Kerby Rychel

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Kerby Rychel
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Rychel with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2014
Born (1994-10-07) October 7, 1994 (age 30)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		 Free Agent
Columbus Blue Jackets
Montreal Canadiens
Calgary Flames
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
NHL Draft 19th overall, 2013
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 2014–present

Kerby Rychel (born October 7, 1994) is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played under contract with the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round (19th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He was born in Torrance, California, but grew up in Tecumseh, Ontario.[1] His father is 1996 Stanley Cup winner Warren Rychel.[2]

Playing career

Rychel was originally selected 21st overall in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection by the Barrie Colts.[3]

Rychel was rated as a top prospect and was a first-round selection at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.[4]

In his debut professional season in 2014–15, on an injury-plagued Blue Jackets roster, Rychel was recalled from AHL affiliate the Springfield Falcons and made his NHL debut on November 29, 2014, against the Nashville Predators.[5]

Rychel gained notoriety during the 2015–16 NHL season when reports surfaced that he had requested a trade out of Columbus over his lack of playing time at the NHL level. Rychel and his father, who also serves as his agent, held a meeting with management during the Blue Jackets development camp, raising concerns over Rychel being "buried" on the team's depth chart.[6] Ultimately though, Rychel was not traded during the season, and split time between the club and their new AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. The Monsters finished as one of the top teams in the league, and ultimately won the Calder Cup.

On June 25, 2016, less than an hour after the conclusion of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Rychel was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for defenseman Scott Harrington and a conditional 5th round pick (condition was not met).[7] The Maple Leafs were rumoured to be one of the teams most interested in Rychel following his earlier trade request.[6] On February 25, 2018, Rychel was traded along with Rinat Valiev and a 2018 second-round pick to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Tomáš Plekanec and Kyle Baun.[8]

As an unsigned restricted free agent with the Canadiens over the summer, Rychel was traded by the Canadiens to the Calgary Flames in exchange for fellow restricted free agent, Hunter Shinkaruk, on August 20, 2018,[9] and signed a one-year contract with the Flames.[10]

On June 25, 2019, Rychel was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Flames, enabling him to become a free agent.[11] Rychel paused his North American career, agreeing to his first contract abroad in signing a one-year contract with Swedish club Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) on July 27, 2019.[12] Approaching the 2019–20 season, Rychel sought and was released from his contract with Örebro HK in order to later sign a one-year contract with Russian club HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on September 3, 2019.[13]

Rychel struggled to adapt to the KHL and was scoreless in just 7 games with Neftekhimik before his contract was terminated on October 8, 2019.[14] Following his brief stint in the KHL, Rychel returned to North America and opted to resume his career in the AHL, by agreeing to a one-year contract with the Charlotte Checkers, affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes, on November 19, 2019.[15] He notched 1 assist in 6 games with the Checkers before he was suspended by the team and removed from the roster.

International play

During the 2010–11 season, Rychel won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge,[16] and during the 2011–12 season he won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships.[17] During the 2012–13 season he was an invited participant at the 2013 CHL Top Prospects Game.[18]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 30 2 6 8 47 — — — — —
2010–11 Windsor Spitfires OHL 32 5 8 13 26 18 2 5 7 14
2011–12 Windsor Spitfires OHL 68 41 33 74 54 4 2 0 2 5
2012–13 Windsor Spitfires OHL 68 40 47 87 94 — — — — —
2013–14 Windsor Spitfires OHL 27 16 23 39 15 — — — — —
2013–14 Guelph Storm OHL 31 18 33 51 28 20 11 21 32 23
2014–15 Springfield Falcons AHL 51 12 21 33 43 — — — — —
2014–15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 5 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
2015–16 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 37 6 21 27 53 17 1 5 6 26
2015–16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 32 2 7 9 15 — — — — —
2016–17 Toronto Marlies AHL 73 19 33 52 118 11 2 3 5 2
2017–18 Toronto Marlies AHL 55 10 20 30 36 — — — — —
2017–18 Laval Rocket AHL 16 8 4 12 8 — — — — —
2017–18 Montreal Canadiens NHL 4 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
2018–19 Stockton Heat AHL 57 23 20 43 29 — — — — —
2018–19 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2019–20 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 7 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
2019–20 Charlotte Checkers AHL 6 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
NHL totals 43 3 11 14 19 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Canada Ontario U17 1st 5 2 2 4 0
2012 Canada WJC18 3rd 7 5 3 8 12
2012 Canada IH18 1st 5 1 1 2 0
2014 Canada WJC 4th 7 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 24 8 6 14 12

Awards and honors

Awards Year
CHL
CHL Top Prospects Game 2013 [19]
CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2014 [20]
AHL
All-Star Game 2016
Calder Cup (Lake Erie Monsters) 2016 [21]
International
World U-17 Hockey Challenge gold medal with Team Ontario 2012 [22]
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament gold medal 2012
IIHF World U18 Championship bronze medal 2012 [23]

References

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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Columbus Blue Jackets first round draft pick
2013		 Succeeded by
Marko Daňo
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