Luke Richardson

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario
Draft: Toronto, 1st round (7th overall), 1987 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	18	TOR	NHL	78	4	6	10	4	-25	90	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	49	8.2
1988-89	19	TOR	NHL	55	2	7	9	3	-15	106	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	59	3.4
1989-90	20	TOR	NHL	67	4	14	18	6	-1	122	4	0	0	0	11	0	3	80	5.0
1990-91	21	TOR	NHL	78	1	9	10	3	-28	238	1	0	0	0	7	2	0	68	1.5
1991-92	22	EDM	NHL	75	2	19	21	6	-9	118	2	0	0	0	14	1	4	85	2.4
1992-93	23	EDM	NHL	82	3	10	13	4	-18	142	1	0	2	0	7	2	1	78	3.8
1993-94	24	EDM	NHL	69	2	6	8	3	-13	131	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	92	2.2
1994-95	25	EDM	NHL	46	3	10	13	4	-6	40	1	1	1	1	8	1	1	51	5.9
1995-96	26	EDM	NHL	82	2	9	11	4	-27	108	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	61	3.3
1996-97	27	EDM	NHL	82	1	11	12	4	9	91	1	0	0	0	8	1	2	67	1.5
1997-98	28	PHI	NHL	81	2	3	5	2	7	139	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	57	3.5
1998-99	29	PHI	NHL	78	0	6	6	2	-3	106	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	49	0.0	1291	16:33
1999-00	30	PHI	NHL	74	2	5	7	2	14	140	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	50	4.0	1197	16:11
2000-01	31	PHI	NHL	82	2	6	8	3	23	131	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	75	2.7	1698	20:42
2001-02	32	PHI	NHL	72	1	8	9	3	18	102	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	65	1.5	1316	18:17
2002-03	33	CBJ	NHL	82	0	13	13	4	-16	73	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	56	0.0	1929	23:32
2003-04	34	CBJ	NHL	64	1	5	6	2	-11	48	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	34	2.9	1288	20:07
2005-06	36	TOT	NHL	65	1	9	10	3	-19	71	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	40	2.5	1066	16:24
2005-06	36	CBJ	NHL	44	1	6	7	2	-18	30	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	24	4.2	671	15:15
2005-06	36	TOR	NHL	21	0	3	3	1	-1	41	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	16	0.0	395	18:48
2006-07	37	TBL	NHL	27	0	3	3	1	3	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.0	192	7:07
2007-08	38	OTT	NHL	76	2	7	9	3	1	41	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	41	4.9	936	12:19
2008-09	39	OTT	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		26	12:45
Career			NHL	1417	35	166	201	64	-119	2055	28	3	4	3	140	13	13	1160	3.0	10939	17:35

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1987-88	18	TOR	NHL	78	0.05	0.08	0.13	0.05	1.15	0.63	3	5	8	3	48	1	93	21	-25	-0.6	1.9	1.3
1988-89	19	TOR	NHL	55	0.04	0.13	0.16	0.05	1.93	1.07	2	6	8	3	42	1	76	20	-15	-0.3	1.5	1.2
1989-90	20	TOR	NHL	67	0.06	0.21	0.27	0.09	1.82	1.19	3	12	15	5	76	6	83	12	-1	0.3	2.0	2.3
1990-91	21	TOR	NHL	78	0.01	0.12	0.13	0.04	3.05	0.87	1	8	9	3	46	1	102	29	-28	-0.8	2.2	1.4
1991-92	22	EDM	NHL	75	0.03	0.25	0.28	0.08	1.57	1.13	2	17	19	6	64	7	101	35	-9	0.2	2.3	2.6
1992-93	23	EDM	NHL	82	0.04	0.12	0.16	0.05	1.73	0.95	2	8	10	3	55	2	107	36	-18	-0.5	3.1	2.6
1993-94	24	EDM	NHL	69	0.03	0.09	0.12	0.04	1.90	1.33	2	5	7	2	47	0	83	23	-13	-0.6	2.5	1.8
1994-95	25	EDM	NHL	46	0.07	0.22	0.28	0.09	0.87	1.11	5	17	22	7	40	4	72	30	-6	0.5	1.5	2.0
1995-96	26	EDM	NHL	82	0.02	0.11	0.13	0.04	1.32	0.74	2	9	11	4	55	4	113	35	-27	-0.5	2.2	1.8
1996-97	27	EDM	NHL	82	0.01	0.13	0.15	0.04	1.11	0.82	1	11	12	4	68	3	80	24	9	-0.4	4.4	4.0
1997-98	28	PHI	NHL	81	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.02	1.72	0.70	2	3	5	2	51	4	62	22	7	-1.0	4.7	3.7
1998-99	29	PHI	NHL	78	0.00	0.08	0.08	0.02	1.36	0.63	0	7	7	2	37	0	65	25	-3	-0.7	2.5	1.8
1999-00	30	PHI	NHL	74	0.03	0.07	0.09	0.03	1.89	0.68	2	5	7	2	41	0	37	10	14	-0.3	4.1	3.8
2000-01	31	PHI	NHL	82	0.02	0.07	0.10	0.03	1.60	0.91	2	6	8	3	72	1	71	23	23	-0.8	5.1	4.3
2001-02	32	PHI	NHL	72	0.01	0.11	0.13	0.04	1.42	0.90	1	9	10	3	58	1	51	12	18	-0.3	3.9	3.6
2002-03	33	CBJ	NHL	82	0.00	0.16	0.16	0.04	0.89	0.68	0	14	14	4	65	0	122	41	-16	-0.6	3.2	2.6
2003-04	34	CBJ	NHL	64	0.02	0.08	0.09	0.03	0.75	0.53	1	6	7	2	36	0	72	25	-11	-0.7	2.5	1.9
2005-06	36	TOT	NHL	65	0.02	0.14	0.15	0.05	1.09	0.62	1	9	10	3	30	4	69	24	-19	-0.2	0.9	0.8
2005-06	36	CBJ	NHL	44	0.02	0.14	0.16	0.05	0.68	0.55	1	6	7	2	15	0	49	16	-18	0.0	0.1	0.1
2005-06	36	TOR	NHL	21	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.04	1.95	0.76	0	3	3	1	15	4	20	8	-1	-0.2	0.8	0.6
2006-07	37	TBL	NHL	27	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.03	0.59	0.11	0	3	3	1	10	0	13	6	3	0.1	0.6	0.7
2007-08	38	OTT	NHL	76	0.03	0.09	0.12	0.04	0.54	0.54	2	7	9	3	37	0	37	1	1	0.1	1.3	1.5
2008-09	39	OTT	NHL	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	-3	0.0	-0.2	-0.2
Career			NHL	1417	0.02	0.12	0.14	0.05	1.45	0.82	34	167	201	64	978	39	1513	455	-119	-6.9	52.5	45.5

