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Mike Richter

#35 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Sep 22, 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA · 5'10", 190 lb · Catches left · Drafted 28th overall in 1985 by NYR (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jocelyn Thibault MTL · 61 GP, 0.910 Patrick Roy COL · 62 GP, 0.923 Rick Tabaracci TBL · 62 GP, 0.903 Jim Carey BOS · 59 GP, 0.886 Tommy Salo NYI · 58 GP, 0.904

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601989-90: 23 games2389-901990-91: 45 games4590-911991-92: 41 games4191-921992-93: 38 games3892-931993-94: 68 games6893-941994-95: 35 games3594-951995-96: 41 games4195-961996-97: 61 games6196-971997-98: 72 games7297-981998-99: 68 games6898-991999-00: 61 games6199-002000-01: 45 games4500-012001-02: 55 games5501-022002-03: 13 games1302-03

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1989-90 NYR 23 125500 686 620 66 3.00 0.904
1990-91 NYR 45 2113700 1392 1257 135 3.12 0.903
1991-92 NYR 41 2312203 1205 1086 119 3.11 0.901
1992-93 NYR 38 1319301 1180 1046 134 3.82 0.886
1993-94 NYR 68 4212605 1758 1599 159 2.57 0.910
1994-95 NYR 35 1417202 884 787 97 2.92 0.890
1995-96 NYR 41 2413303 1221 1114 107 2.68 0.912
1996-97 NYR 61 3322604 1945 1784 161 2.69 0.917
1997-98 NYR 72 21311500 1888 1704 184 2.66 0.903
1998-99 NYR 68 2730804 1898 1728 170 2.63 0.910
1999-00 NYR 61 2231800 1815 1642 173 2.87 0.905
2000-01 NYR 45 2021300 1343 1199 144 3.28 0.893
2001-02 NYR 55 2426402 1675 1518 157 2.95 0.906
2002-03 NYR 13 56100 329 295 34 2.94 0.897
14 seasons Career 666 30125873024 19219 17379 1840 2.89 0.904

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1988-89 NYR 1 0100 30 26 4 4.12 0.867
1989-90 NYR 6 3200 181 162 19 3.45 0.895
1990-91 NYR 6 2401 182 168 14 2.69 0.923
1991-92 NYR 7 4201 226 202 24 3.50 0.894
1993-94 NYR 23 16704 623 574 49 2.07 0.921
1994-95 NYR 7 2500 189 166 23 3.59 0.878
1995-96 NYR 11 5600 308 272 36 3.27 0.883
1996-97 NYR 15 9603 488 455 33 2.11 0.932
8 seasons Playoffs 76 413309 2227 2025 202 2.68 0.909

1996-97 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
61 61 3322604 1945 1784 161 2.69 0.917

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 11, 1997 vs TBL L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:20
Apr 10, 1997 @ PHI W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Apr 7, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs BOS W 5-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) T 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Mar 27, 1997 @ NJD L 0-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:49
Mar 24, 1997 vs PIT W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 59:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs OTT L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:15
Mar 14, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 61:24
Mar 12, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ SJS W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 7, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:23
Mar 3, 1997 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) W 33 29 4 0.879 61:24
Mar 1, 1997 @ DET L 0-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:25
Feb 23, 1997 @ PHI L 1-2 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:40
Feb 21, 1997 @ HFD L 2-7 L 13 10 3 0.769 11:14
Feb 19, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) T 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Feb 17, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) T 40 38 2 0.950 65:00
Feb 13, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:42
Feb 9, 1997 @ FLA L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:02
Feb 8, 1997 @ NYI W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs HFD W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ PHI W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Jan 27, 1997 vs CHI L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:08
Jan 25, 1997 @ PIT W 7-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 13, 1997 vs NYI L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Jan 12, 1997 vs NJD W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:52
Jan 6, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) T 40 38 2 0.950 65:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs OTT W 6-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 30, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 27, 1996 vs ANA W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 22, 1996 vs FLA W 7-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) W 29 27 2 0.931 60:32
Dec 18, 1996 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 16, 1996 vs HFD W 5-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ BUF W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 9, 1996 vs PHX W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 W 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) T 40 39 1 0.975 65:00
Dec 1, 1996 vs MTL W 6-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ COL W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 26, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ VAN L 3-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:03
Nov 18, 1996 @ CGY L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:19
Nov 16, 1996 @ PIT W 8-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:36
Nov 11, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:15
Nov 4, 1996 vs TBL L 3-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ BOS W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ NJD W 6-1 W 54 53 1 0.981 60:00
Oct 25, 1996 @ FLA L 4-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Oct 20, 1996 @ TBL L 2-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs STL W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Oct 16, 1996 vs PIT W 8-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 14, 1996 vs CGY W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Oct 12, 1996 @ MTL L 2-5 L 17 13 4 0.765 25:16
Oct 6, 1996 vs FLA L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) T 30 26 4 0.867 65:00