If I Could Be Like Mike
“He’s a real nice guy” said the cabbie, as we left MSG after a Rangers game a few years ago. “He was a perfect gentleman, very polite”, he went on to say, as we discussed the current state of the Rangers at the time. A few years later, Richter became a “real nice guy” with 300 NHL victories to his credit, the nineteenth NHL goalie to pass the mark and the first to record that number with the Rangers.
Still, things could have easily been different for Richter. Two straight season ending injuries to his knees, followed by a fractured skull last season could easily have ended his career. But with a work ethic second to none, the career Rangers goalie battled back to do what no other NHL goalie has done…play again in the NHL.