Mike Richards

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Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
199 lb (90 kg)
NHL Team Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born February 11, 1985,
Kenora, ON, CA
NHL Draft 24th overall, 2003
Philadelphia Flyers
Pro Career 2005 – present

Michael "Mike" Richards (born 11 February 1985 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL.

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[edit] Playing career

Richards began his hockey career with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, before Philadelphia selected him 24th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Before his NHL debut, Richards captained the 2005 Canadian National Junior Team to its first World Junior Championship gold medal since 1997. He was a member of a 2003 dominant Kitchener team that captured the Memorial Cup and was among the team's leaders in scoring.

Richards joined the Philadelphia Phantoms, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Flyers, for their playoff run, and became a key part of the Phantoms' Calder Cup Championship. Richards averaged over a point a game, lead the league in shorthanded goals scored, and finished second in rookie playoff scoring.

He scored a goal in his first NHL game on October 5, 2005. He scored his first hat trick, which included two shorthanded goals, against the New York Islanders on February 8, 2006. His hat trick was the first by a Flyers rookie since Mikael Renberg scored three goals in San Jose on February 15, 1994 in a 6-4 win.

[edit] Personal Facts

Richards currently resides in Voorhees, New Jersey. His cousin, Jeff Richards, an Ontario Hockey League graduate who plays for the Lakehead University Thunderwolves, recently appeared on Canadian reality show Making the Cut about aspiring Canadian hockey players but failed to make the grade.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001-02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 20 38 58 52 4 0 1 1 6
2002-03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 67 37 50 87 99 21 9 18 27 24
2003-04 Kitchener Rangers OHL 58 36 53 89 82 1 0 0 0 0
2004-05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 43 22 36 58 75 15 11 17 28 36
2004-05 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL - - - - - 14 7 8 15 28
2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 11 23 34 65 6 0 1 1 0
NHL Totals 79 11 23 34 65 6 0 1 1 0

[edit] International play

Played for Canada in:

[edit] International statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Canada WJC 6 2 3 5 2
2005 Canada WJC 6 1 4 5 2
2006 Canada WC 9 3 2 5 10
Senior Int'l Totals 9 3 2 5 10

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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