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Warren Rychel
Warrenrychel
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Teams Chicago Blackhawks
Los Angeles Kings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Colorado Avalanche
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1967-05-12)May 12, 1967,
Strathroy, ON
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro Career 1987 – 1999


Warren Stanley Rychel (born May 12, 1967 in Strathroy, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey Left winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League.

Rychel was primarily an enforcer, and thus drew 1,422 career penalty minutes and did not score many goals. He only scored 38 goals and 77 points in his NHL career. However, he did have a few memorable offensive outbursts, especially in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

In the 1991 playoffs, after playing the whole season in the minor leagues, Rychel was called up to play with the Chicago Blackhawks and had only two games of previous NHL experience. He managed to score a goal and four points in only three games to help Chicago advance to the Finals. In the 1993 playoffs, Rychel was playing with the Los Angeles Kings, and that season had played his first full season in the NHL. He scored 6 goals and 13 points in 23 playoff games, including two game-winning goals, and once again helped his team to the Stanley Cup Finals. However, Rychel did not manage to win the Stanley Cup until 1996 when he was playing with the Colorado Avalanche.

Rychel retired from the NHL in 1999. He currently is part-owner of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He was the OHL Executive of the Year in 2008-09.

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Sudbury Wolves OHL 35 5 8 13 74
1984–85 Guelph Platers OHL 29 1 3 4 48
1985–86 Guelph Platers OHL 38 14 5 19 119
1985–86 Ottawa 67's OHL 29 11 18 29 54
1986–87 Ottawa 67's OHL 28 11 7 18 57
1986–87 Kitchener Rangers OHL 21 5 5 10 39 4 0 0 0 9
1987–88 Peoria Rivermen IHL 7 2 1 3 7
1987–88 Saginaw Hawks IHL 51 2 7 9 113 1 0 0 0 0
1988–89 Saginaw Hawks IHL 50 15 14 29 226 6 0 0 0 51
1988-89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 17
1989–90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 77 23 16 39 374 14 1 3 4 64
1990–91 Indianapolis Ice IHL 68 33 30 63 338 5 2 1 3 30
1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 3 1 3 4 2
1991–92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 45 15 20 35 165 8 0 3 3 51
1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 36 14 15 29 211
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 6 7 13 314 23 6 7 13 39
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 10 9 19 322
1994–95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 7 0 0 0 19
1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26 1 6 7 101 3 0 0 0 0
1995–96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 52 6 2 8 147 12 1 0 1 23
1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 70 10 7 17 218 11 0 2 2 19
1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 63 5 6 11 198
1997–98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 8 0 0 0 23 6 0 0 0 24
1998–99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 28 0 2 2 63 12 0 1 1 14
OHL totals 180 47 46 93 391 4 0 0 0 9
IHL totals 298 90 88 178 1223 34 3 7 10 196
AHL totals 36 14 15 29 211
NHL totals 406 38 39 77 1422 70 8 13 21 121

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