Barry Richter

Barron Patrick Richter (born September 11, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Richter most recently played in the Nationalliga A league in Switzerland for EV Zug. He also played in the NHL with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, New York Islanders, and Montreal Canadiens. In 2015, Richter was inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame.

Playing career

Richter was drafted out of high school (Culver Military Academy) by the Hartford Whalers in the second round, 32nd overall in the 1988 NHL entry draft. After being drafted Richter attended college, playing for the University of Wisconsin–Madison for 4 years. While in college he was named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team in 1992, the WCHA first All-Star Team in 1993, and the NCAA West First All-American Team, also in 1993. Richter also made his international team debut, representing the United States in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in 1989 and 1990 and the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1992 and 1993.

After college, Richter spent the majority of the 1993–94 season representing the United States in tournaments. He played 56 games with the U.S. National Team, playing in the 1994 Ice Hockey World Championship and the 1994 Winter Olympics. That season he also made his professional debut with the Binghamton Rangers of the AHL, appearing in 21 games.

Richter spent the majority of the next two seasons with the Binghamton Rangers. He made his NHL debut with the New York Rangers during the 1995–96 season, appearing in four games. The following year he signed with the Boston Bruins, spending the majority of the 1996–97 season with the Bruins, playing 50 games. He played the 1997–98 season with the Providence Bruins before signing with the New York Islanders in 1998. Richter then played the 1998–99 season with the Islanders, his only full season in the NHL, while also making his final international appearance in the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship.

Following the 1998–99 season, Richter was released and picked up by the Montreal Canadiens. However, he was not able to crack the starting lineup and appeared in only 25 games over 2 years with the Canadiens. Following the 2000–01 season Richter played in the Elitserien for two years. After his stint there he joined EV Zug in the Nationalliga A League.

In 2015, Richter was inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame. All-WCHA First Team 1992–93 AHCA West First-Team All-American 1992–93 AHL First All-Star Team 1996 Eddie Shore Award (Most Outstanding Defenseman – AHL) 1996 Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Culver Military Academy HS-Prep 39 15 20 35 — — — — — — 1987–88 Culver Military Academy HS-Prep 35 24 29 53 18 — — — — — 1988–89 Culver Military Academy HS-Prep 19 21 29 50 16 — — — — — 1989–90 University of Wisconsin WCHA 42 13 23 36 26 — — — — — 1990–91 University of Wisconsin WCHA 43 15 20 35 42 — — — — — 1991–92 University of Wisconsin WCHA 43 10 29 39 62 — — — — — 1992–93 University of Wisconsin WCHA 42 14 32 46 74 — — — — — 1993–94 United States National Team Intl 56 7 16 23 50 — — — — — 1993–94 Binghamton Rangers AHL 21 0 9 9 12 — — — — — 1994–95 Binghamton Rangers AHL 73 15 41 56 54 11 4 5 9 12 1995–96 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Binghamton Rangers AHL 69 20 61 81 64 3 0 3 3 0 1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 50 5 13 18 32 — — — — — 1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL 19 2 6 8 4 10 4 4 8 4 1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 72 6 18 24 34 — — — — — 1999–00 Montreal Canadiens NHL 23 0 2 2 8 — — — — — 1999–00 Québec Citadelles AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Manitoba Moose IHL 19 5 4 9 6 2 1 1 2 0 2000–01 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Québec Citadelles AHL 68 4 47 51 45 6 0 3 3 2 2001–02 Linköping HC SEL 44 5 12 17 82 — — — — — 2002–03 Linköping HC SEL 44 6 10 16 74 — — — — — 2002–03 HC Lugano NLA — — — — — 9 2 6 8 10 2003–04 EV Zug NLA 47 5 25 30 20 5 1 1 2 6 2004–05 EV Zug NLA 38 8 19 27 43 9 3 1 4 4 2005–06 EV Zug NLA 44 10 20 30 46 7 2 2 4 24 2006–07 EV Zug NLA 44 9 20 29 34 8 0 1 1 14 2007–08 EV Zug NLA 44 8 19 27 58 7 1 6 7 4 AHL totals 327 57 193 250 226 30 8 15 23 18 NHL totals 151 11 34 45 76 — — — — — NLA totals 217 40 103 143 201 45 9 17 26 62

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1989 United States WJC 7 0 0 0 2 1990 United States WJC 7 3 1 4 0 1992 United States WC 4 1 0 1 4 1993 United States WC 6 0 0 0 8 1994 United States OG 8 0 3 3 4 1994 United States WC 7 0 0 0 6 1999 United States WC 6 2 0 2 0 Junior totals 14 3 1 4 2 Senior totals 31 3 3 6 22