Career
Minor
Read started playing hockey on Vancouver Island playing for the Kerry Park Islanders. At the age of ten, he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and played for Pikes Peak Minor Hockey for four years. He then moved to Ilderton, Ontario, and played for the Ilderton Jets of the OMHA"s Shamrock League.
Junior/Collegiate
From minor hockey, Read played OHA Junior Doctorate hockey for the Lucan Irish in the 2003-2004 season.
In 2004-2005, Read signed with the nearby Saint Marys Lincolns Junior B club of the Western Ontario Hockey League (WOHL). He spent two seasons with the Lincolns.
Couture, a graduate of the Lucan Irish of the Shamrock League, played that season with the Saint Thomas Stars before being an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) first round draft pick in 2005. The following season, Read signed with the Milton Icehawks Junior A club of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) for 2005-2006.
In 2006-2007, Read spent a season with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL).
Professional
Read signed a three-year contract as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers on March 24, 2011, after playing four seasons of collegiate hockey with Bemidji State University. Read made the Flyers roster out of training camp heading into the 2011-2012 season and made his National Hockey League debut on October 6, 2011, against the Boston Bruins. He scored his first National Hockey League goal on October 8 against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils.
Read participated in the All-Star SuperSkills Competition and finished second in the accuracy contest, behind Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn.
Read finished the regular season leading all National Hockey League rookies in goals scored, 24, and ranking fourth among all rookies in points, 47. During the 2012-2013 National Hockey League lockout, Read moved overseas to Europe to play for Södertälje Saskatchewan of the Allsvenskan, Sweden"s second-tier hockey league.
He recorded 24 points in 20 games. Shortly after play resumed to begin the 2012-2013 season in January, Read scored his first career National Hockey League hat-trick on January 26, 2013, against the Florida Panthers, scoring on goaltenders José Théodore and Scott Clemmensen.
Following the shortened season, Read was invited to play for Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championships.
On September 20, 2013, Read signed a four-year, $14.5 million contract extension with the Flyers. On October 8, 2015, Read scored the first goal of the 2015-2016 season for the Flyers in the season opener at Tampa Bay.
