Richard S. Knickle (born February 26, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1997, was spent in the minor leagues.
As a youth, Knickle played in the 1971, 1972 and 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Greenwood.[1] He was drafted in the sixth round, 116th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. Knickle played for eleven different International Hockey League teams in his career. He later played fourteen games with the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League. Knickle joined the Phoenix Coyotes as their Director of Amateur Scouting on July 28, 2011.