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Mike Richards

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: February 11, 1985 in Kenora, Ontario
Draft: Philadelphia, 1st round (24th overall), 2003 NHL Entry
Contract: 12 years/$69,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $5,750,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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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
2005-06	20	PHI	NHL	79	11	23	34	12	6	65	7	1	3	1	16	2	5	168	6.5	1215	15:23
2006-07	21	PHI	NHL	59	10	22	32	11	-12	52	5	1	4	3	17	0	5	130	7.7	1052	17:50
2007-08	22	PHI	NHL	73	28	47	75	28	14	76	15	8	5	6	23	1	23	212	13.2	1570	21:31
2008-09	23	PHI	NHL	79	30	50	80	31	22	63	15	8	7	4	23	2	25	238	12.6	1717	21:44
2009-10	24	PHI	NHL	82	31	31	62	25	-2	79	17	13	1	3	12	1	18	237	13.1	1673	20:24
2010-11	25	PHI	NHL	81	23	43	66	24	11	62	15	5	3	4	24	3	16	184	12.5	1529	18:53
2011-12	26	LAK	NHL	74	18	26	44	17	3	71	11	3	4	1	15	0	11	171	10.5	1398	18:53
2012-13	27	LAK	NHL	48	12	20	32	12	-8	42	6	6	0	3	11	0	9	82	14.6	785	16:21
Career			NHL	575	163	262	425	160	34	510	91	45	27	25	141	9	112	1422	11.5	10940	19:02

NHL Miscellaneous

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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
2005-06	20	PHI	NHL	79	0.14	0.29	0.43	0.16	0.82	2.13	11	22	33	12	58	13	59	20	6	1.0	1.3	2.3
2006-07	21	PHI	NHL	59	0.17	0.37	0.54	0.19	0.88	2.20	10	22	32	11	43	10	65	20	-12	1.3	0.8	2.0
2007-08	22	PHI	NHL	73	0.38	0.64	1.03	0.39	1.04	2.90	31	50	81	31	112	53	78	33	14	7.0	2.3	9.2
2008-09	23	PHI	NHL	79	0.38	0.63	1.01	0.39	0.80	3.01	32	51	83	31	110	41	75	28	22	7.0	2.4	9.4
2009-10	24	PHI	NHL	82	0.38	0.38	0.76	0.31	0.96	2.89	34	32	66	27	90	40	74	22	-2	5.4	2.0	7.3
2010-11	25	PHI	NHL	81	0.28	0.53	0.81	0.30	0.77	2.27	25	46	71	26	88	29	72	24	11	5.5	1.7	7.2
2011-12	26	LAK	NHL	74	0.24	0.35	0.59	0.22	0.96	2.31	20	28	48	19	62	23	44	8	3	3.0	2.2	5.2
2012-13	27	LAK	NHL	48	0.25	0.42	0.67	0.25	0.88	1.71									-8	2.7	0.6	3.3
Career			NHL	575	0.28	0.46	0.74	0.28	0.89	2.47	163	251	414	157	563	209	467	155	34	32.8	13.2	46.0

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
2005-06	20	PHI	NHL		6	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	94	15:41
2007-08	22	PHI	NHL		17	7	7	14	6	0	10	4	1	2	0	53	13.2	356	20:55
2008-09	23	PHI	NHL		6	1	4	5	2	-4	6	0	1	0	0	21	4.8	138	22:58
2009-10	24	PHI	NHL		23	7	16	23	8	-1	18	4	2	1	1	59	11.9	500	21:45
2010-11	25	PHI	NHL		11	1	6	7	2	-1	15	0	1	0	0	43	2.3	213	19:19
2011-12	26	LAK	NHL	SC	20	4	11	15	5	1	17	2	2	0	1	41	9.8	390	19:31
2012-13	27	LAK	NHL		9	1	7	8	2	5	6	1	0	0	0	18	5.6	170	18:51
Career			NHL	1	92	21	52	73	25	-5	72	11	7	3	2	244	8.6	1860	20:13

