Mike Richards, the former Los Angeles King whose offseason included an arrest for illegal possession of a controlled substance that caused the Kings to terminate his contract, is back skating most every day with his former junior team and hopeful of a return to the NHL soon.
Pat Morris, the agent for the two-time Stanley Cup-winning center, told Bleacher Report as much on Monday. While Richards, 30, still has a court hearing slated for Dec. 8 on charges of possession of a prescription pain-killer that is barred throughout much of Canada, he is free to do things such as skate most days with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, his former team.
Richards has refused all national media requests since his arrest in Emerson, Manitoba, in June, but he did recently grant an interview to Josh Brown, who covers the Rangers for the Waterloo Region Record.
"Obviously it has been stressful," Richards said. "Everyone says different things but I know who my family and friends are and that's all that really matters, having their support. You can't do anything about it now but push forward and look toward ...
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