Brad Richardson
Richardson with the Vancouver Canucks in 2013
Born (1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 (age 38)
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Colorado Avalanche
Los Angeles Kings
Vancouver Canucks
Arizona Coyotes
Nashville Predators
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 163rd overall, 2003
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2005–2022

Bradley Benjamin Stanley Richardson (born February 4, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Arizona Coyotes, Nashville Predators and the Calgary Flames. Richardson won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2012.

Playing career

Richardson grew up in Belleville, Ontario playing minor ice hockey for the AA Belleville Bobcats and eventually for the AAA Quinte Red Devils of the OMHA.[citation needed] He played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Quinte team.[1] After a strong season in Bantam, Richardson was the 1st round choice (10th overall) in the 2001 OHL Priority Selection by the Owen Sound Attack.[citation needed]

Richardson was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He was the chosen 163rd overall in the 5th round from the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. Brad played his first professional season in the 2005–06 season, splitting the year between the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL and making his debut in the NHL with the Avalanche.[citation needed] Richardson's best year with the Avalanche came in the 2006–07 season, playing in a career high 73 games, recording 14 goals and 22 points.[citation needed]

On June 21, 2008, Richardson was traded from the Avalanche to the Los Angeles Kings for a second round pick.[2] On September 15, 2008, Richardson signed with the Kings for two years and $1.175 million.[3] Richardson achieved his first career hat trick on October 23, 2010, against his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, in a 6-4 Kings victory.[4]

On July 12, 2011, Richardson re-signed on a two-year contract extension worth $2.35 million with the Kings. In the 2011–12 season, in a utility role he played in 59 regular season games for 9 points before capturing the Stanley Cup with the Kings whilst featuring in 13 post-season games. Richardson missed the first two post-season games that year after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.[5]

On July 5, 2013, Richardson signed as a free agent to a two-year contract worth $1.15 million per year by the Vancouver Canucks.[6]

Richardson as a free agent for the second time in his career, signed a three-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1, 2015.[7] On November 17, 2016, in the midst of a productive start to his second season with the Coyotes, having 9 points in 16 appearances, he was hit by defenceman Nikita Tryamkin in a game against his former club, the Vancouver Canucks. He fractured both his tibia and fibula bones in his right leg, requiring season ending surgery.[8]

On July 3, 2018, Richardson re-signed with the Coyotes on a two-year deal worth $2.5 million. During the qualifying round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, Richardson scored an overtime goal that clinched the series over the Nashville Predators.[9]

On October 12, 2020, having left the Coyotes as a free agent after five seasons, Richardson was signed to a one year, $1 million contract with the Nashville Predators.[10] In the pandemic delayed and shortened 2020–21 season, Richardson was limited through injury to just 17 regular season games with the Predators, collecting 1 goal and 4 points. He was scoreless in 2 playoff contests in a first-round defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes.

On September 8, 2021, Richardson signed as a free agent to a one-year, $800,000 contract with the Calgary Flames.[11] In the 2021–22 season, Richardson in a limited role made 27 regular season appearances with the Flames. At the NHL trade deadline Richardson was placed on waivers by the Flames and was claimed in a return to the Vancouver Canucks on March 21, 2022.[12] His 4 goals and 8 points were evenly split between the Flames and the Canucks.

Personal life

In January 2021, Richardson's girlfriend, actress Jessica Szohr, gave birth to their daughter, Bowie Ella Richardson.[13][14] On May 16, 2022, Brad Richardson and Jessica Szohr got engaged. [15]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Wellington Dukes OPJHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Owen Sound Attack OHL 58 12 21 33 20 — — — — —
2002–03 Owen Sound Attack OHL 67 27 40 67 54 4 1 1 2 10
2003–04 Owen Sound Attack OHL 15 7 9 16 4 — — — — —
2004–05 Owen Sound Attack OHL 68 41 56 97 60 8 6 4 10 8
2005–06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 41 3 10 13 12 9 1 0 1 6
2005–06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 29 4 13 17 20 — — — — —
2006–07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 73 14 8 22 28 — — — — —
2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2007–08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 22 2 3 5 8 — — — — —
2007–08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 38 14 26 40 18 — — — — —
2008–09 Los Angeles Kings NHL 31 0 5 5 11 — — — — —
2008–09 Manchester Monarchs AHL 3 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 11 16 27 37 6 1 1 2 2
2010–11 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 7 12 19 47 6 2 3 5 2
2011–12 Los Angeles Kings NHL 59 5 3 8 30 13 1 0 1 4
2012–13 Los Angeles Kings NHL 16 1 5 6 10 11 0 1 1 0
2013–14 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 11 12 23 39 — — — — —
2014–15 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 8 13 21 34 5 0 0 0 15
2015–16 Arizona Coyotes NHL 82 11 20 31 46 — — — — —
2016–17 Arizona Coyotes NHL 16 5 4 9 15 — — — — —
2017–18 Arizona Coyotes NHL 76 3 12 15 45 — — — — —
2018–19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 66 19 8 27 22 — — — — —
2019–20 Arizona Coyotes NHL 59 6 5 11 20 9 2 1 3 4
2020–21 Nashville Predators NHL 17 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Calgary Flames NHL 27 2 2 4 27 — — — — —
2021–22 Vancouver Canucks NHL 17 2 2 4 8 — — — — —
NHL totals 869 111 143 254 443 61 7 6 13 33

Awards and honours

Award Year
OHL
Third All-Star Team 2005
NHL
Stanley Cup champion 2012

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. ^ "Kings acquire Richardson". Los Angeles Kings. 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Kings sign two centers". Los Angeles Kings. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Richardson's hat trick helps bail out the Kings". LA Times. 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  5. ^ Official Game Program of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final. pg. 106.
  6. ^ "Cap crunched Canucks sign Richardson and Weber". Vancouver Sun. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  7. ^ "Coyotes sign Richardson to three-year contract". Arizona Coyotes. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  8. ^ "Brad Richardson expected to fully recover from injury". nhl.com. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  9. ^ "Brad Richardson's overtime heroics clinches series for Coyotes - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  10. ^ "Predators sign Brad Richardson to a one-year, $1 million contract". Nashville Predators. October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Richardson signs one-year, $800,000 contract with Flames". Calgary Flames. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Vancouver Canucks (March 21, 2022). "Canucks claim Richardson off waivers". Twitter. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  13. ^ Cardoza, Riley (January 13, 2021). "Jessica Szohr Gives Birth". Usweekly.com. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  14. ^ "'Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr gives birth to baby girl". UPI. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  15. ^ Beard, Lanford (May 16, 2022). "Jessica Szohr Is Engaged to NHL Player Brad Richardson: 'I Said Yes!'". People.com. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

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