Bruce Richardson
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| Born |
June 8, 1977 Montreal, QC, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
QMJHL Sherbrooke Faucons Chicoutimi Saguenéens AHL Hershey Bears Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Milwaukee Admirals ECHL Chesapeake Icebreakers Louisiana IceGators Pensacola Ice Pilots UHL Quad City Mallards Danbury Trashers Fort Wayne Komets IHL Manitoba Moose DEL Iserlohn Roosters CHL Wichita Thunder EIHL Nottingham Panthers Braehead Clan |
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| Playing career | 1993–2011 | ||
Bruce Richardson (born June 8, 1977) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player best known for his time playing for Braehead Clan and the Nottingham Panthers in the British Elite Ice Hockey League and for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League. Richardson was often a favourite with fans wherever he went, due to his aggressive style of play and determination. He was the head coach of the Victoriaville Tigres in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 2014 to 2016.
Bruce Richardson started his 18-year playing career in Quebec, with the Sherbrooke Faucons in the QMJHL. He stayed there for 3 and a half years, playing over a hundred games before moving onto the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the same league.
Most of Richardson's time in North America was spent at the Hershey Bears in Hershey, Pennsylvania. During his first year there he was coached by Bob Hartley, who went on to become a Stanley Cup winning coach with the Colorado Avalanche in 2000-01. He is remembered fondly by the Bears fans, racking up a total of over 150 games in his two spells there, and was named their 'Unsung Hero' for the 1998-99 season. Hershey is also where Richardson met Tim Wedderburn and Jordan Krestanovich, who he became friends with and signed for the Braehead Clan in his first coaching role.
Richardson also played for the Manitoba Moose, in Winnipeg, in the final season of the now defunct IHL.
Despite not ever playing in an NHL game, Richardson did take part in the Detroit Red Wings pre-season in 2001. On September 17, 2001 in a game against the New York Rangers Richardson, wearing the number 68, had a fight with Richard Scott. Richardson also got to take to the ice in Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Rangers, an achievement which he classes as his greatest memory in hockey.
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