Brad Richardson

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Brad Richardson
Brad Richardson Canucks.jpg
Richardson with the Vancouver Canucks in October 2013
Born (1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 (age 39)
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 20052022

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.

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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] And they married in August 2024. [16]

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2001–02 Wellington Dukes OPJHL 10000
2001–02 Owen Sound Attack OHL 5812213320
2002–03 Owen Sound AttackOHL6727406754411210
2003–04 Owen Sound AttackOHL1579164
2004–05 Owen Sound AttackOHL6841569760864108
2005–06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 41310131291016
2005–06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 294131720
2006–07 Colorado AvalancheNHL731482228
2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL30112
2007–08 Colorado AvalancheNHL222358
2007–08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL3814264018
2008–09 Los Angeles Kings NHL3105511
2008–09 Manchester Monarchs AHL31230
2009–10 Los Angeles KingsNHL811116273761122
2010–11 Los Angeles KingsNHL68712194762352
2011–12 Los Angeles KingsNHL5953830131014
2012–13 Los Angeles KingsNHL1615610110110
2013–14 Vancouver Canucks NHL7311122339
2014–15 Vancouver CanucksNHL458132134500015
2015–16 Arizona Coyotes NHL8211203146
2016–17 Arizona CoyotesNHL1654915
2017–18 Arizona CoyotesNHL763121545
2018–19 Arizona CoyotesNHL661982722
2019–20 Arizona CoyotesNHL5965112092134
2020–21 Nashville Predators NHL17134420000
2021–22 Calgary Flames NHL2722427
2021–22Vancouver CanucksNHL172248
NHL totals86911114325444361761333

Awards and honours

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

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References

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  3. "Los Angeles Kings sign two centers". Los Angeles Kings. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-02-02.[ permanent dead link ]
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