OHL Kitchener Rangers

Richards Named OHL's Player of the Week

Published on January 10, 2005 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Kitchener Rangers News Release


The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Kitchener Rangers captain Michael Richards is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday January 9 after scoring three goals and six assists for nine points in three games.

On Tuesday, Richards helped Team Canada to a 6-1 win over Russia in the gold medal game of the 2005 World Junior Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Richards, Canada's team captain, returned to Ontario on January 5 and scored two goals and two assists to help the Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Brampton Battalion on January 7. He added an assist on the game-winning goal in a 4-3 win over the Saginaw Spirit on January 8 and finished the week with a goal and three assists in a 5-2 win over the Sarnia Sting on January 9.

Richards, a 19-year-old native of Kenora, has 17 goals and 41 points in 29 games this season. He scored a goal and three assists in six games with Team Canada at the World Junior Championships.

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