Mike Richter was an NHL goaltender for 14 years with the New York Rangers, and is considered one of the greatest American-born goaltenders in NHL history. He played college hockey at the University of Wisconsin, for one year, after playing for the US in the World Junior Championships in 1985. After being drafted by the Rangers, he played two years in the International Hockey League with the Colorado and Denver Rangers. Richter was in goal for the Rangers when they won the Stanley Cup in 1994. During his NHL career he recorded 301 wins in goal. He played in the All-Star Game in 1992, 1994, and 2000, and in 2008 he was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame. After his hockey career ended in 2003, Richter enrolled at Yale, graduating in 2008, studying ethics, politics, and economics. He has also become a triathlete and marathoner.
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