caption former_teams height_ft shoots weight_lb birth_place draft_year team position draft_team league height_in birth_date image article_title draft ntl_team career_start
richards the 2009 -- 10 season . as a member of the philadelphia flyers during philadelphia flyers los angeles kings 5 left 199 kenora , on , can 2003 free agent centre philadelphia flyers nhl 11 11 february 1985 mike richards 2010-03-27 . jpg mike richards
 24th overall can 2005
mike richards

michael richards -lrb- born february 11 , 1985 -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey player , currently an unrestricted free agent .
richards previously played for and was captain of the philadelphia flyers of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- , and most recently the los angeles kings .
he was drafted in the first round of the 2003 nhl entry draft by the flyers , 24th overall .
on june 29 , 2015 , the los angeles kings announced that they had terminated richards for being in violation of his contract , `` for a material breach of the requirements '' of his standard player 's contract .
richards was a member of two stanley cup-winning teams with los angeles , in 2012 and 2014 , also being a part of numerous championship teams at various levels , including the memorial cup -lrb- kitchener rangers -- ohl -rrb- , world juniors -lrb- canada -- iihf -rrb- , calder cup -lrb- philadelphia phantoms -- ahl -rrb- and olympic gold -lrb- canada -rrb- .
