Brad Richards
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Bradley Glenn Richards (born May 2, 1980 in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center.
Playing career
Richards was drafted 64th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, the same draft that produced future teammate and first overall pick, Vincent Lecavalier. He won the Conn Smythe and the Lady Byng Trophies in 2004. He also won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004. He holds the record for game winning goals in a single playoff season with 7 in 2004, overtaking Joe Sakic's record of 6 for the Avalanche in 1996. Ironically, Joe Sakic was his favorite player growing up.Richards played in the Russian Pro Hockey League during the 2004-05 NHL lockout on a team with fellow NHL'ers Ilya Kovalchuk, Alexei Kovalev, Vincent Lecavalier, Michael Nylander, Alexei Zhitnik, Dany Heatley, and Nikolai Khabibulin.
Richards played for Team Canada in the 2006 Olympics.
During the 2006 off season Richards sign a league maximum contract for 5 years and totalling $39 million with the Lightning.
Awards
- 1999-00: CHL Player of the Year
- 1999-00: CHL Leading Scorer
- 1999-00: CHL Plus/Minus Award Winner
- 1999-00: CHL First All-Star Team
- 1999-00: QMJHL Michel Brier Award (Most Valuable Player)
- 1999-00: QMJHL Jean Béliveau Trophy (Leading scorer)
- 1999-00: QMJHL Plus/Minus Award Winner
- 1999-00: QMJHL Guy Lafleur Trophy (Playoff MVP)
- 1999-00: QMJHL First All-Star Team
- 1999-00: Memorial Cup Stafford Memorial Trophy (MVP)
- 1999-00: Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- 1999-00: Memorial Cup Champion, Rimouski Oceanic
- 2000-01: NHL All-Rookie Team
- 2001-02: NHL YoungStars Game Participant
- 2003-04: NHL Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP)
- 2003-04: NHL Lady Byng Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike)
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997-98 | Rimouski | QMJHL | 68 | 33 | 82 | 115 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 1998-99 | Rimouski | QMJHL | 59 | 39 | 92 | 131 | 55 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 1999-00 | Rimouski | QMJHL | 63 | 71 | 115 | 186 | 69 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2000-01 | Tampa Bay | NHL | 82 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Tampa Bay | NHL | 82 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Tampa Bay | NHL | 80 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2003-04 | Tampa Bay | NHL | 82 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | ||
| 2004-05 | Ak Bars Kazan | Russia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Tampa Bay | NHL | 82 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| NHL Totals | 408 | 107 | 261 | 368 | 95 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 20 | ||||
International play
Played for Canada in:- 2000 World Junior Championships (bronze medal)
- 2001 World Championships
- 2004 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)
- 2006 Winter Olympics (failed to medal)
| Year | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | WJC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | WC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2004 | WCH | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Oly | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Senior Int'l Totals | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | ||
External links
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players
- [Brad Richards stats at Internet Hockey database]
- [The Official Brad Richards Fanlisting]
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