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
2000-01	15	Kenora Stars	NOHA	85	76	73	149			20
2001-02	16	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	65	20	38	58			52
2002-03	17	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	67	37	50	87		35	99	22	10	5
2003-04	18	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	58	36	53	89			82
2003-04	18	Canada	WJC-A	6	2	3	5		11	2	1	1	0	0
2004-05	19	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	43	22	36	58			75
2004-05	19	Canada	WJC-A	6	1	4	5		6	2	1	0	0	1
2005-06	20	Canada	WC-A	9	3	2	5		1	10	2	1	0	0
2009-10	24	Canada	Olympics	7	2	3	5		5	0	2	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	NOHA	85	76	73	149			20
Career		4 Seasons	OHL	233	115	177	292		35	308	22	10	5
Career		1 Season	Olympics	7	2	3	5		5	0	2	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	WC-A	9	3	2	5		1	10	2	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	WJC-A	12	3	7	10		17	4	2	1	0	1

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
2001-02	16	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	4	0	1	1			6
2002-03	17	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	21	9	18	27		19	24	6	2	1
2002-03	17	Kitchener Rangers	M-Cup	4	2	3	5			8	1	1	0	1
2003-04	18	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	1	0	0	0			0
2004-05	19	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	15	11	17	28			36
2004-05	19	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	14	7	8	15		8	28	2	3	2	2
Career		1 Season	AHL	14	7	8	15		8	28	2	3	2	2
Career		1 Season	M-Cup	4	2	3	5			8	1	1	0	1
Career		4 Seasons	OHL	41	20	36	56		19	66	6	2	1

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 8 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Mike Richards		9.4	9.2	7.3	7.2	5.2	3.3	2.3	2.0
Dino Ciccarelli	93.7	9.8	9.2	7.4	6.4	5.4	2.7	1.8
Ted Lindsay	91.2	9.0	7.4	7.2	7.0	4.5	2.0	0.7
Miroslav Satan	90.6	10.0	9.1	8.3	7.1	5.0	3.9	3.1
Vincent Lecavalier	90.4	9.3	9.3	8.1	5.9	4.4	3.6	1.9
Max Bentley	90.4	6.9	6.7	6.2	5.6	4.4	2.4	1.2
Lanny McDonald	89.9	10.0	9.2	8.6	8.4	6.6	3.1	1.7
Pat LaFontaine	89.8	9.5	8.6	7.6	5.8	4.2	3.4	2.0
Martin Havlat	89.6	9.6	7.8	7.1	5.8	4.7	3.0	2.1
Jimmy Carson	89.5	9.4	8.6	6.3	6.2	5.6	3.6	2.9
Derek Roy	89.4	9.5	7.9	7.1	6.8	4.3	3.7	1.6

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mike Richards		9.4	9.2	7.3	7.2	5.2	3.3	2.3	2.0
Patrick Sharp	90.2	9.7	8.9	8.8	7.9	5.4	2.8	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.0
Joe Primeau	88.3	6.4	6.3	5.4	4.0	3.9	1.9	1.6	0.0	-0.1
Brad Boyes	87.3	9.3	7.9	7.6	6.0	3.9	3.6	3.2	2.0	-0.1
Mickey Redmond	86.7	10.2	8.5	7.5	6.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	1.3	0.3
Jeff Carter	86.5	11.7	9.5	8.0	6.6	5.2	4.9	4.0	2.6
Phil Kessel	86.4	9.9	8.8	6.9	6.3	6.2	3.6	2.0
Bert McCaffrey	85.9	6.6	6.4	5.3	4.6	3.5	2.3	1.2
Derek Roy	84.7	9.5	7.9	7.1	6.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	2.7	1.6
Jason Pominville	84.7	8.9	8.4	8.1	7.1	6.1	5.8	3.7	3.2	0.0
Loui Eriksson	84.5	8.8	8.6	7.9	7.7	3.5	2.4	1.3

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All-Star Games 2008 NHL	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2012 Los Angeles Kings (NHL)	Games Played 2009-10 NHL 82 (2) 2012-13 NHL 48 (1)	Power Play Goals 2009-10 NHL 13 (6)
Short-Handed Goals 2006-07 NHL 4 (5) 2007-08 NHL 5 (3) 2008-09 NHL 7 (1) 2010-11 NHL 3 (10) 2011-12 NHL 4 (1) Active 27 (2) Career NHL 27 (32)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 23, 2011: Traded to Los Angeles by Philadelphia with the rights to Rob Bordson for Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and Los Angeles' 2nd round choice (later traded to Dallas - Dallas selected Devin Shore) in 2012 Entry Draft, June 23, 2011.

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