, centre Jeff Halpern, winger Jussi Jokinen and a 2009 fourth-round draft pick. Richards set the Stars' franchise record of most assists in a player's team debut game with five; the record is also a career high for Richards. In the game, Dallas defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7–4, and Richards was named the first star of the game.[7]
In the 2008 playoffs, Richards tied an NHL record by scoring four points in a single period in a game against the San Jose Sharks.[8]
During the 2008–09 season, Richards tallied 16 goals and 48 points in 55 games before sustaining a broken right wrist following a check from Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jakub Voracek on February 16, 2009. Richards met with a specialist the following day and missed 15 games.[9] Richards returned to the Stars' line-up on March 21, but he then broke his other hand in the third period of Dallas' loss to San Jose. He would not return for the rest of the season, and the Stars missed the playoffs.[10]
In the 2009–10 off-season, the team removed general managers Brett Hull and Les Jackson, who had traded for Richards, and fired Head Coach Dave Tippett, replacing the latter with Marc Crawford. Despite the new regime and the team's woeful finish in the standings for the second-straight season, Richards enjoyed a career year, matching a personal high with 91 points scored, playing mainly alongside Loui Eriksson and roommate James Neal. Richards finished seventh in the NHL points standings that year, just behind former Lightning teammate Martin St. Louis. He also finished fourth in the League in total assists and second in powerplay points. The Stars, however, failed to reach 2010 playoffs. After the season, Richards was named a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy.[11]
New York Rangers
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After becoming an unrestricted free agent, Richards signed a nine-year, $60 million contract with the New York Rangers on July 2, 2011, reuniting him with John Tortorella, his coach from the 2004 Lightning team that won the Stanley Cup, and another member of that 2004 team, Ruslan Fedotenko. He was also approached by the Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning.[12][13]
On October 8, 2011, Richards scored his first goal as a Ranger in a 2–1 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks. The game was played at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.[14] He would go on to record 25 goals along with 41 assists during his first season with the Rangers, as well as six goals and nine assists in 20 playoff games, as the Rangers were ultimately eliminated from the 2012 playoffs by the New Jersey Devils.
On April 19, 2013, Richards scored his first career NHL hat-trick in a game against the Buffalo Sabres.[15]
On June 20, 2014, the remainder of Richards' contract was bought out by the Rangers to increase salary cap space, rendering him an unrestricted free agent.[16]
Chicago Blackhawks
On July 1, 2014, Richards signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.[17] He wore number 91 for the Blackhawks, the first player in team history to do so.[18] Richards played in his 1,000th career NHL game on November 17, 2014, against his former team, the Dallas Stars.[19]
The Blackhawks, with Richards, later faced one of his former teams, the Lightning, in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, winning the Stanley Cup in six games.
Detroit Red Wings
On July 1, 2015, Richards signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings, worth up to $4 million with playoff bonuses.[20]
Personal life
During the off-season, he goes back to Prince Edward Island, his childhood province.[7] Richards has hosted the Brad Richards PEI Celebrity Golf Classic for the past six years. The event supports two charities:[21] Children’s Wish Foundation, Prince Edward Island Chapter and Autism Society of Prince Edward Island. He is friends with Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean,[22] who spends a lot of time in PEI. During his time with the Rangers, he lived in an apartment in Manhattan.[23]
Richards rented a suite at the St. Pete Times Forum (now called Amalie Arena) for several Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games and invited families dealing with various forms of pediatric cancer to use it. After each game he would go and visit the children who had come to watch the game. It began during the 2002–03 season and ended in 2008. When he was traded to the Dallas Stars, he continued his charity work with the Children’s Medical Center’s Oncology Department, supplying tickets for sick children. He also donates tickets to every home game to men and women in the military.[24]
Richards underwent arthoscopic hip surgery on April 23, 2010, to repair a small labrum tear.[25] In September 2010, he donated $500,000 to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[26]
Richards and his wife Rechelle have one son Luca, born October 7, 2014.
