Rich Sutter

Richard G. Sutter (born December 2, 1963) is a retired Canadian professional right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning. He is part of the Sutter family, the family that sent 6 brothers to the NHL. He is the twin brother of Ron Sutter. He is currently a scout for the Phoenix Coyotes.
==Playing career==
Rich Sutter was drafted 10th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, the same draft that saw his twin brother, Ron, get drafted 4th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers. Ron and Rich both played on the Lethbridge Broncos in the WHL, and together they led that team to the Memorial Cup in 1983. Rich would only play 9 games for the Penguins after Junior, before being traded to Ron's Flyers. Sutter was traded again in 1986 to the Vancouver Canucks. He would play four seasons with the Canucks, before being traded again, this time to the St. Louis Blues. Sutter would play for the Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Toronto Maple Leafs before retiring in 1995.
==Career statistics==
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<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="5">Regular season</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="5">Playoffs</th>
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<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
 <TH ALIGN=center>Season</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Team</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>League</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>GP</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>G</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>A</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Pts</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>PIM</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>GP</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>G</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>A</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Pts</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>PIM</th>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1980–81</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Lethbridge Broncos</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>WHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>72</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>23</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>41</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>255</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>35</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1981–82</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Lethbridge Broncos</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>WHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>57</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>38</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>31</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>69</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>263</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>55</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1982–83</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Lethbridge Broncos</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>WHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>64</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>37</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>30</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>67</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>200</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>17</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>23</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>43</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1982–83</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Pittsburgh Penguins</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1983–84</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Pittsburgh Penguins</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1983–84</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Baltimore Skipjacks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>AHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1983–84</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Philadelphia Flyers</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>70</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>28</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>93</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1984–85</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Philadelphia Flyers</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>56</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>89</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>11</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1984–85</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Hershey Bears</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>AHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1985–86</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Philadelphia Flyers</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>78</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>25</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>39</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>199</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>19</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1986–87</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Vancouver Canucks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>74</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>20</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>22</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>42</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>113</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1987–88</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Vancouver Canucks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>80</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>30</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>165</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1988–89</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Vancouver Canucks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>75</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>17</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>32</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>122</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1989–90</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Vancouver Canucks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>62</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>133</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1989–90</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>St. Louis Blues</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>22</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>39</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1990–91</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>St. Louis Blues</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>77</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>11</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>27</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>122</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1991–92</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>St. Louis Blues</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>77</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>25</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>107</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>8</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1992–93</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>St. Louis Blues</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>84</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>27</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>100</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>11</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1993–94</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Chicago Blackhawks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>83</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>26</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>108</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1994–95</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Chicago Blackhawks</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>28</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1994–95</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Tampa Bay Lightning</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1994–95</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Atlanta Knights</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>IHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>-</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1994–95</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Toronto Maple Leafs</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>13 seasons</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL career</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center></td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>874</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>149</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>166</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>315</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1411</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>78</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>133</td>
</tr>
</table>
==References==
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Category:Born in 1963
Category:Atlanta Knights players
Category:Baltimore Skipjacks players
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
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Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Lethbridge Broncos alumni
Category:Memorial Cup winners
Category:National Hockey League first round draft picks
Category:Philadelphia Flyers players
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players
Category:Red Deer Rustlers alumni
Category:St. Louis Blues players
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