Richie Regehr

Richard Regehr (born January 17, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). Regehr's older brother is former Stanley Cup winning defenceman Robyn Regehr.

Richie Regehr
Born (1983-01-17) January 17, 1983
Bandung, Indonesia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
EBEL team
Former teams		 EC KAC
Calgary Flames
Frankfurt Lions
Eisbären Berlin
Modo Hockey
EHC München
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2004–present

Early life

Regehr was born in Bandung, Indonesia to Canadian Mennonite missionaries. They later returned to Canada where he grew up in Rosthern, Saskatchewan.

Playing career

Regehr was signed as a free agent on July 6, 2004 as an undrafted player by the Calgary Flames, the team where his brother Robyn was playing. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Richie Regehr played for the Lowell Lock Monsters, who were the American Hockey League affiliate of the Flames. In the 2005–06 season, he was sent to the Flames' new farm team, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. After injuries to defencemen Rhett Warrener and Roman Hamrlík late in 2005, Regehr was called up to the Flames.

In his first National Hockey League game on December 29, 2005, he dressed with his brother Robyn and scored an assist on the game-winning goal.[1] After only 3 games the Flames sent him back down to the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, but on January 7 he was once again recalled. Regehr was recalled by Calgary again on February 2, 2006.

Regehr replaced Knights teammate Mark Giordano (who was recalled to the Calgary Flames) at the 2006 Canadian AHL All-Star team. He registered a goal and an assist in the All-Star game.

In the 2007–08 season, he moved to Germany, joining Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) club Frankfurt Lions. The following year, he signed with fellow DEL side Eisbären Berlin.

After four impressive seasons with Berlin and winning three German championships with the club, Regehr left to sign a two-year contract in the Swedish Elitserien with Modo Hockey on April 25, 2012.[2]

Regehr returned to Germany at the conclusion of his contract with Modo, signing a one-year deal with EHC München of the DEL on May 26, 2014.[3] He eventually stayed in München until the conclusion of the 2016–17 season. He had won back-to-back German championships with München in 2016 and 2017 and signed with EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League in May 2017.[4]

Records
  • DEL – Most goals in a game by a defenceman: five (October 31, 2007)

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Kelowna Rockets WHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1999–00 Kelowna Rockets WHL 50 6 8 14 22 5 0 1 1 0
2000–01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 71 10 27 37 68 6 0 1 1 4
2001–02 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 52 8 36 44 62 7 2 5 7 8
2002–03 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 16 45 61 115 7 2 2 4 8
2003–04 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 65 9 34 43 88 5 0 1 1 6
2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 64 9 16 25 60 11 1 6 7 2
2005–06 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 31 3 15 18 34 — — — — —
2005–06 Calgary Flames NHL 14 0 2 2 6 — — — — —
2006–07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 22 5 9 14 37 — — — — —
2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 6 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Frankfurt Lions DEL 44 21 20 41 62 10 3 3 6 14
2008–09 Eisbären Berlin DEL 43 15 18 33 62 8 4 4 8 8
2009–10 Eisbären Berlin DEL 55 15 24 39 66 5 1 3 4 4
2010–11 Eisbären Berlin DEL 38 8 13 21 26 12 2 7 9 20
2011–12 Eisbären Berlin DEL 48 11 26 37 91 12 3 3 6 10
2012–13 Modo Hockey SEL 53 8 25 33 44 5 0 3 3 6
2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 52 6 16 22 50 2 1 1 2 29
2014–15 EHC München DEL 51 10 30 40 47 4 1 0 1 27
2015–16 EHC München DEL 38 4 14 18 30 — — — — —
2016–17 EHC München DEL 44 3 13 16 20 14 0 2 2 8
NHL totals 20 1 3 4 6 — — — — —

Awards and honours
Award Year
WHL
West Second All-Star Team 2004
AHL
All-Star Game 2006
DEL
All-Star Game 2008, 2009
Most Goals, Defenseman 2008
Champion (Eisbären Berlin) 2009, 2011, 2012
European Trophy Champion 2011
Champion (EHC München) 2016, 2017

References
  1. "Youngest Regehr makes NHL debut in OT win". Calgary Flames. 2005-12-29. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. "Richie Regehr to MODO" (in Swedish). MODO Hockey. 2012-04-25. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  3. "Top defender Richie Regehr signs with Red Bull" (in German). EHC München. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  4. "Rotjacken verpflichten Richie Regehr | EC-KAC - Klagenfurt Eishockey". www.kac.at (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-18.
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