Awards
- 1999–2000: CHL Player of the Year
- 1999–2000: CHL Leading Scorer
- 1999–2000: CHL Plus/Minus Award Winner
- 1999–2000: CHL First All-Star Team
- 1999–2000: QMJHL Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
- 1999–2000: QMJHL Jean Béliveau Trophy (Leading scorer)
- 1999–2000: QMJHL Plus/Minus Award Winner
- 1999–2000: QMJHL Guy Lafleur Trophy (Playoff MVP)
- 1999–2000: QMJHL First All-Star Team
- 1999–2000: Memorial Cup Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (MVP)
- 1999–2000: Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- 2000–01: NHL All-Rookie Team
- 2001–02: NHL YoungStars Game participant
- 2003–04: NHL Stanley Cup
- 2003–04: NHL Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP)
- 2003–04: NHL Lady Byng Trophy (Sportsmanship)
- 2010–11: Played in the NHL All-Star Game
- 2014–15: NHL Stanley Cup
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1996–97 | Notre Dame Hounds | SJHL | 63 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 68 | 33 | 82 | 115 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 2 | ||
1998–99 | Rimouski Oceanic | QMJHL | 59 | 39 | 92 | 131 | 55 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | ||
1999–00 | Rimouski Oceanic | QMJHL | 63 | 71 | 115 | 186 | 69 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 16 | ||
2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 80 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
2003–04 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | ||
2004–05 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
2006–07 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 82 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
2007–08 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 62 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | ||
2008–09 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 56 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 24 | 67 | 91 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 72 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | ||
2012–13 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | ||
2014–15 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | ||
NHL totals | 1058 | 288 | 616 | 904 | 243 | 118 | 33 | 57 | 90 | 50 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2000 | Canada | WJC | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2001 | Canada | WC | 5th | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
2004 | Canada | WCH | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
2006 | Canada | Oly | 7th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Senior totals | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
See also
References
- ^ "Lecavalier, Richards are Lightning in a bottle". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ O'Shea, Colleen. "A 2nd Stanley Cup for Brad Richards". The Hockey Writers. The Hockey Writers. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Podell, Ira (June 7, 2004). "Richards a winner again, takes home Conn Smythe Trophy". USA Today. The Associated Press.
- ^ "NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Game-Winning Goals". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Retired Jerseys". Rimouski Océanic. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ "Lightning sign Richards to five-year, $39 million deal". ESPN. Associated Press. May 23, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "Brad Richards - Official Website". Brichards19.com. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Brad Richards - Official Website". Brichards19.com.
- ^ "Stars' Richards out indefinitely with a broken wrist". TSN. February 16, 2009.
- ^ "Dallas Stars' Brad Richards hurt in return – ESPN". ESPN. March 22, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ Durrett, Richard. "Stars' Richards among Lady Byng finalists – Dallas Stars Blog – ESPN Dallas". ESPN. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ Rosen, Dan. "Report: Brad Richards chooses Rangers". NHL.com. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ "Richards chooses Rangers for nine years, 60 million". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Leonard, Pat (October 8, 2011). "Henrik Lundqvist puts on show in Sweden but NY Rangers fall to Anaheim Ducks in shootout, 2-1". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
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(help) - ^ Leonard, Pat. "Brad Richards records first career hat trick as NY Rangers rout Buffalo Sabres". Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ The Associated Press (June 20, 2014). "Brad Richards bought out by Rangers". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Blackhawks sign veteran center Brad Richards". ESPN. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Chicago Blackhawks Sweater Numbers". Hockey Reference.
- ^ "Blackhawks score four in third period to top Stars". National Hockey League. November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ "Wings add depth up middle with Richards". Detroit Red Wings. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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- ^ Keller, Jason (May 10, 2012). "Don Cherry defends Ron MacLean". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ "Brad Richards is Rich, and loved, in Manhattan". Retrieved July 10, 2012.
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- ^ "Dallas Stars forward Richards has hip surgery". Tsn.ca. April 24, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "NHL star gives $500K to Charlottetown hospital". Canada: CBC. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
External links
- 1980 births
- Ak Bars Kazan players
- Athol Murray College of Notre Dame alumni
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Conn Smythe Trophy winners
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- Detroit Red Wings players
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Ice hockey people from Prince Edward Island
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winners
- Living people
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