Richard Park

This article is about the ice hockey player. For the British TV personality and radio executive, see Richard Park (broadcaster). For the guitarist, see Richard Park Ward.

Richard Park

Born	(1976-05-27) May 27, 1976 Seoul, South Korea
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	HC Ambrì-Piotta Pittsburgh Penguins Genève-Servette HC Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks New York Islanders
National team	United States
NHL Draft	50th overall, 1994 Pittsburgh Penguins^[1]
Playing career	1995–2014

Richard Park (Korean: 박용수, Bak Yong-Su; born May 27, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean-born American former professional ice hockey forward who played 14 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with six different teams. He is currently a Player Development Coach for the Minnesota Wild organization.^[2]

Playing career

Park moved to Rancho Palos Verdes, California with his family at the age of three. After ten years in the United States, at the age of 13, he moved to Ontario, Canada, where he played minor hockey in the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL). Park attended De La Salle College and captained their hockey team. He eventually worked his way up to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and played for Belleville from 1992–93 to 1995–96.

He was drafted into the NHL following his second OHL season by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, 50th overall, of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut when he played one regular season game and three playoff games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1994–95. Park became only the second Korean-born person to play in the NHL after Jim Paek. Coincidentally, both of them were drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Park played most of the next season, 1995–96, in the NHL totaling 56 games. Those 56 games would be the most he would play in the NHL until the 2001–02 when he joined the Minnesota Wild as he spent the next few years bouncing around the minors and different NHL teams. During that time, he played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL and various IHL and AHL teams.

Park with the Vancouver Canucks in 2005.

He spent three seasons in Minnesota from 2001–02 to 2003–04 where he achieved career highs in games played (81), goals scored (14), assists earned (15), and points totaled (25). During the Wild's cinderella run in the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Park scored the winning goal in overtime in Game 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the Colorado Avalanche.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Park played in Europe as a member of Team USA who went on to capture the 2004 Deutschland Cup.^[3] He would go on to sign short term contracts in Sweden and Switzerland with the Malmö Redhawks and SCL Tigers. On August 8, 2005 prior to the 2005–06 season, Park signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Vancouver Canucks for US$750,000. At the end of his contract with Vancouver, he signed a two-year deal with the New York Islanders.

On March 29, 2008, Park was named the recipient of the Bob Nystrom Award, awarded annually to the Islander "who best exemplifies leadership, hustle and dedication." Park usually plays in a penalty killing role and is considered an above-average skater. He also served as the Islanders alternate captain in the 2008–09 season.

On September 9, 2010, Park left the NHL after 684 career games, signing a three-year contract as a free agent with Genève-Servette HC of the NLA, marking his return to Switzerland after a brief stint during the 2004 lockout.^[4]

On September 8, 2011, Park made a return to the NHL signing a one-year, two-way contract for a second stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[5]

In August 2012, Park signed a two-year deal to return to the Swiss National League A with HC Ambri-Piotta to complete his professional career.

Career statistics

Richard Park on the Nassau Coliseum ice, playing for the New York Islanders.

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992–93	Belleville Bulls	OHL	66	23	38	61	38	5	0	0	0	14
1993–94	Belleville Bulls	OHL	59	27	49	76	70	12	3	5	8	18
1994–95	Belleville Bulls	OHL	45	28	51	79	35	16	9	18	27	12
1994–95	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	2
1995–96	Belleville Bulls	OHL	6	7	6	13	2	14	18	12	30	10
1995–96	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	56	4	6	10	36	1	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	50	12	15	27	30	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	11	1	1	2	10	11	0	1	1	2
1997–98	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	56	17	26	43	36	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	15	0	2	2	8	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	75	41	42	83	33	16	9	6	15	4
1998–99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	82	28	32	60	36	5	1	0	1	0
2000–01	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	75	27	21	48	29	4	0	2	2	4
2001–02	Houston Aeros	AHL	13	4	10	14	6	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Minnesota Wild	NHL	63	10	15	25	10	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Minnesota Wild	NHL	81	14	10	24	16	18	3	3	6	4
2003–04	Minnesota Wild	NHL	73	13	12	25	28	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Malmö Redhawks	SEL	9	1	3	4	4	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	SCL Tigers	NLA	10	3	0	3	8	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	60	8	10	18	29	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	New York Islanders	NHL	82	10	16	26	33	5	0	1	1	2
2007–08	New York Islanders	NHL	82	12	20	32	20	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	New York Islanders	NHL	71	14	17	31	34	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	New York Islanders	NHL	81	9	22	31	28	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	HC Geneve-Servette	NLA	47	15	19	34	16	3	2	1	3	2
2011–12	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	54	7	7	14	12	2	0	1	1	2
2012–13	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	48	9	22	31	18	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA	41	12	17	29	22	4	1	0	1	29
NHL totals			738	102	139	241	266	40	3	6	9	12

International


Medal record

Competitor for United States
Ice hockey
World Championships
	2004 Prague

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	United States	WJC	7	3	2	5	4
1995	United States	WJC	7	1	7	8	29
2002	United States	WC	7	3	3	6	0
2004	United States	WC	9	5	3	8	0
2005	United States	WC	5	1	0	1	0
2006	United States	WC	7	1	1	2	0
Junior totals			14	4	9	13	33
Senior totals			28	10	7	17	0

Awards

OHL All-Rookie Team – 1993
AHL Second All-Star Team – 1999

Transactions

March 18, 1997 – Traded to Anaheim by Pittsburgh for Roman Oksiuta.
August 24, 1998 – Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia.
September 22, 1999 – Signed as a free agent by Utah (IHL).
June 6, 2000 – Signed as a free agent by Minnesota.
November 8, 2004 – Signed as a free agent by Malmo (Sweden).
January 4, 2005 – Signed as a free agent by Langnau (Swiss).
August 8, 2005 – Signed as a free agent by Vancouver.
October 2, 2006 – Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders.
September 9, 2010 – Signed as a free agent by Geneve (Swiss).
September 8, 2011 – Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh.
August 7, 2012 – Signed as a free agent by Ambri-Piotta (Swiss).
October 14, 2014 – Retired.

References

↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". National Hockey League.
↑ "RICHARD PARK JOINS WILD STAFF, BICKEL ASSIGNED TO IOWA". Iowa Wild. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
↑ "Team USA blanks Slovakia, 4-0, to win Deutschland Cup". CSTV. 2004-11-05. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
↑ "Richard Park signs three-year deal with Swiss team". The Sports Network. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
↑ "Penguins sign Park to one-year deal". NHL.com. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2011-09-08.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Andrew Brunette	Minnesota Wild captain December 2003	Succeeded by Brad Bombardir

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