Richard Park
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Richard Park (born May 27, 1976) is a former professional ice hockey forward who competed in 14 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with six different clubs.
He served as a player growth coach for the Minnesota Wild organization for a while.
Park is now the assistant coach of the South Korea men's national ice hockey team, under head coach Jim Paek.
Playing career
Park, a South Korean born in Seoul, South Korea, and his family and their families arrived in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, at the age of three. He competed in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Los Angeles Kings minor ice hockey team as a youth. He played minor hockey in the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) at age 13, and was a participant in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals. Park and his brother Horton played hockey at De La Salle College and captained their hockey team. He later made his way up to the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and spent with Belleville from 1992–96.
During the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted 50th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in his second OHL season. During the 1994-1995 season, he made his NHL debut when playing one regular season game and three Stanley Cup playoff games for Pittsburgh. After Jim Paek, he became the second Korean-born player to play in the NHL. Coincidentally, both of them were drafted by the Penguins. Park appeared in 56 games during the 1995–96 NHL season. He spent the next few years with the Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers, and various International Hockey League (IHL) and American Hockey League (AHL) teams. After signing with the Minnesota Wild in 2001-02, he played in the NHL for the second time.
Park spent three seasons in Minnesota, from 2001–02 to 2003–04, where he set career-bests in games played (81), assists earned (14), and points totalled (25). Park scored the winning goal in overtime against the Colorado Avalanche during the Wild's 2003 Stanley Cup playoff run.
Park appeared in Europe as a member of the United States national men's ice hockey team, which won the 2004 Europa Cup. He will continue to sign short-term contracts with the Malmö Redhawks and SCL Tigers respectively, in Sweden and Switzerland. Park agreed to a one-year, US$750,000 deal with the Vancouver Canucks on August 8, 2005, well before the 2005-06 season. He has been with the New York Islanders for two years at the end of his deal.
Park was named recipient of the Bob Nystrom Award, which is given annually to the Islander "who best exemplifies leadership, hustle, and dedication." Park has traditionally been involved in penalty killings and is regarded as an above-average skater. In the 2008–09 season, he served as the Islanders' alternate captain. He scored two shorthanded goals on 5-on-3's during his time with the Islanders, a rare occurrence in the NHL.
Park retired from the NHL after 684 games in his career, and a three-year deal with Genève-Servette HC of the National League A (NLA), marking his return to Switzerland after a brief sabbout in 2004-05.
Park returned to the NHL on September 8, 2011, signing a one-year, two-way deal for his second stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Park signed a two-year deal in August 2012 to return to the NLA with HC Ambr-Piotta, where he began his playing career.
Coaching career
Park served as assistant coach of the South Korea men's national ice hockey team, reporting to head coach Jim Paek until 2018.
Awards
- OHL All-Rookie Team – 1993
- AHL Second All-Star Team – 1999