Mark Richardson heads into Week 11 on the cusp of changing into an Elite League all-time record-setter.
The Devils defenceman is one sport shy of tying Jonathan Phillips’ all-time document for essentially the most video games performed within the league. He’s anticipated to equal the mark on Saturday in Manchester, earlier than breaking it when Cardiff host Fife on Sunday.
Richardson has performed 1,176 Elite League video games. Present record-holder Phillips performed 1,177. In league historical past, solely Matthew Myers and Robert Lachowicz be part of Phillips and Richardson in surpassing 1,000 video games, whereas Ben Davies is on monitor to succeed in the milestone later this season.
“Richy is already a legend in British Ice Hockey. He just lately broke the document for many video games performed as a Cardiff Satan and now could be set to grow to be the all-time chief in video games performed in EIHL historical past,” mentioned Devils Managing Director Todd Kelman.
“He has been an unimaginable participant for this membership for almost twenty years. He has performed an important position in each championship we’ve gained and been an important ambassador for us off the ice. He’s the last word professional and the last word teammate.
“We’re fortunate to have had him play almost all of his 1,176 EIHL video games for the Devils and we count on to be celebrating extra milestones earlier than he ever decides to hold up his skates.”
Richardson performed his first Elite League sport for the Devils in 2005. He moved to the Nottingham Panthers for the 2007/08 season after which cut up the next 12 months between the Panthers and the Basingstoke Bison earlier than returning to Cardiff for the 2009/10 marketing campaign.
He has spent nearly all the final 17 years of his skilled profession in Cardiff, other than a 13-game stint in Kazakhstan in 2012 and the Covid-cancelled 2020/21 season, when he performed in Germany.
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