Mike Richards
Michael " Mike" Richards ( born February 11, 1985 in Kenora, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since June 2011, he played with the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League on the position of the center.
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Career
Richards began his career in 2001 at the age of 16 Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League. After being selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 as 24th in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers, he remained until the end of the 2004/05 season in Kitchener. In 2004 and 2005 he participated with the Canadian selection at the Junior World Championships, while the team was defeated 3-2 in 2004 nor in the final against the United States, Richards could lead the team as captain for the 2005 world title. After the World Youth Championship 2005, he was sent by the Flyers to their farm team Philadelphia Phantoms for the play- off games of the Calder Cup, which they could win.
Go to the top of the 2005/ 06 Richards made his debut in the NHL with the Flyers, because of its benefits for the Flyers and in the youth team of the Canadian Association appointed him in 2006 until the age of 21 as an assistant captain of the team for the A- 2006 World Cup.
On 13 December 2007 Richards signed with the Flyers a contract until 2020. During the twelve years from 2008 he was earning 68.4 million dollars. On June 23, 2011 Richards was transferred in exchange for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2011 to the Los Angeles Kings.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2003 J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Kitchener Rangers win
- 2003 Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers win
- 2003 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- 2005 OHL Second All-Star Team
- 2005 CHL Second All-Star Team
- 2005 Calder Cup - winning Philadelphia Phantoms with the
- 2008 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 Stanley Cup win with the Los Angeles Kings
Internationally
- 2004 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2005 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2010 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 World Junior Championships 2005
- World Cup 2006
- 2010 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )