2024 Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame Inductee Profile: Luke Richardson
Hard-working, gritty, reliable, leader – Luke Richardson was a coach’s dream.
In Richardson, Hawks see a coach they can build with
Nick Foligno remembers the moment well.
Luke Richardson has coached the Blackhawks to respectability this season
General manager Kyle Davidson could have chosen a head coach who was a better fit to guide the Blackhawks to their tanking goal this season.
If Luke Richardson can make these Blackhawks competitive, imagine what he can do down the road
Luke Richardson doesn’t like going into the dressing room after games. As a guy who played in the NHL for more than two decades, he understands that’s the players’ space, not the coach’s.
Richardson Brought Confidence from Montreal to Chicago
During his four-year stint in Montreal, Luke Richardson brought the confidence he built during his assistant coaching days to his current role in Chicago.
NHL masochism: Why assistants dream of the hard, (mostly) joyless move to Head Coach
Being an assistant coach in the NHL is a pretty sweet gig. You get paid less than the top guy, for sure, but you also get fewer hours, fewer meetings, fewer non-hockey responsibilities, fewer headaches.
Luke Richardson’s attentiveness toward Blackhawks goalies rare among NHL coaches
Many head coaches understand little about goaltending and mostly leave their goalies alone. But Richardson, conversely, “thinks about the goalies all the time.”
Blackhawks’ Luke Richardson learning how to maintain delicate balances as coach of a losing team
The Blackhawks’ awful record isn’t Richardson’s fault — his team was designed to be awful — but it nonetheless is his problem to deal with. He’s figuring out on the fly how to keep morale up without fostering complacency.
Luke Richardson Has a Hero Friend in Town for Tonight’s Game
Watching the last month of Blackhawks hockey has been a grind, so it can be a refreshing departure from the on-ice grind to see the human side of things.
Richardson ready to return to Montreal, where he got his start coaching
Luke Richardson got his first taste of what it’s like to be an NHL head coach in Montreal with the Canadiens organization.
Blackhawks happy Derek King is still in fold: ‘We love him’
When Luke Richardson was hired as the permanent head coach, the Blackhawks desperately wanted to keep Derek King around in some capacity.
Luke Richardson’s calming presence rubbing off on Blackhawks
The Blackhawks have become one of the NHL’s early surprises of the campaign after stringing together three straight multi-goal comeback wins after an 0-2-0 start, in a season where they were projected to be in the hunt for the No. 1 overall pick.
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