Richard Bachman

Richard Harrison Bachman (born July 25, 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently the goaltending coach for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). He played two seasons of college ice hockey at Colorado College before enjoying a career in the National Hockey League with the Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks. Bachman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Playing career Early career As a youth, Bachman played in the 2001 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Colorado Junior Avalanche minor ice hockey team from Littleton, Colorado.

During his time at Cushing Academy, Bachman compiled a GAA of 1.28 with 3 shutouts in 28 games He also split this time independently with the Boston Jr. Bruins. While at the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League after a trade from the Chicago Steel, Bachman compiled a .913 save percentage in 26 regular-season starts. Bachman was chosen in the fourth round, 120th overall in the 2006 NHL entry draft by the Dallas Stars.

Dallas Stars

On March 27, 2009, Bachman signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Dallas Stars, ending his college career. With the Stars, Bachman started a trend for his goalie masks to have a theme of The Shining, acknowledging that "Richard Bachman" was also a pen name for Shining author Stephen King.

After he was initially reassigned to the Texas Stars to begin the 2011–12 season, Bachman was recalled a month into the season and replaced Andrew Raycroft as the primary backup to Kari Lehtonen. On December 13, 2011, Bachman earned his first NHL shutout, blanking the New York Rangers 1–0.

Edmonton Oilers On July 6, 2013, Bachman signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers after becoming a free agent. Bachman competed with Jason LaBarbera for the backup goaltender position behind Devan Dubnyk. On October 27, Bachman had his first start with the Edmonton Oilers, making 47 saves but losing in a shootout to the Los Angeles Kings. In the 2013-14 NHL season Bachman suffered a hamstring injury and was eventually sent down to Oklahoma City, where he would play for the remainder of the season.

Vancouver Canucks On July 1, 2015, Bachman signed as a free agent to a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks. Relegated to third goalie, Bachman only played one game for the Canucks and spent most of the season in the AHL, playing for the Utica Comets; the following season was spent entirely with the Comets.

On July 13, 2016, Bachman signed a contract extension to stay with Vancouver through 2018. On June 20, 2018, Bachman signed a two-year, two-way contract to remain with the Canucks organization through 2020.

While playing with Utica, Bachman suffered an Achilles injury which prematurely ended his 2018–19 AHL season on December 21, 2018.

In the following 2019–20 season, Bachman through injury found himself as the Comet's third choice upon recovery. Limited to just 3 games, while in the final season of his contract, Bachman sought and was loaned by the Canucks to Swedish club, IK Oskarshamn of the Swedish Hockey League, for the remainder of the season on February 12, 2020. He made just 3 appearances in Sweden, going winless before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coaching career On October 2, 2020, Bachman announced his retirement from professional hockey after 11 seasons and became the goaltending coach for the Iowa Wild in the AHL.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2004–05 Cushing Academy HSMA 28 — — — 1498 53 3 1.89 — — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Cushing Academy HSMA 30 — — — 1598 60 4 2.25 — — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Chicago Steel USHL 7 2 5 0 359 29 0 4.85 .888 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders USHL 26 14 10 2 1565 78 4 2.99 .913 6 4 1 329 7 2 1.28 .951 2007–08 Colorado College WCHA 35 25 9 1 2103 65 4 1.85 .931 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Colorado College WCHA 35 14 11 10 2073 91 3 2.63 .914 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 35 22 7 4 2028 77 4 2.28 .910 8 6 1 492 13 1 1.59 .943 2009–10 Texas Stars AHL 8 4 4 0 446 16 1 2.15 .932 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Texas Stars AHL 55 28 19 5 3191 117 6 2.20 .927 6 2 4 394 15 0 2.29 .917 2010–11 Dallas Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Texas Stars AHL 15 7 6 1 844 44 2 3.13 .887 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Dallas Stars NHL 18 8 5 1 933 43 1 2.77 .910 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Texas Stars AHL 6 5 1 0 175 14 0 2.31 .920 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Dallas Stars NHL 13 6 5 0 288 33 0 3.25 .885 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 52 26 19 6 3074 153 2 2.99 .908 3 0 3 200 9 0 2.70 .914 2013–14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 0 2 1 139 7 0 3.02 .916 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Oklahoma City Barons AHL 23 14 5 3 1338 53 3 2.38 .918 9 5 4 581 15 0 1.55 .953 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7 3 2 0 317 15 1 2.84 .911 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Utica Comets AHL 35 17 12 5 829 92 1 2.75 .900 3 0 2 106 7 0 3.96 .860 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 1 0 0 60 3 0 3.00 .903 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Utica Comets AHL 27 13 11 3 1584 70 1 2.65 .908 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 2 3 0 296 13 0 2.64 .920 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 Utica Comets AHL 31 13 13 5 1834 91 0 2.98 .902 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Utica Comets AHL 9 5 4 0 527 33 1 3.76 .884 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 1 0 60 6 0 6.00 .793 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Utica Comets AHL 3 1 1 1 185 10 0 3.25 .909 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 IK Oskarshamn SHL 3 0 2 0 128 7 0 3.29 .863 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 49 20 18 2 2422 120 2 2.97 .903 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2012 United States WC 1 1 0 0 65 2 0 1.86 .894 Senior totals 1 1 0 0 65 2 0 1.86 .894

Awards and honors Award Year College All-WCHA Rookie Team 2008 All-WCHA First Team 2008 AHCA West First-Team All-American 2008 AHL All-Star Game 2015