Tanner Richard

Tanner Richard (born 6 April 1993) is a Canadian-born Swiss professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career Richard played in the 2006 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a youth team from Zürich.

Junior Richard made his professional debut during the 2010–11 season playing in the National League with the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. He was selected 71st overall in the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He then relocated to North America and played junior hockey with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.

On 1 April 2013, Richard was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Lightning.

Professional

On 20 December 2016, Richard made his NHL debut, which came in a 4–1 Lightning win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. On 25 April 2017, Richard left the Syracuse Crunch to join the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team and try to earn a spot for the 2017 IIHF World Championship. It was unknown at the time whether Richard would rejoin the Crunch at a later point if they still remained in the playoffs.

On 28 April 2017, Richard agreed to a two-year contract with Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).

On 20 July 2018, Richard was signed to an early two-year contract extension by Geneva, keeping him at the club through the 2020–21 season.

On 9 October 2019, Richard agreed to an early three-year contract extension with Geneva through the 2023/24 season. Following the 2019-20 season, Servette placed Richard on the trade bloc after he only managed to score 2 goals this season and displayed rather weak performances throughout the year.

International play Richard participated at the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Switzerland men's national junior ice hockey team.

On 25 April 2017, Richard was added to Switzerland men's national ice hockey team for the 2017 IIHF World Championship.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLA 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2011–12 Guelph Storm OHL 43 13 35 48 46 6 1 4 5 6 2012–13 Guelph Storm OHL 52 11 51 62 94 5 0 3 3 6 2012–13 Syracuse Crunch AHL 8 0 3 3 6 — — — — — 2013–14 Syracuse Crunch AHL 65 2 15 17 95 — — — — — 2014–15 Syracuse Crunch AHL 70 13 25 38 135 2 1 0 1 2 2015–16 Syracuse Crunch AHL 71 11 43 54 57 — — — — — 2016–17 Syracuse Crunch AHL 47 14 20 34 50 — — — — — 2016–17 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2017–18 Genève-Servette HC NL 49 8 30 38 62 5 0 1 1 2 2018–19 Genève-Servette HC NL 49 8 28 36 64 6 0 7 7 4 2019–20 Genève-Servette HC NL 36 2 20 22 28 — — — — — 2020–21 Genève-Servette HC NL 41 8 20 28 20 8 1 6 7 2 2021–22 Genève-Servette HC NL 25 8 10 18 41 2 1 0 1 0 NL totals 204 34 108 142 215 21 2 14 16 8 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2011 Switzerland WJC18 7th 6 4 1 5 2 2012 Switzerland WJC 8th 6 2 2 4 6 2013 Switzerland WJC 6th 6 0 4 4 8 2017 Switzerland WC 6th 7 0 4 4 8 Junior totals 18 6 7 13 16 Senior totals 7 0 4 4 8