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	18	TOR	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1989-90	20	TOR	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-1	22	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1991-92	22	EDM	NHL	16	0	5	5	1	-2	45	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
1996-97	27	EDM	NHL	12	0	2	2	1	-4	14	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
1997-98	28	PHI	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1999-00	30	PHI	NHL	18	0	1	1	0	-5	41	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	396	21:58
2000-01	31	PHI	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	148	24:39
2001-02	32	PHI	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	97	19:18
Career			NHL	69	0	8	8	2	-23	130	0	0	0	0	52	0.0	640	22:04

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1984-85	15	Ottawa Golden Knights	Minor-ON	35	5	26	31			72
1985-86	16	Peterborough Petes	OHL	63	6	18	24			57
1986-87	17	Peterborough Petes	OHL	59	13	32	45			70
1986-87	17	Canada	WJC-A	6	0	0	0			0
1993-94	24	Canada	WC-A	8	0	1	1			6
1995-96	26	Canada	WC-A	8	0	0	0			12
Career		1 Season	Minor-ON	35	5	26	31			72
Career		2 Seasons	OHL	122	19	50	69			127
Career		2 Seasons	WC-A	16	0	1	1			18
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	6	0	0	0			0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1985-86	16	Peterborough Petes	OHL	16	2	1	3			50
1986-87	17	Peterborough Petes	OHL	12	0	5	5			24
Career		2 Seasons	OHL	28	2	6	8			74

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 21 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Luke Richardson		4.3	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.7	-0.2
Ed Westfall	86.2	5.8	4.6	4.6	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.2	-0.2
Marc Bergevin	86.0	5.3	4.6	4.2	4.1	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Gary Doak	86.0	4.9	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.2
Randy Ladouceur	84.6	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.6
Mattias Norstrom	84.6	4.5	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.2	1.7	1.2	0.7	0.5
Igor Ulanov	83.2	5.1	4.6	4.0	3.5	3.1	3.0	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.0
Bryan Watson	83.1	5.2	4.9	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.2	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1
Darius Kasparaitis	82.9	4.9	4.7	4.5	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.0	-0.3
Aaron Ward	82.9	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.2	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.2
Jay McKee	82.8	5.2	4.4	4.2	3.6	3.6	3.4	2.8	2.7	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	-0.3

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Luke Richardson		4.3	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.7	-0.2
Ed Westfall	86.2	5.8	4.6	4.6	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.2	-0.2
Marc Bergevin	86.0	5.3	4.6	4.2	4.1	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Gary Doak	86.0	4.9	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.2
Randy Ladouceur	84.6	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.5	1.9	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.6
Mattias Norstrom	84.6	4.5	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.2	1.7	1.2	0.7	0.5
Igor Ulanov	83.2	5.1	4.6	4.0	3.5	3.1	3.0	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.0
Bryan Watson	83.1	5.2	4.9	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.2	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1
Darius Kasparaitis	82.9	4.9	4.7	4.5	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.0	-0.3
Aaron Ward	82.9	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.2	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.2
Jay McKee	82.8	5.2	4.4	4.2	3.6	3.6	3.4	2.8	2.7	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	-0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played 1995-96 NHL 82 (3) 1996-97 NHL 82 (1) 2000-01 NHL 82 (3) 2002-03 NHL 82 (4) Career NHL 1417 (26)	Penalties in Minutes Career NHL 2055 (49)	Total Goals On-Ice Against 1994-95 NHL 72 (3) 2002-03 NHL 122 (1) Career NHL 1513 (31)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1994-95 NHL 30 (2) 2002-03 NHL 41 (3) Career NHL 455 (19)
Defensive Point Shares 2000-01 NHL 5.1 (10) Career NHL 52.5 (96)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

September 19, 1991: Traded to Edmonton by Toronto with Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing and Scott Thornton for Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube, September 19, 1991.

July 23, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 23, 1997.

July 4, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Columbus, July 4, 2002.

March 8, 2006: Traded to Toronto by Columbus for Toronto's 5th round choice (Nick Sucharski) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 8, 2006.

July 11, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 11, 2006.

August 8, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, August 8, 2007.

November 29, 2008: Officially announced his retirement, November 29, 2008.

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