
Both were drafted in 1998 by the Tampa Bay Lightning but Lecavalier was drafted first overall and Richards in the 3rd round. Lecavalier started to play in the 1998-1999 season and Richards joined later in the 2000-2001 campaign. They won together the Stanley Cup in 2004. They could not defend their championship the following year because of the lockout. So they both joined the same european team in the Russian Pro Hockey League called the Aq Bars Kazan. After the lockout, things got difficult for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Richards was traded to Dallas before the trade deadline on February 26th, 2008.
On top of being teammates for almost all their lives, they represented Canada at the 2006 Olympics where they failed to get a medal.