Personal
During the offseason, he goes back to Prince Edward Island, his childhood home. Richards has hosted the Brad Richards PEI Celebrity Golf Classic for the past six years. The event supports two charities: Children’s Wish Foundation, Prince Edward Island Chapter and Autism Society of Prince Edward Island. He is friends with CBC's Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean, who spends a lot of time in PEI. During the season, he lives in an apartment in Manhattan.
Richards is also a well known wine aficionado and filmed a segment about wine tasting for Nhl.com. Also an American football fan, he considers the Green Bay Packers to be his favourite NFL team.
Richards rented a suite at the St. Pete Times Forum for several Tampa Bay Lightning hockey games and invited families dealing with various forms of pediatric cancer to use it. After each game he would go and visit the children who had come to watch the game. It began during the 2002–2003 season and ended in 2008. When he was traded to the Dallas Stars he continued his charity work with the Children’s Medical Center’s Oncology Department, supplying tickets for sick children. He also donates tickets to every home game to men and women in the military.
Richards underwent arthoscopic hip surgery on April 23, 2010, to repair a small labrum tear. Rehabilitation from this surgery usually requires 8 weeks.
In September 2010, Richards donated $500,000 to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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