The Bruins winger recently reached his 1,000th career game, and he got to do it against the Flyers. He spent eight seasons of his 15-year career in Philadelphia.
Earlier this month, James van Riemsdyk skated into NHL’s history books as he reached his 1,000th career game. On March 16, the Boston Bruins winger was honored for his achievement during a game against his former team, the Flyers.
Throughout his career, the 6-foot-3, 208-pound van Riemsdyk has developed a reputation as a talented net-front player who thrives on the power play. He regularly enjoys asserting himself near the crease and capitalizing on seam passes through traffic.In 15 seasons with the Flyers, Maple Leafs, and Bruins, van Riemsdyk has compiled 311 goals, including 93 via the power play, with 318 assists and 629 points.
Van Riemsdyk was selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the Flyers in the 2007 NHL draft and he spent his first three seasons in Philadelphia before he was traded to Toronto, where he enjoyed the best stretch of his career over six seasons. He netted a career-best 36 goals during his final season with the Maple Leafs in 2017-18. Van Riemsdyk then cashed in and returned to the Flyers in free agency in 2018, signing a five-year deal worth $35 million at age 29.
Flyers captain Sean Couturier boasts a unique vantage point of van Riemsdyk’s impact. Couturier overlapped with van Riemsdyk during the latter’s first stint with the team in 2011-12, when Couturier was a rookie. Now playing in his 12th season, all with the Flyers, Couturier has developed some of his own leadership style from being around van Riemsdyk.
Over his eight seasons with the Flyers, van Riemsdyk’s parents, Frans and Allison, rarely missed a home game.
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