Richie Regehr

Richard Regehr (born January 17, 1983) is an Indonesian-born Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Regehr's older brother is former Stanley Cup-winning defenceman Robyn Regehr.

Early life Regehr was born in Bandung, Indonesia to Canadian Mennonite missionaries. They later returned to Canada where he grew up in Rosthern, Saskatchewan.

Playing career Regehr was signed as a free agent on July 6, 2004, as an undrafted player by the Calgary Flames, the team where his brother Robyn was playing. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Richie Regehr played for the Lowell Lock Monsters, who were the American Hockey League affiliate of the Flames. In the 2005–06 season, he was sent to the Flames' new farm team, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. After injuries to defencemen Rhett Warrener and Roman Hamrlík late in 2005, Regehr was called up to the Flames.

In his first National Hockey League game on December 29, 2005, he dressed with his brother Robyn and scored an assist on the game-winning goal. After only 3 games the Flames sent him back down to the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, but on January 7 he was once again recalled. Regehr was recalled by Calgary again on February 2, 2006.

Regehr replaced Knights teammate Mark Giordano (who was recalled to the Calgary Flames) on the 2006 Canadian AHL All-Star team. He registered a goal and an assist in the All-Star game.

In the 2007–08 season, he moved to Germany, joining Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) club Frankfurt Lions. The following year, he signed with fellow DEL side Eisbären Berlin.

After four impressive seasons with Berlin and winning three German championships with the club, Regehr left to sign a two-year contract in the Swedish Elitserien with Modo Hockey on April 25, 2012.

Regehr returned to Germany after his contract with Modo, signing a one-year deal with EHC München of the DEL on May 26, 2014. He eventually stayed in München until the conclusion of the 2016–17 season. He had won back-to-back German championships with München in 2016 and 2017 and signed with EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League in May 2017.

Records DEL – Most goals in a game by a defenceman: five (October 31, 2007)

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1998–99Kelowna RocketsWHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Kelowna Rockets WHL 50 6 8 14 22 5 0 1 1 0 2000–01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 71 10 27 37 68 6 0 1 1 4 2001–02 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 52 8 36 44 62 7 2 5 7 8 2002–03 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 16 45 61 115 7 2 2 4 8 2003–04 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 65 9 34 43 88 5 0 1 1 6 2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 64 9 16 25 60 11 1 6 7 2 2005–06 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 31 3 15 18 34 — — — — — 2005–06 Calgary Flames NHL 14 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 2006–07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 22 5 9 14 37 — — — — — 2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 6 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Frankfurt Lions DEL 44 21 20 41 62 10 3 3 6 14 2008–09 Eisbären Berlin DEL 43 15 18 33 62 8 4 4 8 8 2009–10 Eisbären Berlin DEL 55 15 24 39 66 5 1 3 4 4 2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL 38 8 13 21 26 12 2 7 9 20 2011–12 Eisbären Berlin DEL 48 11 26 37 91 12 3 3 6 10 2012–13 Modo Hockey SEL 53 8 25 33 44 5 0 3 3 6 2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 52 6 16 22 50 2 1 1 2 29 2014–15 EHC München DEL 51 10 30 40 47 4 1 0 1 27 2015–16 EHC München DEL 38 4 14 18 30 — — — — — 2016–17 EHC München DEL 44 3 13 16 20 14 0 2 2 8 2017-18 EC KAC EBEL 6 1 1 2 8 — — — — — NHL totals 20 1 3 4 6 — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year WHL West Second All-Star Team 2004 AHL All-Star Game 2006 DEL All-Star Game 2008, 2009 Most Goals, Defenseman 2008 Champion (Eisbären Berlin) 2009, 2011, 2012 European Trophy Champion 2011 Champion (EHC München) 2016, 2017