Luke Richardson
Luke Glen Richardson ( born March 26, 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1987 to 2008 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League has played. Since the 2012/13 season he works as head coach of the Binghamton Senators.
Career
Luke Richardson began his career as a hockey player with the Peterborough Petes, for whom he played in the Ontario Hockey League from 1985 to 1987. He was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 in the first round as the seventh overall player of the Toronto Maple Leafs Then, for those in the National Hockey League he was until 1991 a total of four years on the ice before it in a so-called " blockbuster transfer " was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers. Together with Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing and Scott Thornton, he moved to multiple Stanley Cup winner, who sent to Toronto in return Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube.
After six seasons, Richardson left Edmonton in 1997 and was given as a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, for which he was active until 2002. It was followed by four years with the Columbus Blue Jackets, interrupted by the lockout in the 2004/ 05 NHL season, while Richardson paused. The 2005/06 season ended Richardson at his former club, the Toronto Maple Leafs before he was obliged in the summer as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Lightning of Canadians had only one season before he signed a two -way one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators. This was prolonged ahead of the 2008 /09 season to another season, but Richardson was on 27 November 2008 announced his retirement from the National Hockey League have been known to start a career as a coach, having previously only twice this season for the senator had stood on the ice. On 3 February 2009, the Canadians became an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators. For the 2012/13 season he took over the head coaching job at their AHL farm team Binghamton Senators.
Internationally
For Canada, Richardson participated in the World Youth Championship in 1987, as the World Men Championships in 1994 and 1996 in part. In 1994 Richardson was hosting with Canada World Champion, 1996 runner-up world champion.