Michael Ryder

Michael Wayne Glen Ryder (born March 31, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He was born in St John's, Newfoundland.
==Playing career==
===Pre-NHL===
Michael Ryder graduated from Andrews Hockey School in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He played for the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL.
===Montreal Canadiens===
Ryder was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, 8th round, 216th overall. He hired hockey agent Thayne Campbell before signing with Montreal. 
On May 30, 2003, Ryder scored the winning goal to end the longest game in American Hockey League history. His goal at 14:56 of the fourth overtime period gave the Hamilton Bulldogs a 2–1 win over the Houston Aeros in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals.
In the 2003–04 NHL season, he played in the NHL YoungStars Game. He was named the NHL Rookie of the Month for February 2004. He finished the season leading all rookies in points, powerplay points, shots, and goals. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout he played for Leksands IF of the second division of Swedish hockey. He reached 30 goals in back-to-back seasons after the lockout.
On April 7, 2007, he scored a natural hat-trick in the 2nd period against the Toronto Maple Leafs when the Canadiens were down 3–1. This was the most important game of the regular season since the Leafs, Canadiens, and the New York Islanders were vying for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, and the game would determine which team would take the last playoff spot. Despite Ryder's effort, the Canadiens eventually lost the game 6–5.
The Canadiens fared better from another excellent performance from Ryder in a historic comeback against the New York Rangers on February 19, 2008. Ryder scored two goals and added an assist in a 6–5 win after the Canadiens were trailing by a score of 5–0. At the time, this comeback marked the only time the Canadiens won when trailing 5–0 in the team's 99-year history. Ryder was initially credited with a hat trick, however his last goal was later changed as it was determined that his shot went off teammate Mark Streit's leg before hitting the back of the net.
Ryder's contract expired on June 30, 2008 and he was not re-signed by the Canadiens organization, due in part to his scoring only 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points, the lowest totals of his career. He also played in only 4 of Montreal's 13 playoff games.
===Boston Bruins=== 
On July 1, 2008, Michael Ryder signed a contract with the Boston Bruins for 3 years worth approximately $4 million per season. It is thought that part of the reason Ryder signed with Boston was that Ryder has had nearly six seasons worth of play (three in junior hockey, one in the AHL and two with the Canadiens) under Claude Julien, the current Bruins coach.http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367888
On October 9, 2008, Ryder scored his first goal in a Bruins uniform in Boston's season opener against the Colorado Avalanche, a 5-4 Bruins victory. The goal coincidentally was Ryder's 100th career goal.http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2008020006 He went on to score 27 goals in his first season with Boston as the Bruins clinched first overall in the Eastern Conference. Their first round matchup was with the eighth seeded Montreal Canadiens, Ryder's former club. He scored four goals in the series as the Bruins made quick work of Montreal, sweeping them in four straight games. Ryder was then held to only one goal during the Bruins seven game Conference semi-finals loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Ryder won his first ever Stanley Cup on June 15, 2011, when the Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7. With the victory, Ryder became the second native of Newfoundland and Labrador to win a Stanley Cup championship, behind Daniel Cleary of Harbour Grace, who accomplished the feat with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008.
===Dallas Stars===
On July 1, 2011 Ryder signed with the Dallas Stars for two years at a reported $7 million. http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/stars/post/_/id/11393/stars-sign-rw-michael-ryder
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM
1997–98 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 		69 	34 	28 	62 	-9 	41 		10 	4 	2 	6 	— 	4
1998–99 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 		69 	44 	43 	87 	+7 	65 		23 	20 	16 	36 	— 	39
1999–00 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 		63 	50 	58 	108 	+26 	50 		15 	11 	17 	28 	+6 	28
2000–01 	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	ECHL 		5 	4 	5 	9 	+2 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Quebec Citadelles 	AHL 		61 	6 	9 	15 	-5 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Mississippi Sea Wolves 	ECHL 		20 	14 	13 	27 	0 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Quebec Citadelles 	AHL 		50 	11 	17 	28 	+17 	9 		3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
2002–03 	Hamilton Bulldogs 	AHL 		69 	34 	33 	67 	+15 	43 		23 	6 	11 	17 	+7 	8
2003–04 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 		81 	25 	38 	63 	+10 	26 		11 	1 	2 	3 	-5 	4
2004–05 	Leksands IF 	HA 		42 	34 	27 	61 	30 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 		81 	30 	25 	55 	-5 	40 		6 	2 	3 	5 	-4 	0
2006–07 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 		82 	30 	28 	58 	-25 	60 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 		70 	14 	17 	31 	-4 	30 		4 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	2
2008–09 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		74 	27 	26 	53 	28 	26 		11 	5 	8 	13 	+4 	8
2009–10 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		82 	18 	15 	33 	3 	35 		13 	4 	1 	5 	-4 	2
2010–11 	Boston Bruins 	NHL 		79 	18 	23 	41 	-1 	26 		25 	8 	9 	17 	8 	8
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 		549 	162 	172 	334 	+6 	243 		70 	20 	23 	43 	0 	24
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals 		180 	51 	59 	110 	+27 	66 		26 	11 	7 	18 	+7 	10
ECHL totals 	ECHL totals 	ECHL totals 		25 	18 	18 	36 	+2 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
QMJHL totals	QMJHL totals 	QMJHL totals		201 	128 	129 	257 	+24 	156 		48 	35 	35 	70 	— 	71
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
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