Warren Rychel

Warren Stanley Rychel (born May 12, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played thirteen seasons of Pro hockey including nine seasons in the National Hockey League. Rychel is currently the Pro Scouting Director with the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club.

Playing career Rychel was primarily an enforcer drawing 1,422 career penalty minutes. He scored 38 goals and 77 points in his NHL career. However, he did have a few memorable offensive outbursts, especially in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

In the 1991 playoffs, after playing the whole season in the minor leagues, Rychel was called up to play with the Chicago Blackhawks and had only two games of previous NHL experience. He managed to score a goal and four points in only three games. In the 1993 playoffs, Rychel was playing with the Los Angeles Kings, and that season had played his first full season in the NHL. He scored 6 goals and 13 points in 23 playoff games, including two game-winning goals, and once again helped his team to the Stanley Cup Final. However, Rychel did manage to win the Stanley Cup in 1996 when he was playing with the Colorado Avalanche. Rychel retired from the NHL in 1999.

Hockey executive Rychel was the general manager of the Windsor Spitfires teams that won the 2009 Memorial Cup, 2010 Memorial Cup, and the 2017 Memorial Cup championships. As of 2017, Rychel became one of only three general managers to assemble three Memorial Cup winning teams; the others are Matt Leyden of the Oshawa Generals, and Bob Brown of the Kamloops Blazers.

After spending 13 years with the Spitfires, Rychel announced in July 2019 that he was selling his minority interest in the Ontario Hockey League team and stepping down as general manager.

Personal life Rychel's son, Kerby was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2013 NHL entry draft.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 Sudbury Wolves OHL 35 5 8 13 74 — — — — — 1984–85 Guelph Platers OHL 29 1 3 4 48 — — — — — 1985–86 Guelph Platers OHL 38 14 5 19 119 — — — — — 1985–86 Ottawa 67's OHL 29 11 18 29 54 — — — — — 1986–87 Ottawa 67's OHL 28 11 7 18 57 — — — — — 1986–87 Kitchener Rangers OHL 21 5 5 10 39 4 0 0 0 9 1987–88 Peoria Rivermen IHL 7 2 1 3 7 — — — — — 1987–88 Saginaw Hawks IHL 51 2 7 9 113 1 0 0 0 0 1988–89 Saginaw Hawks IHL 50 15 14 29 226 6 0 0 0 51 1988–89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 17 — — — — — 1989–90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 77 23 16 39 374 14 1 3 4 64 1990–91 Indianapolis Ice IHL 68 33 30 63 338 5 2 1 3 30 1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks NHL — — — — — 3 1 3 4 2 1991–92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 45 15 20 35 165 8 0 3 3 51 1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 36 14 15 29 211 — — — — — 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 6 7 13 314 23 6 7 13 39 1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 10 9 19 322 — — — — — 1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 7 0 0 0 19 — — — — — 1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26 1 6 7 101 3 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 52 6 2 8 147 12 1 0 1 23 1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 70 10 7 17 218 11 0 2 2 19 1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 63 5 6 11 198 — — — — — 1997–98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 8 0 0 0 23 6 0 0 0 24 1998–99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 28 0 2 2 63 12 0 1 1 14 NHL totals 406 38 39 77 1422 70 8 13 21 121 IHL totals 334 104 103 207 1223 34 3 7 10 196

Coaching record

Ontario Hockey League