Brad Richardson’s postgame thoughts…
(on whether it means more to get a hat trick against his former team…)
RICHARDSON: “I would say so. That was the first time I got traded, but yeah, it does feel good to get it against your former team, for sure. There are obviously no hard feelings. It was great to play here and I loved being here, but it’s a little sweeter I guess, yeah.”
(on the win…)
RICHARDSON: “We came out really good, and then they got a couple back on us. In the third, we ended up getting a couple goals and we pulled it off.”
(on his shorthanded goal…)
RICHARDSON: “We try to get up-ice pressure as much as we can, so I went at the goalie, and Stolly made a great read. He cut off the boards and then Anderson was out of the net, so I basically just had to shoot at the empty net. … We always try to get up ice as much as we can, and we have that second guy come in and try to read off whoever is up the ice. So it was Stolly who made a great read on that, to get the puck to me. A lot of credit to him.”
(on regaining momentum after Simmonds’ penalty…)
RICHARDSON: “It was kind of bizarre. We didn’t really see it. We were pretty shocked, on the bench, to see he got kicked out, and five minutes. I still didn’t even see a replay, so I don’t know what happened, but our penalty killing has been good all year. It’s tough to kill those off. They got the one (goal) but we showed a lot of character out there, I think.”
congrats Richie
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yes, hats off to you
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Great game Rithie,
Your a great team player, and it was nice to see you rewarded for all your hard work.
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On a brighter note, congrats Brad, you played one hell of a game and all that hard work and speed you show in most games were rewarded..great job!
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i can understand why there were no hats on the ice for richie in colorado (even though he used to play there)…but when stempniak got his for the coyotes AT HOME there weren’t even enough people there with hats to throw…i think i saw like one. the camera seemed to switch on purpose away from the ice and onto stumpy, as if even the camera crew was embarrassed. very sad for phoenix….
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sweet Richardson,Hats off to you for your 1st nhl hat trick.
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Raises glass to richardson. Definately one of the most under-rated players on the team. Well done.
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i was in the 300 section, my hat would have never reached… i did go extra ballistic when his shortie went in… what a game, great job richie.
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Excellent job my friend. Also congrats on First Star of the game and the NHL, you earned it
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Out of everyone on the team I have noticed b rich play the fastest and hardest. I love when he’s on the ics. Congrats on the trick..GO KINGS
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Richie and the team never gave up. it was great to watch.
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