2012-13: Three assists and 12 shots in eight AHL games... Three-game scoring streak Apr. 6-12, with three assists in first four pro games... First pro/Crunch point Apr. 6 (his 20th birthday) at HER, an assist on Palat’s GWG... Pro/Crunch debut Apr. 5 vs. HER with three shots... Signed to amateur try-out contract by Tampa Bay and assigned to Syracuse Apr. 1... Played in 52 games with the Guelph Storm (Ontario Hockey League) … Scored 62 points on 11 goals and 51 assists … Registered a point in 15 consecutive games from Sep. 28-Nov. 3, 2012 … Matched career high with four assists Dec. 8… Scored three points in five playoff games … Represented Switzerland in World Junior Championship, notching four assists in six games. 

2011-2012: Played 43 games in his rookie season with the Guelph Storm … Scored 48 points on 13 goals and 35 assists … Scored game-winning goal and had three assists on Oct. 29, 2011… Set career high with four assists Jan. 7, 2012 … Scored five points on one goal and four assists in six playoff games... 28th pick of the 2011 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft by Guelph... Represented Switzerland in World Junior Championship, notching four points (2g, 2a) in six games. 

OTHER: Played four games in 2010-2011 for Rapperswil-Jona of the Switzerland National League A after three seasons with the Rapperswil junior team... Born in Markham, Ont. and moved to Jona, Switzerland in 1995 when father, Mike Richard (a Toronto native), began playing for Rapperswil-Jona following four seasons in North American pro hockey. Mike Richard totaled 291 points (136g, 155a) in 214 AHL games (Baltimore and Binghamton) plus seven NHL games and two assists with the Washington Capitals. 

TRANSACATIONS: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2012 NHL Draft, in the third round, 71st overall.