You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Players > R > Stephane Richer

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.

22 44 44 44 44 19 44

NHL/WHA Regular Season

Glossary ▪ Hide Partial Seasons ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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 17 Seasons 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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 13 Seasons 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

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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 1 Season AHL 12 10 4 14 1.17 11
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 2 1 3 0.75 8
Career 1 Season IHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 0.0
Career 1 Season QAAA 48 47 54 101 2.10 86
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 124 100 96 196 1.58 129
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 4 3 7 1.00 2

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
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 1 Season AHL 9 6 3 9 1.00 10
Career 2 Seasons 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 (98)

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 (82)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

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.