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Stephane Richer

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: June 7, 1966 in Ripon, Quebec

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1984-85 18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1985-86 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 21 16 37 0.57 15 0.24 57 24 32 0 1 50 16 5 0 2 112 1.72 18.8
1986-87 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 57 20 19 39 0.68 16 0.27 54 14 30 1 11 80 16 4 0 3 109 1.91 18.3
1987-88 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 50 28 78 1.08 33 0.46 103 42 50 1 12 72 34 16 0 11 263 3.65 19.0
1988-89 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 68 25 35 60 0.88 23 0.34 77 33 40 0 4 61 14 11 0 6 214 3.15 11.7
1989-90 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 75 51 40 91 1.21 38 0.50 111 31 45 0 35 46 42 9 0 8 269 3.59 19.0
1990-91 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 75 31 30 61 0.81 25 0.33 76 22 54 0 0 53 22 9 0 4 221 2.95 14.0
1991-92 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 29 35 64 0.86 25 0.34 91 28 67 3 -1 25 23 5 1 6 240 3.24 12.1
1992-93 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 38 35 73 0.94 29 0.38 101 34 72 4 -1 44 30 7 1 7 286 3.67 13.3
1993-94 27 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 36 36 72 0.90 29 0.36 97 21 52 7 31 16 26 7 3 9 217 2.71 16.6
1994-95 28 New Jersey Devils NHL 45 23 16 39 0.87 16 0.36 48 8 35 3 8 10 20 1 2 5 133 2.96 17.3
1995-96 29 New Jersey Devils NHL 73 20 12 32 0.44 14 0.19 42 7 57 14 -8 30 13 3 4 3 192 2.63 10.4
1996-97 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 63 22 24 46 0.73 18 0.28 63 15 52 4 0 32 20 2 0 2 126 2.00 17.5
1997-98 31 2 Teams NHL 40 14 15 29 0.73 11 0.29 42 16 35 3 -6 41 9 5 0 2 95 2.38 14.7
1997-98 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 14 5 4 9 0.64 4 0.26 13 6 6 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 24 1.71 20.8
1997-98 31 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 26 9 11 20 0.77 8 0.30 29 10 29 3 -7 36 6 3 0 2 71 2.73 12.7
1998-99 32 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 64 12 21 33 0.52 12 0.19 51 12 63 14 -10 22 7 3 2 1 139 2.17 8.6 1074 16:47
1999-00 33 2 Teams NHL 56 15 22 37 0.66 14 0.25 52 19 24 0 9 18 10 5 0 1 110 1.96 13.6 775 13:50
1999-00 33 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 20 7 5 12 0.60 5 0.25 20 5 13 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 47 2.35 14.9 290 14:31
1999-00 33 St. Louis Blues NHL 36 8 17 25 0.69 9 0.25 32 14 11 0 7 14 4 4 0 1 63 1.75 12.7 484 13:27
2001-02 35 2 Teams NHL 68 14 14 28 0.41 11 0.16 -9 14 13 1 0 2 123 1.81 11.4 938 13:48
2001-02 35 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 13 12 25 0.43 10 0.17 -8 14 12 1 0 2 107 1.84 12.1 816 14:04
2001-02 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 1 2 3 0.30 1 0.11 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16 1.60 6.3 122 12:10
Career NHL 1054 421 398 819 0.78 330 0.31 1065 326 708 54 76 614 315 93 13 72 2849 2.70 14.8 2787 14:49

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1985-86 19 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 16 4 1 5 0.31 -3 23 1 3 0 1 22 1.38 18.2
1986-87 20 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 3 2 5 1.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 12 2.40 25.0
1987-88 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 8 7 5 12 1.50 1 6 6 1 0 2 31 3.88 22.6
1988-89 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 21 6 5 11 0.52 -5 14 4 2 0 3 47 2.24 12.8
1989-90 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 7 3 10 1.11 8 2 6 1 0 1 22 2.44 31.8
1990-91 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 9 5 14 1.08 0 6 8 1 0 1 44 3.38 20.5
1991-92 25 New Jersey Devils NHL 7 1 2 3 0.43 -5 0 1 0 0 0 18 2.57 5.6
1992-93 26 New Jersey Devils NHL 5 2 2 4 0.80 -4 2 1 1 0 0 13 2.60 15.4
1993-94 27 New Jersey Devils NHL 20 7 5 12 0.60 2 6 4 3 0 2 72 3.60 9.7
1994-95 28 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 19 6 15 21 1.11 9 2 2 3 1 2 55 2.89 10.9
1996-97 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 -3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.80 0.0
1999-00 33 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.00 33.3 38 12:30
2001-02 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.00 0.0 37 12:12
Career NHL 2 134 53 45 98 0.73 2 61 37 15 1 13 354 2.64 15.0 74 12:21

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 Laval Insulaires QAAA 48 47 54 101 2.10 86
1983-84 17 Granby Bisons QMJHL 67 39 37 76 1.13 58
1984-85 18 Granby Bisons QMJHL 30 30 27 57 1.90 31
1984-85 18 Canada WJC-A 7 4 3 7 1.00 2
1984-85 18 Chicoutimi Sagueneens QMJHL 27 31 32 63 2.33 40
1986-87 20 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 12 10 4 14 1.17 11
1990-91 24 Montreal Canadiens Fr-Tour 4 2 1 3 0.75 8
1999-00 33 Detroit Vipers IHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 0.0
Career AHL 12 10 4 14 1.17 11
Career Fr-Tour 4 2 1 3 0.75 8
Career IHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 0.0
Career QAAA 48 47 54 101 2.10 86
Career QMJHL 124 100 96 196 1.58 129
Career WJC-A 7 4 3 7 1.00 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 17 Granby Bisons QMJHL 3 1 1 2 0.67 4
1984-85 18 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 9 6 3 9 1.00 10
1984-85 18 Chicoutimi Sagueneens QMJHL 12 13 13 26 2.17 25
Career AHL 9 6 3 9 1.00 10
Career QMJHL 15 14 14 28 1.87 29

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1990 NHL

Goals

1987-88 NHL 50 (6)
1989-90 NHL 51 (7)
Career NHL 421 (68)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.69 (4)
1989-90 NHL 0.68 (7)
Career NHL 0.40 (97)

Plus/Minus

1989-90 NHL 35 (2)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 34 (3)
1989-90 NHL 42 (2)
1994-95 NHL 20 (4)
Career NHL 315 (38)

Short-Handed Goals

1995-96 NHL 4 (10)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 11 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 8 (6)
1993-94 NHL 9 (4)
1994-95 NHL 5 (7)
Career NHL 72 (32)

Shots on Goal

1987-88 NHL 263 (9)
Career NHL 2849 (79)

Transactions

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September 20, 1991: Traded to New Jersey by Montreal with Tom Chorske for Kirk Muller and Roland Melanson, September 20, 1991.

August 22, 1996: Traded to Montreal by New Jersey for Lyle Odelein, August 22, 1996.

January 15, 1998: Traded to Tampa Bay by Montreal with Darcy Tucker and David Wilkie for Patrick Poulin, Mick Vukota and Igor Ulanov, January 15, 1998.

January 13, 2000: Traded to St. Louis by Tampa Bay for Rich Parent and Chris McAlpine, January 13, 2000.

August 25, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Washington, August 25, 2000.

October 2, 2001: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, October 2, 2001.

March 19, 2002: Traded to New Jersey by Pittsburgh for New Jersey's 7th round choice (Stephen Dixon) in 2003 Entry Draft, March 19, 2002.

August 18, 2002: Officially announced retirement, August 18, 2002.