Career
He is currently part-owner of the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. Rychel was primarily an enforcer, and thus drew 1,422 career penalty minutes and did not score many goals. He only scored 38 goals and 77 points in his National Hockey League career.
However, he did have a few memorable offensive outbursts, especially in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
In the 1991 playoffs, after playing the whole season in the minor leagues, Rychel was called up to play with the Chicago Blackhawks and had only two games of previous National Hockey League experience. He managed to score a goal and four points in only three games.
In the 1993 playoffs, Rychel was playing with the Los Angeles Kings, and that season had played his first full season in the National Hockey League. He scored 6 goals and 13 points in 23 playoff games, including two game-winning goals, and once again helped his team to the Stanley Cup Finals. Rychel retired from the National Hockey League in 1999.
Rychel"s son, Kerby, is a top rated hockey prospect who was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets 19th overall in the first round of the 2013 National Hockey League Entry Draft.